Jobseekers Allowance - do you get free prescriptions?

aardvark65 · 14 April 2009 at 3:11PM

Can anyone clarify please whether you automatically get free prescriptions when you are on Jobseekers Allowance? When I did a search it said Income based Jobseekers Allowance - are there different types? My brother is getting £60 a week and thinks he has to pay for his prescriptions - surely not? Any advice appreciated.

i_want_to_believe · 14 April 2009 at 3:28PM

Contributions based JSA -No free prescriptions
Income based JSA - free presciptions
http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/Healthcosts/pages/Prescriptioncosts.aspx

aardvark65 · 14 April 2009 at 3:56PM

Seems incredibly unfair that if you have paid NI contributions, you can't get this but if you havn't you can!! It is his only income and he has to get regular prescriptions!! I had just assumed that now he has lost his job they would be free:mad:

storminbalder · 14 April 2009 at 5:35PM

aardvark65 wrote: »

Seems incredibly unfair that if you have paid NI contributions, you can't get this but if you havn't you can!! It is his only income and he has to get regular prescriptions!! I had just assumed that now he has lost his job they would be free:mad:

You will probably be exempt on low income grounds anyway. It's just that Cont. Based JSA is not means tested, so it cannot be automatically assumed that you have a low income.

Jobseekers Allowance - do you get free prescriptions?

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