Healthy Start Vouchers (Conditions apply)

July1962

http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1&n2=2

You qualify for Healthy Start if you're pregnant or have a child under four years old AND:

you or your family get Income Support, or you or your family get income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, or you or your family get Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit unless your family is receiving Working Tax Credit run-on only*) and have an annual family income of below £15,575 or less (2008/9)

OR:

you're pregnant and under 18 years of age

Healthy Start vouchers are worth:
£3.00 a week if you're pregnant
£6.00 a week for each baby aged under one
£3.00 a week for each child aged over one and under four

You can spend your vouchers on a mixture of:
milk
fresh fruit and vegetables
infant formula milk

martin2410

I think every pregnant woman should be entitled to these vouchers. There should be no salary cap involved. If you're pregnant, you need the same vitamins wether your on benefit or not.