HC1Form, What to Expect ?

Ronin47

Hi this is a repost i had posted this in wrong thread earlier sorry mods.

Hi,
I am currently filling in a HC1 form In Northern Ireland and i was wondering what level of help i can expect to receive.
Does anyone know if there is a scale of income/benefits to discount on health care especially dentistry ?

My personal circumstances are that i am on long term Disability Living Allowance and i receive an amount from a health insurance policy each month.

Per Month
DLA 390
Insurance Policy 680

So i was wondering what i am likely to receive ?

Many thanks in advance

Richie-from-the-Boro

I thought prescriptions are free to all in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The following, and only the following, qualify for an automatic exemption certificate on medical grounds, you fill in a different form called a Form (FP92A :

Treatment for cancer; note this includes treatment for the effects of cancer, or treatment for the effects of a current or previous cancer treatment.
A permanent fistula requiring dressing.
Forms of hypoadrenalism such as Addison's disease.
Diabetes insipidus and other forms of hypopituitarism.
Diabetes mellitus except where treatment is by diet alone.
Hypoparathyroidism.
Myxoedema (underactive thyroid) or other conditions where thyroid hormone replacement is necessary.
Myasthenia gravis.
Epilepsy requiring continuous anticonvulsive medication.
A continuing physical disability which means you cannot go out without help from another person.

A successful HC1 gets you a HC2 Exemption Certificate, as for the amount of income / savings in general and dentistry in particular I've no idea, as far as I'm aware there are no limits other than of course non essential cosmetic work etc. If If you [ or your partner ] get :

- Income Support.
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit.

You would be entitled to free prescriptions anyway, regardless of NI / UK / HC2. Just fill it in and tell the truth a HC2 is considerably easier to get than any ' means tested benefit.

NOTE I don't consider the HC1 means tested, its a self assessed form with no intervention or examination that I'm aware of, however it is administered by the DSS or equivalent. Just make sure you have a suitably low bank statement to send at the point they may ask for it.

Ronin47

Thanks for the replay mate.
Yeah the prescriptions are free but it was more the dental aspects i was wondering about.

Cheers for the info.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Ronin47 wrote: »

Thanks for the replay mate.
Yeah the prescriptions are free but it was more the dental aspects i was wondering about.

Cheers for the info.

The HC1 form is a doddle compared for example to DLA, being granted the HC2 is equally easy as its a self certified claim form, it's a virtual given if you fit any of the initial 4 :

- Income Support.
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit.

NOTE - even if you don't have any of the 4 above, and are just low income / low savings you should still apply, you might be pleasantly surprised by the answer you get.

As I recall [ from memory ] there are other benefits such as :

- surgical shoes / appliances / wigs / abdominal corsets / etc
- NHS dental costs
- prescription eyesight costs
- travel costs for treatment / including abroad

I'm 20 years out of date with this question, so would welcome any other opinions folks.

GlasweJen

The benefits you've listed are automatic entitlements to help with health costs.

In terms of HC1, they ask for your income and some outgoings, it's the amount left over that they worry about. I think more people get HC2 then HC3 (because I've never actually seen an HC3 form but I've seen plenty of HC2).