Goverment cuts and savings

maxmycardagain

Last year anyone on Tax credits got a NHS exemption certificate for prescriptions, etc

not now

Now you have to claim off a different office

so thats TWO costs

plus having certain conditions gets you free prescriptions and thats ANOTHER office

so 1, becomes three..... treble the costs with all the forms and offices/staff to do the job

of course move to wales or scotland and you wont have to claim...

Dave101t

what cost is there in filling in a form? some people just arent happy with something for nothing...

merlin68

I just recieved an exemption card and didn't have to fill in a form.

MsShorty

If you meet the criteria for a Tax Credits NHS Exemption Certificate, it is automatically sent out to you - you do not need to apply for it.

The criteria are as follows:

You will qualify if the household income shown on your award notice is £15,276 a year or less and you are getting:

• Child Tax Credit with or without Working Tax Credit, or

• Working Tax Credit only, including a disability or severe disability element.

This link has the details:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/wtc6.pdf


Hope this clarifies.

maxmycardagain

MsShorty wrote: »

If you meet the criteria for a Tax Credits NHS Exemption Certificate, it is automatically sent out to you - you do not need to apply for it.

The criteria are as follows:

You will qualify if the household income shown on your award notice is £15,276 a year or less and you are getting:

• Child Tax Credit with or without Working Tax Credit, or

• Working Tax Credit only, including a disability or severe disability element.

This link has the details:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/wtc6.pdf


Hope this clarifies.

They stopped automatically sending the cards out last year, they now have a form supplied by a different department

the costs i stated as extras were not mine, ill fill out forms all day, but they have to be processed by staff in offices somewhere.....

LL30

I got one automatically about a month ago...must be the NHS fairy working her magic for me

Sarah69

I got a new 1 in June this year.

robus

So did I, it is valid until June 2012

tazwhoever

Nothing can beat good health, exemption certificate or PPC £104 yearly...

MsShorty

I also got mine automatically in June this year, valid until June 2012.

No form-filling required.

nannytone_2

theres something seriously wrong when people think that the benefit agencies should be chasing people to offer then things rather than people thinking they might have an entitlement and putting in a claim!