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NHS help with wig costs?

littlejaffa
littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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I'm hoping someone can give me more accurate advice than the NHS on this one - I called their helpline and the girl openly said she had no idea and couldn't help.

Basically is it possible for oaps, or those on certain benifits (disability) to get help with wig costs - even when the need for a wig is nothing to do with the disability?
If so - does it work like glasses in that you can buy from any optician/wig shop then get the NHS fixed amount of the total cost?

Any help much appreciated on this
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  • booter
    booter Posts: 1,691 Forumite
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    Hi - does this help?
    http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/Healthcosts/pages/Wigsandfabricsupports.aspx
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    edited 4 December 2011 at 12:47PM
    booter wrote: »
    Hi - does this help?
    http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/Healthcosts/pages/Wigsandfabricsupports.aspx

    that site is england only - but as the best i could find & had looked there - and called the number listed - and got the girl who said she had no idea. I'm guessing there's just not a lot of money saving wig wearers out there, and the few there are all live in england?
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  • MrsManda
    MrsManda Posts: 4,457 Forumite
    Where are you based?
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    Perhaps. Fill in an HC1 and see what happens.
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    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
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  • vikki_louise
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    Hi, do you suffer hairloss due to a medical reason? The reason i ask is you say its not related to your disability (I know lots of people can have hairloss unrelated to their primary illness/disability) but i remember someone on here asking as they wanted one for when they hadn't washed their hair/bad hair days and the reply was no the nhs do not help with that
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  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    vikki_louise wrote: »
    Hi, do you suffer hairloss due to a medical reason? The reason i ask is you say its not related to your disability (I know lots of people can have hairloss unrelated to their primary illness/disability) but i remember someone on here asking as they wanted one for when they hadn't washed their hair/bad hair days and the reply was no the nhs do not help with that

    thanks for that info - and no - i wouldn't expect the NHS to help with bad hair days - not when you can get shampoo at 23p a bottle ...i hope whoever it was that asked was told to go wash their hair!
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2011 at 5:28PM
    littlejaffa wrote: »
    I'm hoping someone can give me more accurate advice than the NHS on this one - I called their helpline and the girl openly said she had no idea and couldn't help.

    Basically is it possible for oaps, or those on certain benifits (disability) to get help with wig costs - even when the need for a wig is nothing to do with the disability?
    If so - does it work like glasses in that you can buy from any optician/wig shop then get the NHS fixed amount of the total cost?

    Any help much appreciated on this

    Most definitely, the HC1 / HC2 others mention includes medical wigs and corsets etc

    - have a look here my friend

    - and here

    - and here
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