advise please uni student

sue311

Hi I am on income support for incapacity to work
My daughter is 19 and a university student
Can she get a free eye test or a voucher towards her glasses like she used to do before she went to uni, she is not working

hjb123

Hi,

Your daugher should get a HC1 form which can be either requested online or picked up from the doctors or health centres

If she fills it in and sends it off they will then assess how much she needs to pay towards healthcare costs

The HC1 form can be used to claim help with NHS Prescriptions; NHS Dental Treatment; NHS wigs and fabric supports; sight tests, glasses and contact lenses; and travel to hospital for NHS treatment.

sue311

Thank you so much, Ive down loaded the form for her as she is visiting this weekend.
Do you know if she has to put her home address on it, i.e. OUR home address or the address of the halls where she is staying during term time and would her doctor be the one she had to register with during her first week at Uni