Help with prescription costs?

System

Citizen-of-Sheldonopolis wrote: »

free prescription for up to 19 years of age if in full time further education - does include Uni


just look at the nhs web site

CoS

Uni isn't further education, it is higher education. The only way to get it is via the low income route.

rosalie-lavender

My boys filled in the forms for free prescriptions and I still have the page bookmarked on my computer. Student specific info here:

http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/1874.aspx

and the page for ordering the form here:

https://apps.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/LISWebAppStaticData/begin.do

My boys both had free dentistry and prescriptions until they were 19 and both were at uni by then.

Both my boys filled in the forms this year and for some reason my son who has the highest income gets free prescriptions. His brother with less money coming in just gets limited help so warn your daughter she may not get awarded free prescriptions but it is worth trying. The form isn't actually that bad once you actually start to fill it in. A lot of it didn't need filling in when my boys did it as it wasn't all relevant to them.

silvercar

!!!!!! wrote: »

Uni isn't further education, it is higher education. The only way to get it is via the low income route.

Further or higher, it doesn't matter. You need to be in FULL TIME education. Uni or college or school all count.

You can get free NHS prescriptions if, at the time the prescription is dispensed, you:
are 60 or over
are under 16
are 16-18 and in full-time education
are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months and have a valid maternity exemption certificate (MatEx)
have a specified medical condition and have a valid medical exemption certificate (MedEx)
have a continuing physical disability that prevents you from going out without help from another person and have a valid MedEx
hold a valid war pension exemption certificate and the prescription is for your accepted disability
are an NHS inpatient

System

silvercar wrote: »

Further or higher, it doesn't matter. You need to be in FULL TIME education. Uni or college or school all count.

That was in response to Citizen-of-Sheldonopolis who stated uni was full-time FURTHER education

silvercar

!!!!!! wrote: »

That was in response to Citizen-of-Sheldonopolis who stated uni was full-time FURTHER education

But the second sentence was wrong.

!!!!!! wrote:

Uni isn't further education, it is higher education. The only way to get it is via the low income route.

For 18 year old's at uni, they don't need to follow the low income route, they just sign the back of the prescription that they are aged 16-18 and in full time education.

System

It only works for the first year though. Was based on my daughter who was just under 19 at the time of going to Uni so so the application fell straight into the low income test.