Low income / Dental help. urgently

Alwaysconfused_2

Hi. Me and my wifes income is about £13.000 a year. We pay full rent and C/Tax due to being left just over the legal threshold of a couple to live on, after paying our rent and c/tax etc. So what were left with is about £5000 a year to live on roughly. It works out that we get about £115 a week to live on after paying our rent and C/tax. This is with Working Tax credits included. But we don't qualify for free dental treatment. We look after our teeth as best we can, but we cant afford to go and have work done, after we buy shopping, and pay fairs to work of about £40 a week each. Would we qualify for low income NHS? How does it work? Any help greatly appreciated. Most thanks.

stef240377

Alwaysconfused wrote: »

Hi. Me and my wifes income is about £13.000 a year. We pay full rent and C/Tax due to being left just over the legal threshold of a couple to live on, after paying our rent and c/tax etc. So what were left with is about £5000 a year to live on roughly. It works out that we get about £115 a week to live on after paying our rent and C/tax. This is with Working Tax credits included. But we don't qualify for free dental treatment. We look after our teeth as best we can, but we cant afford to go and have work done, after we buy shopping, and pay fairs to work of about £40 a week each. Would we qualify for low income NHS? How does it work? Any help greatly appreciated. Most thanks.

My daughter works and is considered on a low wage. She picked up a form from Boots chemist for help with health costs and filled it in and sent it off with the attitude nothing ventured nothing gained. Within about 3 weeks a letter came through saying she qualified for help for prescriptions, eye tests and some dental work.
Why not grab a form send it off and see where you go?

DomRavioli

Are you not eligible for the WTC NHS exemption? Best off giving them a call to check.

If not, you will need a HC2 certificate - you can either call or fill in a form online to get an application form, then you will get either a proportion of costs paid, or full costs paid as you would if you had an exemption certificate for other reasons.

http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/HealthCosts/1136.aspx information here for you.

HTH

nannytone_2

the form you need is HC1.

Alwaysconfused_2

Thanks everyone.

eripmav

Sorry to ask and hijack but regarding the HC2, is it YOUR income that the decision is based on or combined with your partner's? The NHS site isn't overly clear.