Universal Credit - Free Prescriptions

YKay

We will soon be making a joint Universal Credit claim, which I would presume would be contribution based as both of us have been working in the past 12 months for 6 months+.

Are we entitled to free NHS costs at all? EG: Dentists & Prescriptions.

sheramber

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcosts/Pages/Dentalcosts.aspx

Mersey_2

UC is means-tested ie there is no such thing as conts-based UC online.


I assume you will have to claim contribution-based JSA. I don't think this can be done online and so will have to be done 'administratively' ie by DWP staff over the 'phone or at a JobCentre Plus office.

Londonsu

YKay wrote: »

We will soon be making a joint Universal Credit claim, which I would presume would be contribution based as both of us have been working in the past 12 months for 6 months+.

Are we entitled to free NHS costs at all? EG: Dentists & Prescriptions.

If its contribution based NO, you wont be entitled you can apply for the low income scheme and go through their means testing

Alice_Holt

Some information on Contribution-based JSA:
http://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/jobseekers-allowance

As Mersey stated UC only replaces Income-based JSA not CB JSA.

It would be worth checking if you have the required NI contributions to claim CB JSA (otherwise it will be UC), as DWP operatives don't seem very clued up on this.
If it is CB JSA, then should you need to claim HB, the LA would adminster this not the DWP through UC.

If CB JSA, then this is the form for help with health costs:
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/HealthCosts/Documents/HealthCosts/HC1_April_2016.pdf

And some info:
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/HealthCosts/Documents/HealthCosts/HC11_April_2015.pdf