Dental Services and Prescriptions: Universal Credit

(asked on 22nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make provision for free prescriptions and dental treatment for people on universal credit whose earnings are less than £435 a month.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 31st May 2018

Claimants of Universal Credit are entitled to free National Health Service prescriptions and free dental care if their earnings for the most recent assessment period are below prescribed earnings thresholds.

A claimant would be entitled to free NHS prescriptions and/or free NHS dental care if their earnings during that period were:

- £435 or less;

- £935 or less if their Universal Credit includes an element for either:

- A child; or

- Limited capability for work.

The Department will keep the earnings thresholds under review on an annual basis.

Patients in receipt of Universal Credit who do not qualify for this help may qualify for help through the NHS Low Income Scheme.

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