When are you entitled to free prescriptions?

[charlietherednosedpussy]

How much does your income need to be under?

Its got to be pretty low Charlie.... like £10k or less I think.

Erm well we were entitled to them when just dp was working. He earns around £14500 and we got CTC and WTC and we got an exemption certificate.

Hmmmmmmm...dps earning 160 a week and I had to pay 13 quid today and I felt the pinch as that a quarter of the blooming shopping bill....How do I look into it?

Nutty - I meant an individual income of 10k.... not the household income. I think you have to be getting WTC too.

Exemption categories
The following categories of people are entitled to exemption from NHS prescription charges:

• Men and women aged 60 and over;

• Children under 16;

• Young people in full-time education aged 16, 17 and 18;

• Pregnant women and women who have had a child in the previous 12 months who hold a valid exemption certificate;

• People who hold a valid exemption certificate for a War disablement pension but only in respect of medication for the disablement;

• People suffering from the following conditions who hold a valid exemption certificate:
  forms of hypoadrenalism (including Addison's disease) for which specific substitution therapy is essential;
  diabetes insipidus or other forms of hypopituitarism;
  diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone);
  hypoparathyroidism;
  myasthenia gravis;
  myxoedema;
  epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsive therapy;
  continuing physical disability which prevents the patient from leaving his residence without the help of another person.

• A person or partner receiving Income support; Pension Credit guarantee credit; or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance

• Tax credit where income is £15,050 per year or less and meeting qualifying conditions

Thanks starlover, Income will be less than than next year but he earnt 15 grand before he got made redunadant from his old job Ta xx

We have just gone over that limit now so ours has been stopped.

To get the form to enquire, you just ask for a HC11?? form at the pharmacist. I put in an application when I was a student. I didn't get the full prescription payment exemption, but I got some exemptions (like dentist over a certain amount, and wigs and other wierd stuff!) so it might be worth a try!

On tax credits youa re supposted to automatically get sent a card

we sent the form off a month or two ago and were refused. i am sure your income needed to be less than 15k.