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NHS prescriptions will be rising to £9.35 from April 1. The price of a three month prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) will rise to £30.25 and a 12 month PPC will top £108.10
Additionally, a person will be entitled to free prescriptions if they, or their partner, receive, or they're under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving income support,
income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, pension credit or Universal Credit. For Universal Credit claimants, there is additional eligibility
criteria which must be met. A person will qualify for free prescriptions if, on the date they claim help with health costs, they receive Universal Credit and either had no earnings or had
net earnings of £435 or less in their last assessment period. Or, they receive Universal Credit, which includes an element for a child, or they (or their partner) had limited capability for
work (LCW) or limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA), and they either had no earnings or net earnings of £935 or less in their last assessment period. The NHS provides
a free-to-use tool on their website which can allow users to check if they qualify for help with NHS costs, with it taking three minutes to complete the process. DON'T MISS: State
pension: MPs demand to know how DWP will pay back underpayments [INSIGHT] Martin Lewis questions Rishi Sunak on Universal Credit [EXPERT] Universal Credit: DWP warned of 'severe'
application problems [WARNING] To be eligible for Universal Credit initially, a person must: * Be on a low income or out of work * Be aged between 18 and state pension age * Have less than
£16,000 in savings * Be living in the UK So long as a claimant is eligible, they'll receive a standard allowance of between £342.72 and £594.04 per month. Additional elements will then
be added to this for certain costs like childcare and rent. Initial payments can take up to five weeks to come through. Beyond this, claimants will be paid on the same date of every month.
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