Review “NHS Low Income Scheme Threshold”. It’s still at same level as in 2015.
National
·56 contributorsUniversal credit claimants earning below a certain threshold are eligible for support like free prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians care. The threshold hasn’t been increased since 2015, pushing more people over the threshold, when government increases minimum wage and they lose this help.
Pat McFadden
Work & Pensions Secretary
Increase NHS low income threshold
2015 claim amount thresholds
Remains unchanged in 2025
Living wage for cost of living
Review threshold set annual increases
Review “NHS Low Income Scheme Threshold”. It’s still at same level as in 2015.
National
Universal credit claimants earning below a certain threshold are eligible for support like free prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians care. The threshold hasn’t been increased since 2015, pushing more people over the threshold, when government increases minimum wage and they lose this help.
56 contributors
Pat McFaddenIncrease NHS low income threshold
2015 claim amount thresholds
Remains unchanged in 2025
Living wage for cost of living
Review threshold set annual increases