Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook 2020/21Part 1: Benefits and tax creditsChapter 5: Health benefits 1. What are health benefits
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1. What are health benefits
There are charges for some NHS treatments and services including:
    •glasses and contact lenses;
    •dental treatment.
There are also often costs incurred in getting to hospital. You may be exempt from these charges or be able to claim help with them on low income grounds.1NHS(TERC)(S) Regs, as amended (most recently in 2017 by SI No.59); The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998, No.642, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.50); The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, No.55, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.145); The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003, No.158, as amended (most recently in 2011 by SI No.168)
There is no charge for NHS eye and dental checks, or for prescriptions. Note: if you have an English prescription form there may be a charge, but there are exemptions.2Reg 4 The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, No.55, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.145)
 
1     NHS(TERC)(S) Regs, as amended (most recently in 2017 by SI No.59); The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998, No.642, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.50); The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, No.55, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.145); The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003, No.158, as amended (most recently in 2011 by SI No.168) »
2     Reg 4 The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, No.55, as amended (most recently in 2019 by SI No.145) »