1. What are health benefits

This chapter outlines the rules on health benefits and focuses on issues relevant to students. For more detailed information, see CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

You may also have fares to pay to get to hospital. You are exempt from the charges in specified circumstances, or if your income is sufficiently low, and may get help with the fares. As a student, you are not automatically exempt from paying these charges unless you come into one of the categories listed on here. Otherwise, you can apply for a ’remission certificate’ under the low income scheme (see here). If you get a remission certificate, part or all of the charges are waived, depending on how much income you have. For information about claims, see here.