Chapter 24: How income affects health benefits
This chapter covers:
1. Working out your income (
here)
2. Grants and loans (
here)
3. Discretionary funds and other payments (
here)
5. Benefits and tax credits (
here)
7. Savings and capital (
here)
This chapter explains how your weekly income affects your entitlement to health benefits. For information on how income affects universal credit, see
Chapter 21. See also
Chapter 22 for how your income is assessed for means-tested benefits and
Chapter 23 for tax credits.
Basic facts
– The NHS low income scheme helps with health costs if your income is low enough.
– Student loans and most grants count as income.
– The exact amount of help you receive depends on the amount of excess weekly income (if any) you are assessed as having, once it is offset against a personal allowance and your housing costs.