The threshold is listed in the new CPAG book at page 179 as £15050 - this is the same as last year so, I suspect, incoreect. Does anyone know the correct figure? DoH website and others have not been updated and only quote £15050 for 05/06

I believe the figure is unchanged.

At least, DoH and HRMC have said it's not changed. And the regs that would normally do the work -

The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20060675.htm

- don't change this amount.

Doesn't necessarily mean they won't change their minds later, of course.

I believe I can confirm that:

See http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PressReleases

Thursday 10 March 2005Reference number: 2005/0107

Prescription charge increase stays the same


The prescription charge will go up 10 pence in cash from £6.40 to £6.50.

Around 50 per cent of population are entitled to free prescriptions including: · Men and women aged 60 and over

· Children under 16

· Young people aged 16, 17 and 18 who are in full time education

· Pregnant women and women who have had a child in the previous 12 months and who hold a valid exemption certificate

· People who hold a valid exemption certificate for a War Disablement but only in respect of medication for the disablement

· People suffering from certain medical conditions and who hold a valid exemption certificate

· People or their partners who get: Income Support; Pension Credit guarantee credit; or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance tax credit where income is £15,050 per year or less and meet qualifying conditions.

I just posted the following on the thread I started in 2007: The threshold figure for entitlement to help with NHS health costs will remain at £15,050, as just confirmed by [email protected] dated 7 March 2007, who wrote:
"Thank you for your request for information about help with NHS health costs. Your request was received on 16 February and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that from 1 April the threshold figure for entitlement to help with NHS health costs, including prescriptions and dental treatment, will remain at £15,050."
Regards, Robbie Spence