{"id":9924,"date":"2023-07-23T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/nhs-low-income-scheme-lis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:02:46","slug":"nhs-low-income-scheme-lis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/nhs-low-income-scheme-lis\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a low income, you may be able to get help with NHS costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS).<\/p>\n<p>The scheme covers:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/prescriptions-and-pharmacies\/who-can-get-free-prescriptions\/\">prescription costs<\/a><br \/>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/dentists\/dental-costs\/get-help-with-dental-costs\/\">dental costs<\/a><br \/>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/opticians\/free-nhs-eye-tests-and-optical-vouchers\/\">eyecare costs<\/a><br \/>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/help-with-health-costs\/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs\/\">healthcare travel costs<\/a><br \/>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/help-with-health-costs\/wigs-and-fabric-supports-on-the-nhs\/\">wigs and fabric supports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How much help you get depends on\u00a0your weekly income\u00a0and necessary outgoings, plus any savings or investments you have at the time you apply.\u00a0If the amount you have left is low, you\u00a0may be able to\u00a0get help\u00a0through the NHS Low Income Scheme. Any help you\u2019re entitled to is also available to your partner, if you have one.<\/p>\n<p>If you have already paid for treatment, you can apply for a refund at the same time as you apply for the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk\/nhs-low-income-scheme\">Find out more about the NHS Low Income Scheme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhsbsa.nhs.uk\/apply-for-help-with-nhs-costs\/apply-online\">Apply online for help with NHS costs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a low income, you may be able to get help with NHS costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122.jpeg",1600,1067,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-768x512.jpeg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-1536x1024.jpeg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122.jpeg",1600,1067,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prescription-bag-0723-oCB122-1320x880.jpeg",1320,880,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If you have a low income, you may be able to get help with NHS costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS)","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-13 06:40:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.james-oriordan-medical-centre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}