If you're not receiving a payment of your qualifying benefit, you may not be entitled to help with your NHS health costs.
Your entitlement depends on why your benefit payments have stopped.
Sanctioned
If your qualifying benefit has stopped because of sanctions, you're not entitled to help with your NHS health costs.
If you receive Universal Credit (UC) and have been sanctioned, you're still entitled to help with your health costs if you would be entitled if it was not for the sanction.
Underlying entitlement
If you have an underlying entitlement to a qualifying benefit, you're not entitled to any help with your NHS health costs. This might be because you’re getting a different higher value benefit.
Reduced due to overpayment
If you're receiving payment of a qualifying benefit but an earlier overpayment is currently being recovered from you, you can continue to claim help with your NHS health costs.
‘Awarded nil’
If you've not been awarded any payments based on your benefit assessment, you're not entitled to help with your health costs.
If your payments change in another assessment period your entitlement may change. This is regardless of if National Insurance contributions are being paid on your behalf.
Check what help you could get to pay for NHS costs and apply online.