Does being awarded PIP with UC mean I'll now have to pay for dental care?

uuiuh
uuiuh Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited April 2022 in Benefits and income
Hello All
was wondering if anyone could help, I’ve started dental treatment with universal Credit entitlement for free treatment.
I have now been awarded PIP does this mean I now have to pay, it’s really extensive work I’ve had moulds taken for upper and lower plates 
many thanks 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    There's information in this link regarding free NHS treatment when claiming UC. https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/90862/hi-my-name-is-uuiuh#latest
    Taken from the above link.

    You qualify if, on the date you claim help with health costs:

    you receive Universal Credit and either had no earnings or had net earnings of £435 or less in your last Universal Credit assessment period

    or

    you receive Universal Credit, which includes an element for a child, or you (or your partner) had limited capability for work (LCW) or limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA), and you either had no earnings or net earnings of £935 or less in your last Universal Credit assessment period

    Note: If you're part of a couple, the net earning threshold applies to your combined net earnings.




  • uuiuh
    uuiuh Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thankyou both for your replies.
    im still out of work on universal credit at moment so still therefore it seems entitled still with my pip award thankfully 
  • uuiuh
    uuiuh Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Many thanks Alicewillow
    Its certainly needed as have to pay bedroom tax out of my UC and been living on £54 a week, so be able to pay off some debts now.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Have you reported a health condition for UC? If not and your health condition limits your capability for work then you can report a changes of circumstances and send in fit notes to start the work capability assessment process off.
    If you don't need an extra bedroom for a carer then you can have a look at applying for a discretionary housing payment from your local Authority. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/claiming-discretionary-housing-payments/claiming-discretionary-housing-payments

  • uuiuh
    uuiuh Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thankyou 
    I will look into that about discretionary payment.
    I think I got it for 12 weeks when it was first introduced.
    thankfully I’m not needing a carer to stay overnight and hope I don’t have to for a few more years yet🙏.
    I guess it’s something I will have to always pay as I can’t have a lodger due to anxiety and hoarding and can’t move or want to move for same reason.
    not sure if I will still have to pay when I get my pension in 5/6 years 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    When you reach state pension age you'll be exempt from the bedroom tax. https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/benefits/how_to_deal_with_the_bedroom_tax

  • uuiuh
    uuiuh Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thankyou poppy
    i wasn’t sure, I knew if I was of pension age when they brought it in I would not have to pay.
    wasn’t sure if because I wasn’t that it no longer applied for those who paid.

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