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Healthy Start

More information on healthy start

 
If you are eligible for the Healthy Start scheme, you will get:
  • £4.25 each week of your pregnancy from 10 weeks
  • £8.50 (per child) each week for children from birth to one year old
  • £4.25 (per child) each week for children between one and four years old.

Money will stop when the child is four, or if you no longer receives benefits.

Are you Eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme?

To find out if you're able eligible to apply for the Healthy Start scheme you can use “Eligibility Calculator” button below.

Eligibility Calculator

Healthy Start vouchers are being replaced with a Healthy Start Digital Payment Card, where the money will be loaded onto the card for using like a normal payment card.

If you are an existing Healthy Start family you need to reapply by April 2021 to be switched over onto the Digital Payment Card. It is important that you reapply as existing Healthy Start families will not be automatically transferred onto the new Healthy Start Digital Payment Card Scheme.
To reapply for the scheme and to receive your Digital Payment Card, click the “Apply Online now!” button below. 

Apply online
 
Head to the Healthy Start website for further information:Healthy Start NHS Website