people in a family getting milk and vitamins free on income grounds. People who are in one of these classes when accepted for dental treatment are entitled to exemption. To claim exemption the patient will be asked to sign a declaration on the dentist's treatment form or a form supplied by the hospital and may also be asked for evidence to back up the claim.
Hospital in-patients are not charged for dental treatment or dentures. Out- patients not covered by the above categories are required to pay charges for dentures provided by hospitals.
Help with payment
People with low incomes can get help with meeting all or part of their dental charges and any help will depend on the level of income. See “Low income entitlement” on page 37.
Help cannot be given with the cost of dental treatment and dentures supplied outside the NHS.
If dentures are being provided through a hospital, information on how to obtain help to meet the charges is available at the hospital.
Further information: Leaflet M11 (from post offices and local social security offices).
Drugs supplied by hospitals
See "Appliances supplied by hospitals" on page 5.
Earnings-related supplement
Earnings-related supplement is payable with sickness benefit, unemployment benefit or maternity allowance after the first twelve days of a period of interruption of employment where the claimant is under pension age (65 for men, 60 for women). The supplement is payable for a maximum of six months. It is not payable with invalidity benefit.
Amount payable
The rate of the supplement depends upon the claimant's “earnings factor" for the relevant tax year. The earnings factor is the amount upon which Class 1 contributions have been paid.
Period of interruption of employment beginning between 1 January 1978 and 30 December 1978: depends on the earnings factor in the 1976–77 tax year. The amount payable is related to earnings factors between 50 times the lower earnings limit for contributions (50× £13 £650) and 50 times the upper earnings limit (50 × £95= £4,750). The amount of the supplement (calculated to the nearest whole penny) is 3rd of that part of the reckonable weekly earnings lying between £13 and £30 plus 15 per cent of that lying between £30 and £95.
The maximum supplement payable is £15.42 a week.
The supplement is limited to the amount necessary to make the claimant's benefit (including increases for dependants) up to 85 per cent of his reckonable weekly earnings in the relevant income tax year.
No supplement is payable where benefit already exceeds 85 per cent of the reckonable weekly earnings (but benefit itself is not reduced).
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