Guidance

Healthy Start extension: application guidance

Sets out who is eligible to apply for the Healthy Start scheme under the extended criteria, and how to apply.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
31 July 2024

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Healthy Start extension: application guidance

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has extended eligibility for the Healthy Start scheme to British children aged under 4 years old whose parent or guardian meets the financial eligibility criteria and is either:

  • subject to a no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition (as attached to their immigration permission)
  • without any immigration status

This guidance provides full details of:

  • who is elegible to apply for the scheme under the extended criteria
  • how to apply

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Published 31 July 2024

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