Healthy Start

Help to buy food and milk. Families entitled to Healthy Start can get help to buy plain, fresh, frozen, or tinned fruit and vegetables, plain cow’s milk, infant formula and fresh or tinned pulses via a pre-paid card. The card is topped up every 4 weeks and can be used in most supermarkets and shops – they will need to accept Mastercard. 

 

• £4.25 each week of your pregnancy (from the 10th week of pregnancy) 

• £8.50 each week for children from birth to 1 year old 

• £4.25 each week for children between 1 and 4 years old 

 

 

 

 

• you’re at least 10 weeks pregnant or have at least one child under 4 years old 

• your family’s monthly ‘take-home pay for this period’ is £408 or less from employment 

 

 

• you have at least one child under 4 years old 

• your family’s annual income is £16,190 or less 

 

You may also be eligible for NHS Healthy Start in some other circumstances. 

 

Visit www.healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-apply and make sure you have your National Insurance number and benefit award letter at hand. You’ll also need your baby’s due date if you’re pregnant.