NHS Healthy Start Scheme
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Healthy Start helps give your family a great start in life. If you’re pregnant or have a child under 4, you could be entitled to help to buy healthy foods.

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Joined October 2020
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Life gets busy, we get it! 👶🏻 If you’ve just activated your NHS Healthy Start prepaid card, pop it somewhere safe—your wallet, a drawer, or that “safe spot”. You might not use it every week, but it’ll be there when you need it.
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Fruit and vegetables are a perfect snack, and count towards your five-a-day.🌽 With NHS Healthy Start, you could get support towards the cost of healthy, fresh food important in a balanced diet. Find out more: healthystart.nhs.uk
Illustration of an NHS Healthy Start card, with arms and legs, smiling on a green background, accompanied by text promoting a balanced diet for family health.

ALT Illustration of an NHS Healthy Start card, with arms and legs, smiling on a green background, accompanied by text promoting a balanced diet for family health.
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It might help more than you think. If you’re over 10 weeks pregnant, NHS Healthy Start could help you buy healthy food and milk. Small card. Big help. 👉🏼 healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-a…
A kitchen counter with fresh fruits and vegetables, a knife, milk, and an NHS Healthy Start card being held. Text reads: "Have you got five minutes to check if you're eligible for NHS Healthy Start?" NHS logo is visible in the top right corner.

ALT A kitchen counter with fresh fruits and vegetables, a knife, milk, and an NHS Healthy Start card being held. Text reads: "Have you got five minutes to check if you're eligible for NHS Healthy Start?" NHS logo is visible in the top right corner.
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If you've had a baby in the last 12 months, you get free NHS prescriptions with a valid maternity exemption certificate. Check if you're eligible: nhsbsa.nhs.uk/check-if-you-h…
NHS promotional graphic asking if the viewer is pregnant or has had a baby in the last 12 months, informing them about a maternity claim certificate for free NHS prescriptions. The graphic features an adult holding a baby.

ALT NHS promotional graphic asking if the viewer is pregnant or has had a baby in the last 12 months, informing them about a maternity claim certificate for free NHS prescriptions. The graphic features an adult holding a baby.
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NHS Healthy Start can help to make fruit and veg part of every meal. So whether it's peaches in your porridge or peas in your pasta, your card can help. Find out more: 🫛healthystart.nhs.uk/what-you…
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Beans and pulses are a great source of protein - and one of the things you can get with NHS Healthy Start. You could get from £4.65 a week towards healthy foods and milk for your family. 📱Find out if you're eligible: healthystart.nhs.uk
A person pushes a shopping trolley with a baby inside it outdoors. The NHS and Healthy Start logos are visible. Text at the bottom reads, "Check if you're eligible."

ALT A person pushes a shopping trolley with a baby inside it outdoors. The NHS and Healthy Start logos are visible. Text at the bottom reads, "Check if you're eligible."
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NHS Healthy Start helps your child to have the healthy food and milk they need, right up until the age of four. 🍏 Find out if you could be eligible: healthystart.nhs.uk
A person pushes a shopping trolley in a grocery store. The NHS logo is visible in the top right corner. Text at the bottom reads, "Get help to buy healthy food and milk.

ALT A person pushes a shopping trolley in a grocery store. The NHS logo is visible in the top right corner. Text at the bottom reads, "Get help to buy healthy food and milk.
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Wondering when to wean your baby, or how to find the right childcare support? 🤱🏻 The new Best Start in Life website brings together all the advice you might need on your journey as a parent: beststartinlife.gov.uk
UK Government and NHS promotional image featuring an adult holding a baby, with text bubbles asking breastfeeding-related questions and the website BestStartInLife.gov for parenting advice.

ALT UK Government and NHS promotional image featuring an adult holding a baby, with text bubbles asking breastfeeding-related questions and the website BestStartInLife.gov for parenting advice.
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You can use your NHS Healthy Start card to buy fresh, frozen and tinned vegetables. Plus pulses that you can add to your little one's meals. 😋 Find out what else you can get with NHS Healthy Start: healthystart.nhs.uk
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With NHS Healthy Start , you can get free Healthy Start vitamins for you and your child. Find out more and check if you're eligible: 👉 healthystart.nhs.uk
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NHS Healthy Start could help your family stay healthy, with help towards the cost of fruit, vegetables, pulses and milk.🍎 Find out more about how it could help to top up your shop: 🛒 healthystart.nhs.uk
A person holding a baby is unpacking groceries in a kitchen. A logo of NHS is visible in the image. The text reads, "Get help to top up your shop.

ALT A person holding a baby is unpacking groceries in a kitchen. A logo of NHS is visible in the image. The text reads, "Get help to top up your shop.
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Fruit and vegetables are great to include in every mealtime. With NHS Healthy Start, you could get from £4.65 each week towards the cost of fresh fruit and vegetables for your family.🍅 Find out more by visiting: healthystart.nhs.uk
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You can update your NHS Healthy Start claim online to add a new pregnancy or child. Keep your details up to date so we can make sure you’re being paid correctly. Find out more 👉 healthystart.nhs.uk/update-y…
An illustration promoting NHS's Healthy Start featuring smiling cartoon characters of a milk carton, banana, carrot, and cherries, alongside an NHS Healthy Start card. Background is pink with text reminding to update details online.

ALT An illustration promoting NHS's Healthy Start featuring smiling cartoon characters of a milk carton, banana, carrot, and cherries, alongside an NHS Healthy Start card. Background is pink with text reminding to update details online.
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Looking for trusted advice on pregnancy, childcare, or getting your child ready for school? Visit beststartinlife.gov.uk for support, guidance, worries, and questions, no matter how big or small. 🤰🏻
UK Government and NHS about family support services. "For parents, questions BIG & small. What childcare support is available? Who can I ask for help with breast-feeding? Can I dye my hair if I'm pregnant? Get advice and support at BestStartInLife.gov.uk."

ALT UK Government and NHS about family support services. "For parents, questions BIG & small. What childcare support is available? Who can I ask for help with breast-feeding? Can I dye my hair if I'm pregnant? Get advice and support at BestStartInLife.gov.uk."
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Are you pregnant, or do you have a child under four years old? You could be eligible for NHS Healthy Start! Check if you're eligible here 👉 healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-a…
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Looking for trusted advice on pregnancy, childcare, or getting your child ready for school? Visit beststartinlife.gov.uk for support, guidance, worries, and questions, no matter how big or small. 🤰🏻
UK Government and NHS about family support services. "For parents, questions BIG & small. What childcare support is available? Who can I ask for help with breast-feeding? Can I dye my hair if I'm pregnant? Get advice and support at BestStartInLife.gov.uk."

ALT UK Government and NHS about family support services. "For parents, questions BIG & small. What childcare support is available? Who can I ask for help with breast-feeding? Can I dye my hair if I'm pregnant? Get advice and support at BestStartInLife.gov.uk."
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Get your maternity exemption certificate instantly by email. It entitles you to free NHS prescriptions. Ask your midwife or health visitor about a digital certificate today ➡️ nhsbsa.nhs.uk/matex
Child in a blue jacket sitting next to an adult on a bus, looking at a pamphlet that reads 'Maternity exemption certificates allow you to claim free NHS prescriptions.'

ALT Child in a blue jacket sitting next to an adult on a bus, looking at a pamphlet that reads 'Maternity exemption certificates allow you to claim free NHS prescriptions.'
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Your NHS Healthy Start card gets topped up automatically with your payment every four weeks, and you can check your balance at a cash machine. Find out more about the NHS Healthy Start card: 🧅 healthystart.nhs.uk/about-yo…
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Your NHS Healthy Start card can help you buy fresh, dried, or tinned pulses. Great for adding to soups or stews, and adding texture to lots of dishes your toddler already enjoys. 🧑🏼‍🍳 Check if you're eligible: healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-a…
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NHS Healthy Start could help your child get a great start in life 🤍 You can use your card to buy: 🥦vegetables 🍎fruit 🥫pulses 🥛milk 🍼infant formula + free Healthy Start vitamins! Find out more 👉 healthystart.nhs.uk
Fruit and vegetable characters, including an apple and a carrot, endorsing the benefits of the scheme. Text encourages applying to Healthy Start for child health support, with a website link for more information. The NHS logo is visible in the top right.

ALT Fruit and vegetable characters, including an apple and a carrot, endorsing the benefits of the scheme. Text encourages applying to Healthy Start for child health support, with a website link for more information. The NHS logo is visible in the top right.
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