If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.
You can use your card to buy:
plain liquid cow’s milk
fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
infant formula milk based on cow’s milk
You can also use your card to collect:
Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
Healthy Start Vouchers
If you are pregnant or have a child under 4 you may be entitled to vouchers that can be spent on milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula; free vitamin vouchers are also available. Health professional signatures are no longer required on the application form. To find out if you are eligible, please go to Healthy Start website.
