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🏥 NHS & Healthcare

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Who is eligible for/can renew a Blue Light Card?

Eligible

Ineligible

If you work in any of the following settings, you’re eligible - regardless of your specific role.

  • NHS organisations - trusts, foundation trusts, health boards, integrated care boards, special health authorities and HSC trusts, and the hospitals and sites they run
  • GP practices
  • Independent and private hospitals and clinics - including those treating only private or insured patients
  • Mental health, learning disability and rehabilitation providers - hospitals, units and community services
  • Community and clinical healthcare services - diagnostics, rehabilitation, community nursing and similar services, including community interest companies
  • Hospices
  • Students on Placements in the NHS
  • Volunteers within the NHS
  • Health and social care charities - where the charity, or a service it runs, delivers regulated care
  • Health services in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man

The following settings are not currently eligible for Blue Light Card.

  • Regulators and Department of Health and Social Care arm’s-length bodies, unless they are constituted as an NHS body.
  • Employers we can’t find on any eligible data source, where no placement is named on your document either

💡Your job role doesn’t matter. If one of these organisations employs you, you’re eligible. 

Dental, pharmacy, optician, domiciliary care and ambulance staff are covered by their own eligibility criteria. Please check the relevant article to see how to apply

 We hugely value the incredible work from all parts of the healthcare sector; we keep all our eligibility under review and are open to expanding in future.

How we verify your eligibility

We verify applications against national healthcare registers and our approved employer list, so if you work for a legitimate healthcare provider, we can confirm your eligibility when you apply.

Currently employed in the Healthcare sector 

Verification is quick and easy. You may be able to verify with just your work email address. 

If not, you can upload one of the following ID documents that matches the name on your Blue Light Card account. 

Please send a document that shows the hospital, clinic or care location you work at to be approved.

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Work ID card

Must show:

  • Your full name
  • Name of your Employer/Provider

OR

NHS Volunteer ID Card

Must show:

  • Your full name
  • The Name of your Employer/Provider
  • Showing Volunteer within the role

OR

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Payslip dated within the last 3 months

Must show:

  • Your full name
  • The Name of your Employer/Provider

Before uploading, cover or edit out any personal information that isn't relevant to your application.

 

Retired - NHS Pension

If you receive an NHS Pension or another healthcare pension, you’ll need to provide one of the following ID documents that matches the name on your Blue Light Card account. 

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NHS Pension or pension statement or P60

Must show:

  • Your full name
  • Your pension provider name

Before uploading, cover or edit out any personal information that isn't relevant to your application.

Retired - Alternative pension provider

If you use a different pension provider, you can verify using a combination of the following ID documents that match the name on your Blue Light Card account. 

A pension document from any provider

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Two documents including your name and employer's name dated at least 4 years apart (e.g. P60's or payslips)

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Before uploading, cover or edit out any personal information that isn't relevant to your application.

Not sure why your application wasn’t verified? 

Read our tips for uploading your ID to avoid the most common problems, or find out how to resubmit your application.

If you need any additional support or guidance, you can contact our member operations team. We're here to help.