Jamaica - Apply Health Benefits from National Health Fund (NHF) for Individuals

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for the National Health Fund (NHF) benefits as an individual, you should submit your complete application to the NHF office or at any card centre location. Please view the NHF contact details in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section below
2. Obtain the NHF Application Form from your doctor, hospital, health clinic, pharmacy, NHF Head Office or NHF Helpdesk locations.
3. Complete the application form correctly and take it to your doctor to endorse the application and fill the necessary section for doctors
4. Then submit the application form to the NHF office or at any card center for processing
5. Upon submission of the application, the NHF officials will verify the information you have provided in the application form to check if the form is completed accordingly
6. Once they confirm that your application meets the required standard, the application will be processed and you will be registered for NHF individual benefits as per the prescribed illness
7. You will then be issued an NHF registration card

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Required Documents

• Complete application form
• Tax Registration Number (TRN)

Office Locations & Contacts

'National Health Fund (Head Office)
Address: The Towers, 6th Floor, 25 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5 
Tel: 1-(876)-906-1106 / 906-2293/ 906-9667/
908-2992/ 908-3913/ 908-3106/ 906-0756 
Fax: 1-(876)-906-1105 / 754-2640
Email: [email protected]

NHF Pharmaceutical Division 
78 Marcus Garvey Drive 
Kingston 13 
Tel: 1-(876)-923-6926-8, 923-6920 
Fax: 1-(876)-923-7159

NHF Locations and Contact details: Link

Card Centre locations are:

• Head Office (Dominica Drive)
  
• Drug Serv Union Square, Cross Road
  
• Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), St. James
  
• St. Ann's Bay Hospital (SABH), St. Ann
  
• Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH), Manchester
  
• May Pen Regional Hospital, Clarendon
  
• Greater Portmore Health Centre, St. Catherine
  
• Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Kingston
  
• Princess Margaret Hospital, St. Thomas
  
• Percy Junor Hospital, Manchester
  
• Port Maria Hospital, St. Mary
  
• Santa Cruz Health Centre, St. Elizabeth
  
• Black River Hospital, St. Elizabeth
  
• Drug Serv Sav-la-mar, Westmoreland
  
• Spanish Town Hospital Drug Serv, St. Catherine
  
• Falmouth Hospital Drug Serv, Trelawny
  
• Noel Holmes Hospital Drug Serv, Hanover
  
• Port Antonio Hospital Drug Serv, Portland
  

Eligibility

You are eligible to apply for the NHF benefits if you are suffering from the following illness:

• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Enlarged Prostate)
• Breast Cancer
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• High Cholesterol
• Hypertension
• Ischaemic Heart Disease
• Major Depression
• Prostate Cancer
• Psychosis
• Rheumatic Fever
• Heart Disease
• Vascular Disease

Fees

• Free

Validity

• Registration is valid forever

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Processing Time

• Within thirty minutes

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Instructions

• TRN is prerequisite for anyone applying for the NHF Individual Benefits, including children. Please contact the Tax Office for assistance with obtain the TRN

Required Information

• Name
• Address
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Tax Registration Number (TRN)

Need for the Document

• This registration assists you to benefit form NHF of you or your child is suffering form any of the chronic illness mentioned in the “Eligibility” section above

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External Links

NHF: Link

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