NHS

Paid employees and volunteers:

• NHS ID card

• NHS smart card

• NHS payslip

• GP surgery payslip

• Hospice ID card

• Hospice payslip

Retired employees:

• NHS pension document

• P60 document showing NHS pension

NHS partnership organisations:

For those that do not work for the NHS directly, but work in partnership we would need to see the following ID:

• Work ID card

• Payslip

We use the information provided on your employment documents to verify the eligibility of your organisation under the NHS category. We would then use this to locate a website for your company and we must see ‘In Partnership with NHS’ or NHS affiliation on the website.

Social care - Care Company (workforce)

Paid employees:

• Care company ID card

• Care company payslip

Social care – Social Worker

Paid employees:

• ID card (showing Social Worker job role)

• Payslip (showing Social Worker job role)

• Valid SWE/SCW/SSSC/NISCC registration number

Social care – Care Home

Paid employees:

• Care Home ID card

• Care Home payslip

Social care – Residential Care

Paid employees:

• ID card (showing Residential Care affiliation)

• Payslip (showing Residential Care affiliation)

Social care – Council (working in care sector)

Paid employees:

• Council ID card (showing social care department)

• Council payslip (showing social care department)

• Council contract (showing social care department) + Council payslip

Social care – Foster Carer

• ID card (showing Foster Care job role)

Social care – ILG Personal Assistants

• Independent Living Group (ILG) ID badge

Police

All serving police officers, staff and volunteers are eligible. Retired police offers are also eligible. Accepted forms of ID include:

Paid employees and volunteers:

• Police service payslip

• Police ID card

• Special Constables - headed letter signed by a Police Sergeant

Retired police officers:

• Police pension document

• P60 document showing Police pension

• NARPO card

• RPOAS card

• Certificate of service

Ambulance service

Paid employees and volunteers:

• Ambulance service/NHS ID card

• Ambulance service/NHS payslip

Retired frontline ambulance staff:

• Ambulance service/NHS pension document

Fire service

Paid employees and volunteers:

• Fire service ID card

• Fire service payslip

Retired firefighters:

• Fire service pension document

HM Prison and Probation Service

Paid employees:

• HM Prison or Probation Service ID card

• HM Prison or Probation Service payslip

• Scottish Prison Service (SPS) ID card

For those who are not directly employed by HM Prison and Probation Service, we would need to see a work ID card showing your affiliation to the prison service.

NHS dental practice

Paid employees:

• Payslip (showing a practice name currently accepting/treating NHS patients)

• NHS ID Card

• NHS Smart Card

• NHS payment schedule (showing practice name currently accepting/treating NHS patients and applicant name)

HM Armed Forces/Reserve Armed Forces

Paid employees:

• Armed forces payslip

HM Armed Forces Veterans

• Certificate of service

• Certificate of discharge

• Armed Forces pension document

• Old Armed Forces payslip

• Veterans UK letter

• Veteran ID card

MoD Civil Servant/MoD Police/MoD Fire Service

Paid employees:

• MoD payslip

Highways Traffic Officers

Paid employees:

• Highways ID card (showing Traffic Officer job role)

• Highways payslip (showing Traffic Officer job role)

Home Office – Borders & Immigration (Border Force, UKVI, Immigration Enforcement)

Paid employees:

• Home Office payslip (showing Borders & Immigration department)

• Work ID card showing one of the below roles:

- Warrant Officer

- Detainee Custody Officer

- Prison Custody Officer

- Immigration Removal Centre

- Border Force

- UK Visas

- Immigration

Optometry

Paid employees:

• General Optical Council (GOC) registration number plus a form of personal identification that matches this registration number, e.g. driving licence or passport

Pharmacy

Paid employees:

• Pharmacy ID card

• NHS smart card

• Pharmacy payslip

• General Pharmaceutical Council registration number

Blood Bikes

Volunteers:

• Blood Bikes ID card

HM Coastguard

Paid employees:

• HM Coastguard ID card

• HM Coastguard payslip

RNLI

Paid employees and volunteers:

• RNLI ID card

• RNLI payslip

• Letter (dated within 3 months) from the Station Commander confirming affiliation

Red Cross

Paid employees and volunteers:

• Red Cross ID card

• Red Cross payslip

Search & Rescue

• Search & Rescue organisation ID card

Independent Lifeboats

• Independent Lifeboats ID card

St John Ambulance

• St John Ambulance ID card

• St John Ambulance payslip

St Andrew’s Ambulance

• St Andrew’s Ambulance ID card

• St Andrew’s Ambulance payslip