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Benefits for cancer patients
- borgequeen
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- bro58
Urgent advice needed please. My sister is currently in cancer treatment, for the third time in eleven years. She is 42 years old, had a mastectomy & complete auxilliery clearance. She has had chemo & radiotherapy twice. Had an oopherectomy, with complications. Has little use of her right arm due to lymph gland clearance. Has nerve damage & referred pain to her back legs and feet due to radiotherapy & suffers from clinical depression. She has been turned down for ESA because her husband works. He is a low earner. They have two children. One of school age. She has also been turned down for DLA and is taking this to appeal. Her mortgage arrears are mounting and is distressed beyond belief. No-one seems to be able to help her. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Hi BQ,
When you say that your sister "has been turned down for ESA because her husband works", is this because your sister does not have enough NI Contribution/Credits to be entitled to Contributary ESA, and does not qualify for Income Related ESA because her husband's earnings place their income above the level allowed under the IR ESA Means Test?, or has your sister been found "fit for work" after going through the ESA Works Capability Assessment?
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- bro58
Whilst you ponder your response to my previous post, has your sister been in contact with Macmillan?, they really are excellent on giving advice, and helping cancer sufferers claim any benefits that they may be entitled to, see their website here :
www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCanHelp/HowWeCanHelp.aspx
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- bro58
She hasn't enough credits for contribution based ESA. She worked as a carer for 12hrs per week, therefore her employer didn't deduct NI. Her husband works in a supermarket so she's been told she can't have income based ESA either. She has not had an ESA medical.
Hi BG,
In that case, your sister really does need face to face advice, or if she is not fit enough, maybe you could make enquiries for her.
It is not possible for me to give any constructive advice, as I could not possibly gain access to your sister's personal details and monetary situation.
Please see :
Why can’t you answer a question about my specific claim?
And this link for potential sources of advice :
Where to get advice?
See also :
Crisis loans
I refer you back again to Macmillan, they truly are very good :
www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCanHelp/HowWeCanHelp.aspx
As it appears that you are new to the forum, the information on the links below may help, especially with the DLA Appeal :
Welcome to Benefits and Work
You can access our FAQ’s in the yellow Spotlight Area, at the top above the forum, from here :
FAQ’s
You can search the forums for previously posted topics from here :
Searching The Forum
You can access our ESA Guides from here :
ESA Guides
You can access our DLA Guides from here :
DLA Guides
You can access all our B&W Guides from here :
All B&W Guides
Information on Personal Independence Payment, (PIP) can be found here :
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
I hope that the information above is of some help, please repost here, if you have any further general queries, regarding ESA or DLA.
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