Benefits and hospital

[wendy]

When you or a member of your family go into or come out of hospital, the welfare benefits you get may change. What will happen to your benefits depends on the type of benefit you get.

A stay in hospital can also affect the benefits your partner or carer gets.

This section explains the rules relating to benefits when someone goes into hospital.

Applies to: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Please note: This is a complicated area and we recommend that you seek advice from an expert benefits adviser about your particular circumstances. You can use the Turn2us Find an Adviser tool to find a local adviser.
http://www.turn2us.org.uk/information__ ... pital.aspx

[annie]

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[maureenho]

[wendy]

and Motability have to be informed if you have a car leased from them

Motability leases and going into hospital
26 Jun 2013
Motability leases and going into hospital

Certain benefits, including Disability Living Allowance (DLA), will be affected when you are admitted to hospital for more than 28 days.

In general, DWP do not make payments of DLA care and mobility components after a disabled person has been in hospital for 28 days or more (84 days for children under 16). Payments resume once the disabled person comes out of hospital.

In the past, this suspension of payments was not applied to Motability customers, whose mobility component continued to be paid to the Scheme until the end of their Motability agreement. However, from April 2013 onwards, the DWP has started to treat all hospital in-patients in the same way, whether they have a Motability vehicle or not. This means that, for disabled people with Motability agreements that go into hospital after 8 April 2013, DWP will stop paying the DLA mobility component to the Motability Scheme if they are in hospital for more than 28 days.

As soon as you are admitted to hospital, you should notify DWP of your change in circumstance. If you are in hospital for more than 28 days, you or somebody acting on your behalf should contact us to discuss your individual circumstances. Depending on the expected length of your hospital stay and, of course, your own preferences, we will discuss appropriate arrangements with you.
http://www.motability.co.uk/about-us/ne ... o-hospital

[debzsanderson]

go90 good to know xx