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My contract for my job ends on February the 28th and I will be claiming JSA until I find a job. However I have a mystery illness that has not yet been diagnosed. I have had to have quite a lot of time off recently, I’m in pain almost everyday and I don’t think I’m fit to work a lot of the time. So how do I go about going on the sick? I’ve been on the sick where I will still have a job to go to and received sick pay. If I go to the doctors and go on the sick, will I still get housing benefit?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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BUT from when I looked into it for between when I gave up being a student and before I was well enough to work again it's really rather difficult to get anything whilst your ill, and you have to have been not well enough to work for a fair while.
I *think* (that is think, not sure by any means) that the two to be looking at in you realy are not well enough to work are incapacity benefit or disability living allowance. From what I remember you have to make an appointment and see an advisor for both of them so maybe that's the best course of action.
What I mean is I don't think I'm well enough to work, I'm havingmore and more time off and my illness is getting worse. No future employer woud let me pass a probation stage like this and I am feelinglike I can't work right now.
I want to know if when you go on the sick (get benefits for not being able to work) do you get housing benefit too.
Like you said, I think I'll make an appointment with an advisor.
Is it the Dr that I see first tosee if he will sign me off etc?
This has good info on incapacity benefit:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10016082
Incapacity benefit in itself doesn't stop you getting housing benefit, BUT if you get IB and do some permitted work then your total income might put you over the limits for housing benefit, at which point it would stop.
We can't tell you how to sort your life out. It also depends on what your doctor is like. If they are generally useful and it's humanly possible to get an appointment with them then it could well be worth making an appointment to see them, see if they think you are fit to work or not (because if they think you are well enough to work and know your history then it's unlikely anyone else will say otherwise) and see if they have any ideas on the best place to look for help.
If your doctor is like mine, generally fairly useless and an absolute nightmare to get appointments with then I'd talk to the benefits people first.
My doctor is very good and has been very supportive with what I have. So I shall try him first.
Thanks for the help hon.
Although saying that, I've just remembered that it can be nightmares getting appointments to see the benefits lot, so it could be worth a shot at trying to get an appointment with them too, you can always cancel it later.
Cheers mate. I didn't take it harshly, it's hard to offend, just putting you straight
Thanks agaon ma love.
To get "signed off" you need a certificate. If you aren't seeing anyone else like a specialist then the GP would be the one to issue it.
I believe you would still get housing benefit because I'm off sick and I get housing benefit amongst other things so I don't see why you wouldn't.
:no: you may have to see one of their doctors but certainly not everyone does, most people don't.
The incapacity for work test thing that that link mentions is just a set of questions that you maybe asked at some point but not everyone gets asked those either, it depends on your circumstances and/ or health.
You would probably be called for a "Work Focussed Interview" at some point where someone asks you what job you might like in the future and gives you "advice" but I had one of these ages ago and it was pretty straight forwards.
I have been signed off for 2 weeks and I'm seeing my specialist on Tuesday.
I'm back at my doctors in 2 weeks to assess my situation.