Benefits

Well i was involved in a car crash where I my car skidden on ice and plunged down a banking. Fortunatley I wasn't too bad only a bruised ego and painful back and arm injuries. I was carted off to hospital for checks etc and spent a week in there. I had and still do sometimes have flash backs and my mental health is an issue but I recieve care from the mental health team who have been brillaint in supporting me. My GP wrote me a fit note for 6 weeks and when that expired I went back to see her still with bad back problems and I can't raise my right arm too far in the air etc. At the time I was working as a Care Assistant in a care home which in itself is a physically and mentally challenging job. My curent fit note ends on 1st August and I'll be going back for abother one. I decided that due to my age (66 in September) That I might as well take early retirment which I have done and my support worker assisted me to make a claim for UC. The DWP say that due to my savings being above £6000 I'm not entitled to any benefit but my support worker thinks I'll be entitled to PIP providing I keep getting fit notes and submitting them on my UC Journal. I hit Pension age on March 10th 2027. I've been Autistic for quite a few years now and it's only just come to light since the accident. At least I'm still alive and have a new life as a Retiree which is more than can be said for the car which sadly got written off. 

You can always return to UC if your savings go below the level they need. You can only claim PIP if you are under retirement age. If you claim above the pension age for the 1st time they will put you on pension credit or attendance allowance.. You haven't got long left to be able to claim PIP.. You can claim PIP if your condition affects you after 6 months of being diagnosed with it if you state it.  You can also state conditions which are not diagnosed to. If you claim PIP these two guides may help.

https://www.familiesinfocusessex.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PIP-helpful-phrases.pdf

https://mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org/welfare-benefits/pip-mental-health-guide/help-with-your-pip-claim/how-to-fill-in-the-pip-form/

Thanks. Yeah I will do when they do go below £6k. My Mental health support worker is helping me with it all.

Thanks. Yeah I will do when they do go below £6k. My Mental health support worker is helping me with it all.

Ssp will affect how much UC you will receive.

Try the benefits calculator,  www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

Not according to the notice I got from the dwp though that may have been because I had ssp from my employer up to mid may before I resigned  but the payment for April may and June all say £0.00p meaning they not paying me anything for those months. I'll find out if and when July shows up. 

You can claim UC if your savings are below £16k.  You get full UC if your savings are below £6k and reduced UC if savings are between £6k and £16k.

www.gov.uk/.../eligibility