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By:
administrator
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Posted:
Mon Apr 10, 2006 - 12:20 PM
RCF members may be interested to know that you can obtain benefits advice in your local area by ringing Macmillan on 0800 500 800. Please also see the link on this website to Macmillan's 'Better Deal' website.
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By:
Rain
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uk
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Posted:
Tue Jul 04, 2006 - 11:19 PM
I did this, an i got passed from pillar to post :/
I got advised to a benefits center and when i phoned them the reply were " Well isnt that a specialised service! " " im afraid we cant deal with that, we are not trained too". ...i stumbled an appolgy found another local number and couldnt get through on that one. The local job center were my next port o call, only to be told "forget it" you dont qualify.
Ok...it seem that if you earn a modest £11.000 a year, you dont qualify for any of the means tested stuff, and if you try for disability benefit you dont qualify because the cancer in your nose an throat, does not effect your legs.
Basically , if you can walk, you buggered....walk the 40 miles there. an 40 miles back for your treatment, or enjoy the 8 hour day for the hospital ambulance service to do it for free, for your few seconds of radiotherapy five days a week...grrr
Please excuse me if i sound angry, but i am.
Rain *sounding off a bit*
xxx
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By:
wanderer
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Posted:
Wed Jul 05, 2006 - 06:11 PM
All cancer patients are eligible for Disability Living Allowance - this won't be permanent, most people are taken off it after 2 years. It isn't means tested. I didn't know this when I got cancer - assumed I didn't qualify because I was working, tho' on sick leave, and had some money in the bank. Hoewever, I'v met loads of people in similar position who have managed to claim for eg. oesopahgus, breast, gynae. cancers. It has been withdrawn at the end of two years. The sang is the complicated form. You're supposed to claim within so many weeks (can't remember how many)but if you're late with that you just lose the weeks when you didn't claim, and can still claim. I should go to your local benefits office and ask for a form for DLA.
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By:
Rain
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uk
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Wed Jul 05, 2006 - 08:12 PM
Wanderer thank you for the reply honey 
I will get the form an we will apply anyway then, dispite what the job center say.
I didnt mean to sound all ranty last night when i posted, but i been running round in circles, getting passed from pillar to post and feeling like i banging me head up against a door that is never going to open. Its been very frusterating as i promissed her i would get all this sort of stuff sorted out for her, an not to worry.
I am so glad i come here
Many thanks for your help.
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By:
laura
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UK
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Posted:
Mon Jul 31, 2006 - 02:53 PM
"All cancer patients are eligible for Disability Living Allowance"
I applied shortly after starting chemotherapy and was told I was eligible but could not recieve anything because I had not been ill for 6 months. Why arent you eligible if you are very ill under that 6 months? Would it be worth applying again? I am returning to work in September but I was wondering if you could still receive it.
Thanks
Laura x
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By:
neety
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Cheshire
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Wed Oct 24, 2007 - 06:12 PM
I reduced my working hours when i had my first tumour removed as i was still limping and nursing rarely allows you to have a break during a shift. I now work 30 hours and am struggling terribly, My household bills are £1100 a month but i only receive £1200 net pay plus 19.88 weekly child tax credit, We can't live and I have tried Macmillans who promised to help with a grant for my train fares to hospital in London, (I live in Cheshire and have to go to London for appointments and scans) but despite phoning them again I still have not heard anything, I have put a DLA form in but doubt i will get it, can't get housing benefit as I am just over the limit for that as well as Working Tax Credit. I will just have to go back to work full time despite my lethargy and tiredness, I feel terrible some days but don't have a choice. Nobody can afford to be ill
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By:
wanderer
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Posted:
Thu Oct 25, 2007 - 09:14 AM
I have been told it is best to let your GP or consultant (or both if you are regularly seeing both) know you are applying for DLA, as they will be asked about your condition and abilities. If you have them on your side you stand a far greater chance. Good luck.
Your story is a disgrace to the system. Should be publicised elsewhere perhaps?
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By:
wanderer
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Posted:
Thu Oct 25, 2007 - 09:18 AM
P.S.
Have you seen the link to the e-petition on the RCF home page?
It's a petition to Downing Street about benefits and cancer patients.
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By:
neety
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Cheshire
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Posted:
Thu Oct 25, 2007 - 03:35 PM
yes the GP and consultant will be asked the facts but not how the illness affects you, which is something i didnt realise until now!
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By:
neety
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Cheshire
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Posted:
Thu Oct 25, 2007 - 03:37 PM
What's the RCF??
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By:
neety
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Cheshire
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Posted:
Thu Oct 25, 2007 - 03:57 PM
DOH!! Just realised this is the RCF!!! ignore me it's the medication!!
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