In hospital
Find out more about specific benefits and services
- If you were working for an employer and earning enough to be relevant for National Insurance (NI) purposes (this is lower than the amount when you have to start paying NI contributions):
check Statutory Sick Pay. - If you were not working when your illness or disability started, you were self-employed, you work for an employer but cannot get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), or your SSP has now stopped, check Employment and Support Allowance (this link will take you to the Directgov website)
- If you or someone in your family want to see if benefits you are already claiming will be affected by a stay in hospital:
check the name of the benefit or benefits in the A-Z listing. - If you or someone in your family need help with the cost of fares or petrol for travel to or from hospital for NHS treatment:
check Travel costs to and from hospital (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website).