crohns

Paul79

I have crohn's disease and just in the middle of starting treatment  just wanted to know if any one is on benefits at the moment i am on income based jobseekers if you have crohns can you stay on income based jobseekers or do you need to go over on to universal credit i have alot of hospital appointments at the moment which i can not keep to my jobseeker agreement  many thanks

Ross_Alumni

Hello @Paul79 and welcome to the community, how are you? 

Thank you for introducing yourself, and I hope that your treatment goes well, I have moved your discussion over to our benefit entitlement category so hopefully you will receive replies.

To work out your potential entitlement to various benefits, have you filled out a benefits calculator such as this one provided by entitledto?

calcotti

If you are not well enough to look for work you can have work search requirements suspended temporarily for a maximum of 13 weeks. If you expect to be unable to seek work for longer than this you will be expected to claim UC.