help plz can i claim anything else

boycie197

to cut a long story short i had accident in work 1 year ago had amputation of ring finger had 2 ops and still got nerve damage and lost 50% grip and strenth in hand tried cliaming benifits but only 1 i got was ind inj benafit £28 A WEEK as my wife was working at time but since jully she was finished she put in a cliam for jsa and claimed for me also so now we was getting £100.95p a week plus £28 for myself but we also privetly renting and have to find £30 a month for that today we was told they taking the £100.95 down to £72.28 a week we dont know how we going to survive on this as we got £180 a month direct debit gas heat water etc but i thought they couldnt tke the £28 into account as that will be paid to me even when she was working im also under a psychiatrist for depresion and servere helth anxiaty please help i really dont know what to do?

Proc

It may sound obvious but why don't you get a job?

I don't really buy the fact that having a weaker hand makes you unemployable.

I know a blind lady who runs her own home tutoring business.

I used to know a gentleman who despite the fact he was disabled from the neck down, he was Chairman at his local rugby club.

I once had a plumber install a new bathroom in my house - he had a thumb missing.

I could think of, or find, hundreds or examples where people have a far worse disability than your own but are still completely independant.

pinkshoes

Perhaps getting back into work would help?

I know many people that have lost their ring finger (I've had many jobs in manufacturing, and although they "advise" people to remove their wedding ring, many don't - it doesn't take much for the finger to be ripped off!!), and although it affects them quite a lot to begin with, they feel more "normal" again when they settle back into a working routine.

Why not go and visit the CAB, or go to https://www.entitledto.co.uk

Rockporkchop

Really sorry to hear this OP. Did you receive any compensation for the injury at all? What made you leave your job after the accident - was it your choice or the company's?