Entitled to anything???

shelene

Hi

We have just found out that my husband is to have surgery in the forthcoming months for hydrocephelis and requires brain surgery, and will be needing 4-6 months off work to recover also his driving licience is to be surrended to the DVLA for a minimum of 6 months after surgery.

Whilst off work he will only recieve SSP, which for us is a rather large drop off about £200.00 per week in income.

I have a good salary of around £30k per year, but will struggle to manage on this and SSP with mortgage, childcare etc etc

So i contacted child tax credits and due to my salary would nt be entitled to anything - is there anything else we may be entitled to to help us get through the forthcoming difficult 6 months???

sammyjammy

He may be entitled to claim contributory based ESA (even though he is still employed) once the SSP runs out but as far as I know there is nothing else due to the salary you are bringing in.

I've tried to check how long you can get SSP but https://www.direct.gov.uk isn't playing!

Best of luck for you and your family.

Sam

healy

sammyjammy wrote: »

He may be entitled to claim contributory based ESA (even though he is still employed) once the SSP runs out but as far as I know there is nothing else due to the salary you are bringing in.

I've tried to check how long you can get SSP but https://www.direct.gov.uk isn't playing!

Best of luck for you and your family.

Sam

You can be paid SSP for 28 weeks.