What expenses are disability benefits mean to cover?

Hapless_2

ohreally wrote: »

Acording to the Motability website there are 259...http://www.motabilityonline.co.uk/site/current_prices/priceList/priceListDLAByVehicleDetails.jsp?formContextKey=&searchVehicleCategory=&searchManufacturer=&searchBodyDoors=&searchBodyType=&searchTransmissionType=Automatic&searchFuelType=Diesel++++&searchEngineSize=&searchAdvancePayment=&userAction=Search&userAction=criteriaChange
- unless you are choosing to limit your choice.

Regards.

But that depends on what dealers there are in your area. Some people are restricted to how far they travel to pick up a vehicle and of course the advance payment they can afford.
£16,000 advance payment, then £178 a month, yeah really cheap and accessable to disabled people!

minimadtrix

Cute_n_Quirky wrote: »

Unfortunately I have a disabling condition which I have no control over, which necessitates a lot of hospital visits.

I HAVE to have a car which is automatic - I need a left ankle replacement and cannot drive a car with a gearbox any longer.
ALL automatics use more petrol!

I only got the vehicle in December 06. I DID shop around. I have bought dozens of new cars whilst I was able to work - I had a new car every two years.
There are only four models of car which are both automatic and diesel - their fuel consumption is not much better.

I have not claimed petrol for the hospital visits to the UHND myself. I asked at the Job Centre but they were not interested.

Instead of using your own car, have you thought of asking the hospital to organise transport for you? Its free, but may take a little longer to get there.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

ohreally wrote: »

The arrogance displayed in that remark is breathtaking...an observation,not an attack.




Perhaps ones ability to "check things out" would benefit from further development.
Expense reimbursement for hospital visits is not within the remitt of the job centre, this lies with the NHS trust you have been referred to.





Acording to the Motability website there are 259...http://www.motabilityonline.co.uk/site/current_prices/priceList/priceListDLAByVehicleDetails.jsp?formContextKey=&searchVehicleCategory=&searchManufacturer=&searchBodyDoors=&searchBodyType=&searchTransmissionType=Automatic&searchFuelType=Diesel++++&searchEngineSize=&searchAdvancePayment=&userAction=Search&userAction=criteriaChange
- unless you are choosing to limit your choice.

Regards.

Maybe if you had used YOUR intelligence you would have read that I already GOT my motability car - in December 2006 - which I will have for three years.

All automatics use a lot of petrol - there is nothing I can do about that. The other diesels mentioned all came with very high advance payments.

As always, your posts are nonsense.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

minimadtrix wrote: »

Instead of using your own car, have you thought of asking the hospital to organise transport for you? Its free, but may take a little longer to get there.

First of all they don't operate in all areas and are in limited supply when they do.

I don't mind my own car - but it is expensive for lots of hospital visits.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Hapless wrote: »

But that depends on what dealers there are in your area. Some people are restricted to how far they travel to pick up a vehicle and of course the advance payment they can afford.
£16,000 advance payment, then £178 a month, yeah really cheap and accessable to disabled people!

Precisely! I had a choice of four vehicles if I went for both automatic and diesel. However, the diesel consumption would not have made much difference to the cost of travel. Diesel has gone up considerably anyway and being automatic they do use more fuel than a gearbox. It also had to be higher in design, because of my condition. The Focus has a seat heightener. I wanted a Citroen Picasso, which I had before - but the advance payment is thousands and doesn't come auto+diesel, neither does the Renault Scenic, which I have had before and would have loved.

I only have a Ford Focus, for which I paid an advance payment of £500, which I felt was enough to pay in advance. Plus the DLA mobility too.

Thanks for posting.

minimadtrix

Cute_n_Quirky wrote: »

Why should I do this?

Because:-

1. It saves your money on petrol
2. It saves parking fees
3. You will be delivered to the door (no walking through car parks)
4. I used your quote as an example so that others in such unfortunate postitions are also made aware that hospitals do organise free transport.

bestpud

Hapless wrote: »

But that depends on what dealers there are in your area. Some people are restricted to how far they travel to pick up a vehicle and of course the advance payment they can afford.
£16,000 advance payment, then £178 a month, yeah really cheap and accessable to disabled people!

Don't take this the wrong way, but why do people have motability cars if they are not cheaper? £16000 would buy a lot of car. Of course there would still be monthly running costs though.

I think I must be missing something here as if it is that big a rip off, how is it still going?

I'm puzzled!!!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

bestpud wrote: »

Don't take this the wrong way, but why do people have motability cars if they are not cheaper? £16000 would buy a lot of car. Of course there would still be monthly running costs though.

I think I must be missing something here as if it is that big a rip off, how is it still going?

I'm puzzled!!!

The normal run of the mill vehicles can be cheaper.

If you need more space - for a wheelchair or scooter, for example, the advance payments are hefty.

You can get a small vehicle for the cost of the £45 per week DLA mobility. Which is fine if that is okay for the condition.

As I posted above , for a Citroen Picasso or a Renault Scenic, with more space - the advance payments start at over £1K and up.

For someone who is not working any longer and having only a minimal income, that is out of the question. Yes, it is fine for those people who are still able to work and have DLA, but not for others.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

minimadtrix wrote: »

Because:-

1. It saves your money on petrol
2. It saves parking fees
3. You will be delivered to the door (no walking through car parks)
4. I used your quote as an example so that others in such unfortunate postitions are also made aware that hospitals do organise free transport.

As I also posted - a lot of areas do not offer this service.

They are difficult to get and only work within certain hours.

Most don't take wheelchairs, etc, so are not suitable for everybody.

I have a friend who had to have hospital treatment for breast cancer, every day for 8 weeks, Mon-Fri.

They had no car - neither of them drive. She is badly disabled and unable to use a bus.

She lives at Bishop Auckland, the hospital was North Tees, some 30 miles each way.

She paid for a taxi for almost all of those visits and was unable to reclaim the costs.

The ambulance will not go out of the area.

The twice that a volunteer driver came for her - the driver was living in Harrogate! Some 60 miles each way from her. He drove up to Bishop Auckland from Harrogate, took her to North Tees Hospital, took her home, then went home himself to Harrogate.

That is how good the volunteer driver service is.

minimadtrix

Cute_n_Quirky wrote: »

As I also posted - a lot of areas do not offer this service.

They are difficult to get and only work within certain hours.

And there's me thinking Lincolnshire was bad! Unfortunately my husband needs to make lots of trips to hospital as well. This is a 50 mile round trip and sometimes he needs to take the free transport (yes he can drive himself, but some treatment leaves him unable to do so). He sets out at 7.30 in the morning and, after 2 wonderful sight seeing trips around the countryside, returns home around 6.30.

I would take him, but I work. So we are very grateful for what is offered by a cash-strapped PCT. It's a shame some others don't think the same way.