Broken ankle - Can I claim travel expenses back?

familyguy12

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I broke my ankle and will be on crutches for the next 6-8 weeks at least.

I was treated by the NHS and am back at work now.

My workplace is only a 10 minute drive away but because of my injury I'm not able to drive so I have to now rely on the buses and / or taxis to commute to work.

I have to get 2 buses even though it's a short distance because of the routes the bus take and in between I have a bit of a distance to walk which I'm finding really difficult on the crutches.
So I've been using cabs more and more as I'm struggling to physically cope with the bus commute. And this of course means having to spend a lot more money to get to and from work.

I am therefore just wondering given my predicament if it it is at all possible to claim back travel expenses in full or part or is there anything I might be entitled to as a result of my short term disability?

Thanks.

lovinituk

Claim from who? I would have thought that unless someone is responsible for your accident, there is no-one to 'claim' from.

cifpower

I drive a car to work. Car breaks down. I get the bus. Can I claim my travelling expenses back?

sammyjammy

Access to work is a possiblity you could explore.

https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/overview

familyguy12

sammyjammy wrote: »

Access to work is a possiblity you could explore.

https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/overview

Thank you. That looks interesting.

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I love how you always get passive aggressive rhetorical replies on here to anything remotely contentious.

pmlindyloo

sammyjammy wrote: »

Access to work is a possiblity you could explore.

https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/overview

Might be useful to read this too:

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/access-work

FBaby

Alternatively, can you take a cab for the shorter distance of the one of the bus, hence only have to take one and making it easier?

nannytone_2

regardless of how promising the 'access to work' info seems ... It really isnt that easy to get, and takes months to arrange, by which time you wont need it

Voltaire7

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Might be useful to read this too:

I would be absolutely astonished if any of this advice is relevant to someone with a broken ankle, but maybe you know something I don't!

Poppie68

Access for work doesn't usually deal with short term disabilities and can be a lengthy process. You would be up and about before they even started assessing you. Surely the money saved on fuel compensates for your bus fares anyway?

PETIE

Poppie68 wrote: »

Access for work doesn't usually deal with short term disabilities and can be a lengthy process. You would be up and about before they even started assessing you. Surely the money saved on fuel compensates for your bus fares anyway?

Wouldn't be to sure about that, public transport is expensive.

for me it would cost £15 a day using public transport, compared to £5 in diesel, and the government wonders why people don't use public transport.