Disability benefits including Personal Independence Payment <\/a>(PIP) and Attendance Allowance, can help people mitigate the extra costs of living with a long-term illness or health condition. These regular payment can help pay for taxis, additional equipment, mobility scooters, wheelchairs and even a vehicle lease through the Motability Scheme.<\/p>\n However, there are several reasons why DWP may reduce, pause or even stop someone\u2019s benefit claim – including going overseas on holiday for more than four weeks. But claimants my not be aware that payments could also be stopped if you go into hospital. Going into hospital<\/a> for even just one night and failing to inform the right benefit department may result in your payments being reduced or stopped.<\/p>\n READ MORE: DWP confirms new rules for people on PIP, DLA or Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/a>READ MORE: New PIP monthly payment rates for all eight award types from next April<\/a><\/p>\n The DWP has provided guidance on the GOV.UK website<\/a> on what claimants need to do if they are admitted to hospital and will miss a Jobcentre Plus appointment.<\/p>\n However, they also have a warning which states: \u201cYour claim might be stopped or reduced if you do not report a hospital stay.\u201d<\/p>\n Below is everything you need to know about going into hospital if you are claiming benefits.<\/p>\n DWP guidance states you must tell the office that pays your benefit as soon as possible if you:<\/strong><\/p>\n However, if you are unable to contact the relevant department yourself, DWP says a friend or relative can call them for you.<\/p>\n What you need to tell DWP<\/p>\n You will need to give your:<\/strong><\/p>\n And if you\u2019re calling on behalf of a friend or relative, you need to give your name and contact details too.<\/p>\n What happens if I go into hospital?<\/p>\n You need to give details about your stay in hospital, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n How to report your hospital stay<\/p>\n DWP guidance<\/a> states: \u201cWho you tell depends on which benefits you get. You might need to report your change to more than one organisation if you get more than one benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n Universal Credit<\/p>\n Report a hospital stay of 24 hours or longer using your Universal Credit online account or contact the Universal Credit helpline.<\/p>\n Pension-age benefits<\/p>\n Call the Pension Service helpline if you get one or more of:<\/strong><\/p>\n Disability benefits<\/p>\n Call the Disability Service Centre if you get:<\/strong><\/p>\n Low or no income benefits<\/p>\n Call Jobcentre Plus if you get:<\/strong><\/p>\n Child Benefit<\/p>\n Tell the Child Benefit Office if your child goes into hospital or \u2018residential care\u2019 for more than 12 weeks.<\/p>\n Other benefits<\/p>\n Call the helpline for each benefit to report a hospital stay if you get:<\/strong><\/p>\n Full details of the numbers to call can be found on the GOV.UK website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join the conversation on our Money Saving Scotland Facebook group<\/a> for money-saving tips, the latest State Pension and benefits news, energy bill advice and cost of living updates.<\/p>\n Sign up to our Record Money newsletter and get the top stories sent to your inbox daily from Monday to Friday with a special cost of living edition every Thursday – sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also follow us on X<\/strong> (formerly Twitter) @Recordmoney_<\/a> for regular updates throughout the day or get money news alerts on your phone by joining our Daily Record Money WhatsApp community<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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