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Carers Benefit/ Carers Allowance

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  • 27-09-2020 9:32pm
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    Cavanbhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭


    Hi am in receipt of Carers Benefit which is coming to end and want to go onto Carers Allowance will qualify for the income limits. Do i have to get a new medical report or will they automatically accept as person caring for condition hasnt changed since applying for carers Benefit


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    StackSteevens
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    Cavanbhoy wrote: »
    Hi am in receipt of Carers Benefit which is coming to end and want to go onto Carers Allowance will qualify for the income limits. Do i have to get a new medical report or will they automatically accept as person caring for condition hasnt changed since applying for carers Benefit

    As it's a new claim with different eligibility criteria and will be processed by a different section of SW and paid from a different SW budget I'd be pretty certain that you will be required to send in the CR1 Form fully completed, including the Medical Cert.

    The CA Operational Guidelines state that "A medical certificate is incorporated into the claim form (CR 1). This must be completed and signed by a doctor attending the person(s) being cared for." In my experience, the fastest way to get any SW payment is to do exactly what the application forms tell you to!


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