ADP Scotland advice

Hello Rab and thank you for contacting the Online Community.

You might find this information on our website helpful. It talks about ADP and what to do if your circumstances change and how to dispute or appeal a decision.

We also have a team of Money Advisers who can perform a benefit/grant check and talk to you about ADP as well. They will need information about your income, outgoings and any savings/investments you might have to perform a check.

I was sorry to hear that your cancer is inoperable and incurable Rab. How do you feel you’re managing just now? Do you have all the support you need? Palliative nurses (like Macmillan nurses), specialise in pain and symptom management as well as offering emotional support and helping to co-ordinate care. They work on a referral basis and a health care professional like a G.P. can arrange this and other kinds of support.

We’d be more than happy to talk things through with you further. We have a team of cancer specialist nurses here on the support line if you have any clinical questions you’d like to ask about your diagnosis.

We’re also here for your emotional support Rab. Cancer can bring up all sorts of feelings and it can be helpful to talk about these to try and process what’s happening.

You can call in on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week, 8am – 8pm), web chat or email if you’d prefer, and you can check our website to see what local support there is.

Take care.