Hello, all!
It's Wayne here from the Online Community Team.
We're looking at putting together a helpful blog that can support members with any Welfare Rights queries that they would like to ask. Our Money Advisers can give you free and confidential advice and help you to find out what benefits and financial support you might be entitled to.
So, we'd love to hear from you on any of the following:
We'll be putting the best questions/suggestions forward for our Money Advisers to answer, so don't be shy!
Over to you. What would you like to ask a Macmillan Money Adviser?
You can speak to our Money Advisors for free on 0808 808 00 00 or chat online Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays), 8am – 6pm. Alternatively, you can email them.
Hi XxxSueXxx
welcome to the forum, I am sorry you are living with melanoma. Do you mean for travel insurance? We have a forum for travel insurance queries that you can join. Travel insurance forum for cancer patients I have good experience of Insurancewith who are a specialist for cancer patients. I also have metastatic disease.
Macmillan Support Line - 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week between 8am-8pm
I am a Macmillan volunteer.
I have metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer, in remission
Hi XxxSueXxx
Welcome to this forum. I hope you're doing OK. It sounds like you might be asking about travel insurance rather than a travel agent.
As our community champion mentioned, hearing about other people's experiences with insurance companies can be really useful, so it's worth checking out the travel insurance forum they linked you to.
Before approaching a provider, it's worth reading our website's guidance on buying travel insurance: Cancer and buying travel insurance | Macmillan Cancer Support
If you'd like professional support finding the right policy, a specialist insurance broker can help. You can find one that matches your circumstances through the British Insurance Brokers' Association: Travel Medical Insurance - BIBA
I hope this all makes sense, but if you need any more assistance, please do let us know.
Best Wishes
Phil
Money Adviser Macmillan Support Line
Hi Debs1958
It sounds like you and your husband have a huge amount to manage right now, both with his lung cancer diagnosis and your own health conditions, so it's completely understandable to feel unsure about navigating the benefits system on top of everything else.
To put your mind at rest, there's no rule that limits a household to one disability benefit. PIP and Attendance Allowance are both non-means-tested and are assessed purely on the individual's own care and mobility needs, completely separately from what a partner receives.
Therefore, you could be receiving PIP and your husband Attendance Allowance.
To qualify for Attendance Allowance your husband must have care needs that require attention during the day or night and have been present for 6 months, although the claim process can start before this.
You can find out more about the personal care needs applicable to Attendance Allowance here; Attendance Allowance | Macmillan Cancer Support.
If you'd like some help working out whether your husband’s current needs may qualify, our Macmillan Money Advisers can talk this through with you and can also help with the claim form. Money advice | Macmillan Cancer Support
You can contact our Money Advisers on 0808 808 0000, option 2, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.
Best Wishes
Phil
Money Adviser Macmillan Support Line
Hi Debs1958
Thank you for letting me know.
You can email the Macmillan Support Line directly using our online contact form: Contact us | Macmillan Cancer Support. All emails are answered within 2 working days.
Alternatively, you can contact a money adviser by webchat, via the icon at the bottom right of this page Chat online | Macmillan Cancer Support
I hope this helps
Best Wishes
Phil
Money Adviser Macmillan Support Line
