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Hospital In-patient
If you or your partner goes into hospital we can pay your Benefit for up to 52 weeks, provided that you are expected to return home within that time. Further help and information for hospital patients, their families and carers is available from the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS).
You do not need to contact us before you go into hospital, however, as soon as possible, you should ask a friend, relative or hospital social worker to let us know you are in hospital.
If you are in receipt of Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance these allowances will be withdrawn after you have been in hospital for 4 weeks. This may affect your entitlement to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, because your Applicable Amount will reduce. Applicable Amounts are the standard amounts that the Government say you need for your day-to-day living expenses.
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