Sick and unable to work
Find out more about specific benefits and services
- If you were working for an employer and earning enough to be relevant for National Insurance (NI) purposes (this is lower than the amount when you have to start paying NI contributions):
check Statutory Sick Pay. - If you were not working when your illness or disability started, you were self-employed, you work for an employer but cannot get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), or your SSP has now stopped, check Employment and Support Allowance (this link will take you to the Directgov website)
- You may also be able to get Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax benefit while
you are sick and unable to work:
- check Council Tax Benefit (this link will take you to the Directgov website)
if you pay rent to a private landlord
check Housing Benefit (this link will take you to the Directgov website)
in all other cases
check Local Housing Allowance (this link will take you to the Directgov website)