Nearly 1,000 were affected in the first half of 2022
Nearly 1,000 people in Greater Lincolnshire suffered benefit cuts in the last quarter of the financial year to April 2022 after hospital stays of a month or more.
It showed that compared to 2020, the number of PIP suspensions under the hospital rule in Greater Lincolnshire authorities to 2022 increased by an average of 45.31% during those months. At the other end of the scale, Boston Borough Council had 50 suspensions, but still saw a rise of 25%. “The loss of financial support can have a detrimental impact on the ability of family members and carers to support the person at a key time, throughout a lengthy hospital admission.”
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