A major change coming tomorrow means thousands more households will have their benefit applications fast-tracked. Terminally-ill people will be able to get their payments six months sooner from Mon…
But they urged the government to go further and include the other benefits as soon as possible.
Matthew Reed, chief executive of the end of life charity Marie Curie, said: "This will help ensure that more dying people can concentrate on making the most of the limited time they have left, rather than worrying about their finances." Sally Light, chief executive of the Motor Neurone Disease Association added that the change will allow more people to " access the support they need swiftly and sensitively, without the need for a face-to-face assessment".
"This is an important first step and we hope that this positive change can be enacted for other applicable benefits as soon as possible," she said.
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