Hospital and benefits - Non-means tested benefits

If you get any of the benefits listed below, the amount you get for yourself won't change when you go into hospital. You will continue to be paid as usual. However, if you get any extra money in the benefit for another person, for example for a child or your partner, this will usually stop after you have been in hospital for 52 weeks:

• Basic State Pension
• New State Pension
• Bereavement Support Payment
• Widowed Parent's Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
• Statutory Maternity Pay
• Maternity Allowance
• Statutory Sick Pay

Contribution-based / New-Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 

You can continue to be paid Contribution-based / New-Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) when you are in hospital. If you are in hospital for longer than 52 weeks, you will not be paid the support or work-related activity components. 

Contribution-based / New-Style Jobseeker's Allowance 

Contribution-based / New-Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) will stop when you are sick and unable to look for work for more than two weeks. In some circumstances it can continue to be paid for an extended period of up to 13 weeks, however you should get advice from a welfare benefits adviser.