hi my hubby is on ib and has been since 2005 he suffers from depresion he tryed to kill himself ,luckley he got help with meds has been seeing a phy,i have high rate care and motebity heis my carer ,i am worried they will put him on esa and force him to work, i cannot be left long onmy own , can you teell me what they might do in this situration . gayle
If he is still suicidally depressed, this provision may cover him "You will be treated as having limited capability for work-related activities if: you suffer from some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement and, by reasons of such disease or disablement, there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if you were found not to have limited capability for work-related activity."
However, he may be able to qualify on other grounds. For the current provisions, see our guide to claiming ESA. However, the government is revising these and we do not have a definitive final version of the new descriptors, although the proposed ones have been published.
