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Interview LC07  

Interview LC07

Age at Interview: 57
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 56
Background: Offshore Medic (retired), married, 2 children.
Brief outline:Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer May 2002, followed by chemotherapy June-September 2002, and by radiotherapy from outside the chest to the lung October 2002.


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The forms for claiming financial benefits were 'horrendous' and difficult to understand.

 



Right you were going to say a bit more about benefits?

Yeah SSP you only get SSP which is Statutory Sick Pay for 28 weeks, after that you then have to, you then get a form from the, your pay people, whoever does your salary for you which is called an SSPL which is Statutory Sick Pay Leaving, that's what the L stands for. And that has to go to social security and what happens then is they will then give you this form here which is your claim for Incapacity Benefit, because after 28 weeks you don't get any SSP so you have to claim for that.  

And that's what the doctor has to help you fill in, is it that form?

No, the doctor fills the first one in yes, the doctor fills the first one. These ones, well you'll probably the doctor to help you fill that one in as well but some of the forms are absolutely horrendous. You've got to be, you've got to have a degree in Higher English to be able to understand them because I don't know who makes these forms out but they are not user friendly, to man or beast.
Karol Sikora - Lung cancer
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