English Layer Working In Thailand Nows About English Halt Care System.

[Richard84]

Hello.

My frend has stayed long in thailand and got a traumatic brain injury in thailand... did go back to the uk and got money from the helt care system. and hi cant speak mutch but we know hi loves thailand and whant to say hear. the climet in thailand makes it mutch easyer for him to wak and so on.. but his mother is worry if they dont go back to the uk the lose ther montly pay chk... so what we need is a layer that stays in thailand if in puket thats good. that knows about helt care system in england what the rules are and so on... thats not to exspensiv... can you recemed on ?

Tnks a lot.

[apetley]

Thats in English right?

[pointofview]

A poor troll if i ever seen one - even the attempt at bad english is bad!

[apetley]

Yes, his resume is written in pretty good English.

OP is just irritating.

Maybe he would get some help if he didn't act the prat.

[londonthai]

richard, mother of your friend should contact the british consulate for guidance.

what is important is keeping in touch with the social security office and with the doctors if they would have any business to your friend - so someone in the UK should forward all the important correspondence to thailand.

if he is not permanently disabled than from time to time he will have to see the doctors in the UK to check progress of his illness. Anyway, he will get there some treatments on NHS - even it it's an experimental treatment it still might benefit from it.

I would not pay a layer until there is a serious problem

[Richard84]

Hello.

My friend got traumatic brain injury in a terrible car exident in thailand ... Now hi gets a paycheck from the government every mounte(England/Uk) but his mother is scared if they continue to live in thailand they whil lose that paycheck. She is about 65 years and dont know where to go ore what to do... so we whant a UK lawyer to help us out, but a good and chip uk lawyer that stays close to puket ore in thailand. That know about the health care system in England. Can anybody recommend a good uk lawyer in Thailand.

sorry about my girlfriends post.

[Eff1n2ret]

A poor troll if i ever seen one - even the attempt at bad english is bad!

But he's Norwegian - isn't that where trolls come from?

I looked it up because I didn't know the answer, but for anyone that needs to know, which may even include the OP, Disability Living Allowance isn't payable to non-UK residents, except perhaps to over-65s.

[Mahout Angrit]

My friend got traumatic brain injury in a terrible car exident in thailand ... Now hi gets a paycheck from the government every mounte(England/Uk) but his mother is scared if they continue to live in thailand they whil lose that paycheck.

It states here .....

What else you need to know

To get Disability Living Allowance you must be in Great Britain, or be treated as living here, and meet certain other conditions about your residence and presence.

Even if he is in UK and goes into hospital he should notify the authority as it also states

Disability Living Allowance

If you go into hospital, nothing will usually happen to your Disability Living Allowance (DLA) straight away.

If DLA is paid for someone aged 16 or over, it will usually stop after the person has been in hospital for four weeks.

So he is not entitled to it if he is living in Thailand (No lawyer needed!)

[yorkman]

Ahh still good for TV though, unless you have an adblocker on , or Google can't see your posts to advance Google ranking.

A Troll, not intercepted, but advantagious eh?

[Mahout Angrit]

See also here which says

Going abroad to live or visit

If you are going to live abroad permanently you cannot usually get Disability Living Allowance. But, if you started getting Disability Living Allowance before 1 June 1992, you may be able to continue getting it if you move to another country in the European Economic Area.

If your visit abroad is temporary, you may continue to get Disability Living Allowance if:

your absence from Great Britain does not last more than 26 weeks (this includes going on holiday), or

your absence is only to get medical treatment for a condition which began before leaving Great Britain

[Richard84]

Tthnks for all the help...

so can he go back to the uk for like a week ore somthing and then go on a new holiday for 26 weeks ? ore is it a rule that says how long time he have to stay in the uk a year ore something like that?

[Mahout Angrit]

so can he go back to the uk for like a week ore somthing and then go on a new holiday for 26 weeks ? ore is it a rule that says how long time he have to stay in the uk a year ore something like that?

If you read through the documents linked above you will see it says:-

Living in Great Britain

To get Disability Living Allowance you must be in Great Britain, or be treated as living here, and meet certain other conditions about your residence and presence.

You must:

be normally resident in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), and

not be subject to immigration control, and

be in Great Britain when you make your claim, and

have been in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey for at least 26 weeks out of the last 52 weeks (the period is 13 weeks for babies under 6 months old and does not apply at all for people paid under special rules).

Time spent living in another European Economic Area country may in some cases be treated as a period in Great Britain for the purposes of the 26-week rule.

It depends on if he has to renew his claim for benefit, then he will have to be in UK at the time and " have been in UK for at least 26 weeks out of the last 52 weeks" before he will receive payment.

It also says:-

Changes in circumstances

Changes to your circumstances can affect whether you should get Disability Living Allowance or the amount you get. This includes if your care or mobility needs change, if you go into an National Health Service (NHS) hospital or a care home or independent hospital or if you go abroad to live or visit.

It's important that you contact the office that deals with your payments.

You may be treated as living in Great Britain if you are:

a member of HM Armed Forces serving abroad or member of their family

a mariner or airman working abroad

working on the United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf (for example, on an oil rig)

So he is also legally required to report that he has left the country

It really would make sense if someone contacts them or calls them from UK on 0800 88 22 00.

Edited December 29, 2007 by Mahout Angrit