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Financial help

If you have any financial difficulties you may be able to claim some help. Our welfare rights adviser can discuss this with you.

Help with travel costs

You may be entitled to be reimbursed for your return journey to the hospital. You can claim for reimbursement of travel costs including public transport fares or, if you drive, you can claim for the return mileage and parking expenses. The claim needs to be made within three months of incurring the costs. There is more information in the Hospital Travel Cost Scheme Guide for Patients, available from the cashier’s offices at our Chelsea and Sutton hospitals, or online at www.direct.gov.uk.

Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse travel expenses for visitors. However, if you want to claim for close relatives visiting you who are themselves on Income Support, financial help may be available from the Social Fund by contacting a JobCentre Plus.

More information about all the support services we offer at the hospital is available in a booklet called Your guide to support, practical help and therapies. You can download a copy or pick one up from wards, departments and the Help Centre.

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