The Scottish Government announced this year that 19 projects supporting thousands with neurological conditions are put in place to help them with financial aid.
As part of a five-year plan to provide funding for neurological care and support, different projects have been set up to harness new technology and techniques, reports the Daily Record. One million pounds has been commissioned for work across Scotland.
The funding for 2022/23 will also help existing projects, as well as new schemes. This includes a collaboration between the Migraine Trust and NHS Grampian to work with community, primary and secondary care pharmacists to help migraine sufferers manage their symptoms more effectively.
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Partnership Delivery Group have also received more than £100,000 to help them meet key Neurological Care and Support Framework commitments. This will help people live better, and improve their experience as patients.
Epilepsy Scotland will also receive over £40,000 to help improve mental health outcomes for those suffering from epilepsy. A full list of projects in Scotland can be found here.
The latest research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have shown that at the end of April this year, there were nearly three million people UK-wide claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Just over one in three claimants (35 per cent) receive the highest level of award.
Of the overall total, 320,000 Scots are now receiving financial help of between £24.45 and £156.90 each week. As the benefit is paid monthly, this amounts to between £97.80 and £627.60 every payment period.
Those living in Scotland who are making a new PIP claim may be redirected to apply for the new devolved payment, called the Adult Disability Payment. The new data also revealed that there are now 384,832 people receiving support through PIP for 70 neurological conditions.
This data includes the following from the UK overall:
- Scotland: 41,263 claimants
- England: 317,583 claimants
- Wales: 25,984 claimants
Although PIP is being replaced by Adult Disability Payment in Scotland, it will still follow the same eligibility criteria. It will, however, take a more people-centred approach, as reported by Social Security Scotland.
Read on below for a simple guide to all the terminology DWP uses for those involved in a PIP claim.
Financial support for people with neurological conditions explained
People aged over 16, and under State Pension age
PIP and Adult Disability Payments are benefits for working adults who need extra help because of an illness, disability or mental health condition.
PIP payment rates for the 2022/23 financial year are as follows:
Daily Living Component - Standard: £61.85
- Daily Living Component - Enhanced: £92.40
- Mobility Component - Standard: £24.45
Mobility Component - Enhanced: £64.50
Find out more about claiming PIP here and ADP here.
People above State Pension age
People of State Pension age or over are also receiving support for a neurological condition through Attendance Allowance. The recent research shows that 26,802 pensioners across the country are receiving financial support of either £61.85 or £92.40 each week from the DWP.
This depends on the level of support needed throughout the day or night for the individual. This includes:
- 2,373 claimants living in Scotland
- 22,699 claimants living in England
- 1,646 claimants living in Wales
- 84 claimants living abroad
Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you have a physical or mental health condition, disability or illness severe enough that makes it hard for you to look after yourself, but it does not cover mobility needs. You do not need to have a confirmed carer, in order to make a claim.
Find out more about Attendance Allowance here.
Neurological conditions supported with PIP, ADP and Attendance Allowance payments
A claimant’s main disabling or medical condition is recorded during their assessment. The categories and groupings are based on DWP data.
Listed below are the 70 conditions that qualify for support through PIP, ADP or Attendance Allowance
Cerebrovascular disease
- Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
- Cerebrovascular disease - Other / type not known
- Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs)
Epilepsy
- Cataplexy
- Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Narcolepsy
- Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Seizures - unclassified
Non-epileptic disturbance of consciousness
- Disturbances of consciousness - Non-epileptic - Other / type not known
- Drop attacks
- Non epileptic Attack disorder (pseudoseizures)
- Stokes Adams attacks (cardiovascular syncope)
- Syncope - Other / type not known
Movement disorders
- Blepharospasm
- Essential tremor - benign
- Huntington's disease
- Movement disorders - Other / type not known
- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinson's syndrome / Parkinsonism
- Torticollis
- Tourette's syndrome
- Writer's cramp
Multiple sclerosis
Benign tumours
- Neurofibromatosis
- Tumours - benign - Other / type not known
Hydrocephalus
Headache
- Dizziness - cause not specified
- Headache - Other causes of / cause not known
- Migraine
Head injury
- Head injury - Cognitive and sensorimotor impairment
- Head injury - Cognitive impairment
- Head injury - Sensorimotor impairment
Spinal cord compression
- Paraplegia (traumatic)
- Spinal cord compression - Other causes of / cause not known
- Syringomyelia / Syringobulbia
- Tetraplegia (traumatic)
Degenerative neuronal diseases
- Degenerative neuronal diseases - Other / type not known
- Motor neurone disease
Cerebral palsy
- Cerebral palsy - Ataxic
- Cerebral palsy - Athetoid
- Cerebral palsy - Diplegic
- Cerebral palsy - Hemiplegic
- Cerebral palsy - Other / type not known
- Cerebral palsy - Quadriplegic
Spina bifida
Ataxia
- Ataxia - Friedrich's
- Ataxias - Other / type not known
Neuropathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth disease
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Guillain Barre syndrome
- Neuropathies - Other / type not known including peripheral
Peripheral nerve injury
- Brachial plexus
- Peripheral nerve injury - Other / type not known
Disease of muscle
- Dermatomyositis
- Dystrophia myotonica
- Muscle - Other diseases of / type not known
- Myasthenia gravis
- Polymyositis
Muscular dystrophy
- Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
- Muscular dystrophy - Becker type
- Muscular dystrophy - Duchenne
- Muscular dystrophy - limb girdle
- Muscular dystrophy - Other / type not known
Infections
- Creutzfeldt - Jacob disease (CJD)
- Infections - Other
- Poliomyelitis and post polio syndrome
- Prion diseases - Other / type not known
Other neurological disorders
- Neurological disorders - Other / type not known
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