If you have a health condition or disability you may already be claiming Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
New claims for income related ESA are no longer possible so if you are making a new claim with a health condition or disability it will be for Universal Credit and/or ‘New Style’ contributory ESA.
When you claim benefit with a health condition or disablity, the assessment process for Universal Credit and ESA is known as the Work Capability Assessment.
We’ll guide you through that process in this section. It is mostly the same process for both benefits.
You may be able to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in addition to Universal Credit or ESA. We have a different guide about Personal Independence Payment.