If you have a sick note from your dr, that allows you to receive ESA assessment rate (I think around £67 or £77 incl a disability element if on DLA). You are then sent a Work Capability Questionnaire which is an uber long form which you have to answer re how your illness affects you. After that, they send for you to have an assessment. If they deem you fit for work, you still receive ESA but at the lower rate but if they agree you cannot work, you get a higher rate and are allocated to a support group.
So, I'm not sure how you can be considered ineligible if you have an illness and are signed off by the dr.
If you don't have an illness and not signed off, then surely Jobseekers is the way forward?
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