More than 1.4 million people over State Pension age are receiving regular financial support for a health condition from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Attendance Allowance is a benefit which currently provides 123,786 older people living in Scotland with daily living expenses of either £61.85 or £92.40 each week.
Dozens of health conditions are being supported through Attendance Allowance. The most-claimed ones are arthritis (398,781 claimants), dementia (139,646 claimants) and heart disease (96,133 claimants).
Angina is chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscles which is not usually life threatening, but more of a warning sign that you could be at risk of a heart attack or stroke. It is estimated there are 96,000 new cases of angina each year, with approximately two million people in the UK now diagnosed with the condition.
