Woman had universal credit stopped after suffering stroke while visiting family in Spain
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe family of a British woman have said that her universal credit payments were stopped after she suffered a stroke while visiting her parents in Spain.
Robyn Taylor, 34, had gone to see her parents Anthony and Karen Sumner when she had a stroke on September 10, the day before she was due to fly home.
Robyn's step-dad Anthony said that he and Karen had paid for Robyn, from Macclesfield, to come and visit them for a week in September, with Robyn clearing the trip with the Department of Work and Pensions ahead of her departure.
But the stroke left Robyn stranded in hospital with no vision in one eye and paralyzed down her right side. After receiving emergency medical care in Spain, Robyn's family were horrified to find out that she could not be given the rehabilitative care she needed as this was not covered by the GHIC card.
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