Can I reclaim illness benefit after redundancy?

Mensa

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Hope you can help me

I was on illness benefit for 15 months until Sept last yr. We decided that I needed to go back to work for financial purposes and I got a 9 month contract with an old employer. However, the company has decided to close the dept that I'm working in, making myself and 2 others redundant (technically, terminating my contract 3 months early).
I was never ready to go back to work in the first place.
My question is, can I go straight back on certs after redundancy? If I get laid off on a Friday can I go to my doc on a Monday to get certified? Or do I have to go on JB, then go on certs?

Thanks in advance.
 
Clearly you are able to do at least some types of work, so why would you go on illness benefit? If you are made redundant you should go on jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's assistance depending on your contributions.
 
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