I was self employed had a computer shop for years but the area got really dodgy, had a few unsavoury customers topped with the newsagent round the corner being targeted by druggies with knives plus I ended up mostly box shifting but couldn't compete with pc world and online stuff so decided to close up......
The company I was working for the last few years has just had to close due to the main contract being moved up north last year
I don't have a clue what to do about claiming job seekers or anything

Hope you're ok after your surgery, I considered doing some knd of course just to keep myself busy (been looking for jobs for a year now while still in employment) but it's too damn expensive, dunno if I can do anything for free now I'm unemployed though?