ESA claim

Thank you, my other doctor has done some updated letters regarding my mental health. He has literally redone the letters that he did eighteen months ago, the content of the letter - description of my difficulties- worded exactly the same but dated at the top with the current date, do you think that is okay?

Thank you.

Back to my GP letter that I am still waiting for, I asked my GP to do a letter stating to ESA my physical problems are still the same as described in her letter eighteen months ago. The letter is typed but awaiting her signature, so by the time it gets sent out to me I may have posted back the ESA form. I am debating whether just to send in her letter from last time though it is 18 months old. But feel it better to have an updated version because it may make it more likely that I get a paper based assessment, and it will show my problems are ongoing which may help give a longer award, But then I may find that if I put on the ESA form that more evidence is coming that my GPs updated letter may accidentally contain something not good for my case!!! I don't really want to not send the 18 month old letter at all in case they go ahead with the assessment rather than wait for the further evidence. So I guess I have to send the 18 month old letter anyway. Is it okay if my file ends up containing old and current doctor's letters with identical content in them?

So best to avoid having more or less duplicate letters just with different dates(one dated 18 months ago and one with current date) within the same claim, as in these two letters going off with the current claim form. However, I assume it is okay to have a new letter within a current claim which is very similar to a letter sent 18 months ago with the original claim ??