Procedure re DWP & GP on ESA Assessment Outcome

I would like to know whether it is the standard practise for the DWP to send letters to GPs of patients who have undergone an ESA assessment to write to their GP's telling GPs not to issue any further fit certificates to the patient concerned unless it is for a different condition other than the condition that the GP had been previously providing fit certificates for. Which was been done in my case & which does not seem to be right particularly in view of serious acts committed by the GP against me. It transpired that this letter was sent to the GP on or around the same time that I received the outcome of ESA assessment.

Hi S,

I understand that the DWP sometimes do this when a claimant fails the Work Capability Assessment. I don't think it is legally binding on GPs and in my view it is wrong, because the claimant has the right of appeal, and to continue claiming for the same condition while the appeal is pending. It is only if the appeal fails that a claimant may need to have a new or worsened condition to reapply for ESA.

Good luck,

Derek