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6 years 6 months ago #198319 by firemonkey
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Due to changing address I have had to claim UC. I have been in the ESA support group due to mental health problems, and am concerned that I may lose that status or the equivalent in the switch to UC. Is there a process for ensuring claimants are switched to the equivalent category that they were on? My health status has not changed only my place of abode.
Thanks for any help
Tim
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6 years 6 months ago #198349 by Gordon
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Your existing ESA claim should be replicated in UC without you having to take any further action, however, if this is not the case (there are reports of poor training in UC for DWP staff), then get face to face advice immediately from a trained advisor.
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Your existing ESA claim should be replicated in UC without you having to take any further action, however, if this is not the case (there are reports of poor training in UC for DWP staff), then get face to face advice immediately from a trained advisor.
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6 years 6 months ago #198454 by firemonkey
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I had an appointment today and am a little confused(blame it on poor brain power).
I've got another appointment on Friday with yet another person to discuss illness and how it effects work etc. I am not sure , based on what I've read, that I should be being subjected to that . I did say I shouldn't have to go through a WCA. Her reply was they had to wait for information to come through but it *may* be that I don't have to.
I got the impression that she wasn't very up on procedure. I am wondering on Friday whether I should quote reg 19 as it seems to me I should not being subjected to an interrogation about work capabilities.
Indeed subject to confirmation of support group status the transition should be to the UC equivalent .
The impression I get is of a system designed by not very intelligent monkeys that's administered by even less intelligent monkeys.
I've got another appointment on Friday with yet another person to discuss illness and how it effects work etc. I am not sure , based on what I've read, that I should be being subjected to that . I did say I shouldn't have to go through a WCA. Her reply was they had to wait for information to come through but it *may* be that I don't have to.
I got the impression that she wasn't very up on procedure. I am wondering on Friday whether I should quote reg 19 as it seems to me I should not being subjected to an interrogation about work capabilities.
Indeed subject to confirmation of support group status the transition should be to the UC equivalent .
The impression I get is of a system designed by not very intelligent monkeys that's administered by even less intelligent monkeys.
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6 years 6 months ago #198467 by Gordon
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It would certainly go armed with a copy of Regulation 19 but maybe wait and see what happens before you present it.
The difficulty that most DWP staff is that they not only lack initiative but it is positively discouraged and they only operate within the bounds of what they can see on the computer.
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It would certainly go armed with a copy of Regulation 19 but maybe wait and see what happens before you present it.
The difficulty that most DWP staff is that they not only lack initiative but it is positively discouraged and they only operate within the bounds of what they can see on the computer.
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6 years 6 months ago #198740 by firemonkey
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Looking through my universal credit journal there is an entry for today that says effective from the 27th September - " has a health condition which restricts their ability to take up or look for work."
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