ESA: decline f2f and request paper assessment?

Is it possible to decline the face to face assessment and push for assessment based solely on information provided by myself and my doctor?

I've been assessed twice now for ESA, both times paper assessments. This time I've been told face to face assessment and they've refused a home assessment. There has been no change in my health situation since my first two assessments and this third time.

The wait for the assessment and the worry about being assessed as fit to work is making me more ill again already. I'm seeing my doctor ASAP this week due to the effect it's having. Is there anything we can do to request a paper only assessment again?

I know I'm clutching at straws with this one really but I wanted to check just in case. Even if a paper assessment meant going straight to mandatory reconsideration/appeals, it would at least reduce the stress caused by the face to face and the wait for the face to face so I'm just grasping at anything now in the hope of stopping my health declining.

Thank you in advance and thanks again for all the help I've received on here.

Thank you very much for the reply it sounds like that would be a very unwise decision if I did that then! I'm very glad I asked. Yes, still going ahead with requesting a home assessment. I just wanted to check first about paper assessments. Thank you again for how much you've helped me this week!

Hi again!

I've spoken to my doctor and it turns out she's already been contacted about my claim and filled in a form and specifically said on there that I need a home assessment and has said why. Going by the dates, she's sent that maybe a week before my appointment letter was sent out. Would I need to request a letter from her saying the same thing again or would it be worth chasing up her form with them in case it hadn't reached them before the appointment was sent out?

Sorry if it's a silly question, I'm just very scared to contact them and speak direct because the recovery is hard.

Thank you

Thank you, Gordon

My parents do my phone contact with the assessment people so would they just need to check the ESA113 had arrived and would be looked at before the face to face? Or is there something specific they should be asking about it?

Thank you