Received ESA Medical Report

Hi Mark,

my feeling is that if you indicate to the dwp that you are satisfied with accepting a lower award than your present one, they are more likely to take your award away completely and you will have to start from scratch. I doubt you can 'bargain' with them..you either meet the criteria or you don't.

Hi Becky

I get your point and Gary knows a lot more than I do but I see it a bit differently. Personally I think anyone in support group should never be failed completely they should as a matter of routine be given LCW as a transition to UC. The money is the same as UC and by my calculations UC is a little bit more. So financially claimant is not better off.

I know it sounds a bit odd that someone who is in support group is prepared to accept LCW in the hope jobcentre will help me during that transition period but some of us who’ve been through the system just don’t want to go through it again even if my mental health hasn’t changed I just don’t want to push for support group again when my reassessment comes around.

My reasoning (maybe wrong) is DM looks at my ESA50 and thinks this guys in support group, he’s said on form briefly that his conditions haven’t really changed and he’s suggesting LCW as a gradual introduction to the work place. He’ll get more help on LCW then he would likely get on UC. He going from £106 pw to £38 (due to savings). Let’s help this guy out. Not many claimants make this sort of request. It’s good for him, good for me, good for the tax payer. I could just send file to the assessor and let them fail him (assuming he even turns up which he probably won’t going by the fact that he hasn’t really gone to the trouble of detailing all of his problems, he’s just said no change and left it at that) but surely there’s a better way to help this guy.

It might sound like wishful thinking but the worse that can happen is DM sends it to assessor. Assessor fails me. I apply for UC and hope jobcentre adviser is sympathetic and doesn’t ask too much of me.

Mark

Hi Gary

I meant to say work activity group just assumed the DWP call it limited capability for work.

Do you know if UC allows adviser to adapt claimant commitment based on mental health without applying for LCW or would they just insist you apply? Because if you’ve just come from ESA then clearly you have failed assessment so wouldn’t make much sense to apply again.

Thanks.

Mark

P.S. My last post on this topic. Promise!!!