Medical Certificate while on ESA

Do I have to keep supplying JobCentrePlus with medical certificates from my GP, or are JobCentrePlus able to accept a letter from a consultant or GP saying that the condition is ongoing? Thank you.

You need to send medical certificates (fit notes) from your GP while on ESA assessment rate pending a decision or appeal. If you have an ongoing condition a GP can choose to give you a certificate that's valid for several months.

Thank you Derek and Gordon. My GP is not very supportive. :o(

Sorry I should clarify a bit more: 2 consultants and a specialist NHS physiotherapist ARE supportive and happy to write letters of support, but JobCentrePlus now specifies (over phone) that I must produce medical certificates from GP, even though one of the first letters I received from JobCentreplus said that a medical certificate from GP - or when people couldn;t get one, a letter from a hospital might be acceptable.