esa appeal

hi all appealing no esa since jan 11 received notes (bundle)in post reading it through and it says that they tried to ring me, -no answer-to see if i had any more information to add before it gos to tribunal CONFUSED WY DIDN'T THEY WRITE TO ME SAYING IF I HAD ANY MORE INFO. DOCTORS LETTER / SURLY THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE THEM WHAT GOOD WOULD A PHONE CALL HAVE BEEN?ALL SO THEY HAVE LOST MY ESA FORM I FILLED OUT IN DECEMBER BEFORE CALLED FOR MEDICAL PLEASE COULD SOME ONE ADVISE ME WHAT NEXT TO DO I AN REALLY CONFUSED IF AND WHEN I GO TO TRIBUNAL THEY WILL NOT HAVE MY FORM TO LOOK AT SURLY THEY MESSED UP BIG TIME.OW ANOTHER THING SENT OF FORM TO TRIBUNAL WITH LETTER FROM HOSPITAL .

Hi Marina,

As far as doctors letters and other evidence goes, you can send these in at any time before the tribunal date. So I wouldn't worry too much about the missed telephone call.

If the DWP lost your form before your medical then that would castvconsiderable doubt on the reliability of the Atos health professionals evidence. Do you know if the doctor or nurse had a copy of your form when they did the medical?

If they have lost the form since your medical, I'm afraid there's probably not a lot you can do about it other than making a complaint under the data protection act because they have not looked after your data properly. The only thing I can suggest is that you try to ensure that the same written evidence that was on your form, or similar, is presented to the tribunal.

If you can get help with preparing a case from an vadvice agency that would obviously be useful too.

Good luck,

Steve

many thanks for your reply the forms got lost after the medical i photo copied them any way do you think i should send the tribunal a copy with other letters from people that nos how my illness effects me i have sent medical letter already to the tribunal with the letter to sign if i wanted to go ahead with the appeal.thanks marina.

Don't forget to keep copies of everything you send

many thanks Steve and Gordon will do and keep copies marina.