esa reassestments

Hi, hope everyone enjoyed jubilee weekend.
I was transferred from IB to ESA in May 2011, and put into WRAG with no medical.My prognosis was 'possible return to work in 12 months', and a reassessment date of 25th May 2012.
The 12 months is now up and i have not even been called to attend any WF'Is.
My payments will stop early August.
I am 58 years old and i know i could not hold down a job even if i found one, but as i have not heard from DWP ref reassessment should i contact them or is it just that they are behind with their schedule.
Any thoughts would be helpful, THanks.

Thanks Gordon,
I do not qualify for IR ESA.
I will be contacting my GP to see what support he will give me as my condition has got worse and i have been diagnosed with a new condition since my last assessment.
My GP has been very supportive in the past.

My condition has become worse, i am going to ask for a supersession. Do i do this in writing, and do i send in written evidence with the letter, or do they send me a new form to complete.

You might find this thread helpful

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?func=vie...id=10&id=86622#86636

There might be others if you perform a forum search.

citymike wrote:

My condition has become worse, i am going to ask for a supersession. Do i do this in writing, and do i send in written evidence with the letter, or do they send me a new form to complete.

Hi,

As with everything it would be advisable to do this in writing (that way you have an audit trail)Unless you go into great detail in the letter with a lot of supporting evidence it is probable you would be sent a form (albeit even sending in a lot of evidence can have the same outcome).

Obviously there are risks in asking for a supercession pretty much the same in asking for an appeal:

Is there any risk to challenging a decision?

Hence it maybe wise to obtain some face to face advice from a welfare rights agency/CAB etc to ensure your current award is still relatively 'safe' despite your change in condition (bearing in mind the descriptors changed last year and it is not possible to tell whether you were assessed under the old or new descriptors).

Pete