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7 years 5 months ago #173067 by Gordon
You should not need to meet the request again but it is certainly worth your contacting them to confirm that your recording the session has been included in the requirements for the appointment.
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wotsitallabout? wrote: As my appointment has been rescheduled to the 16th I wondered if I have to request again for the assessment be allowed to be recorded as I had done for the previous appt or will they have it on record...I'm worried that they cancelled the the first appt because of this as the the centre was relatively empty when I got there, didn't look as they had over booked please advice.
You should not need to meet the request again but it is certainly worth your contacting them to confirm that your recording the session has been included in the requirements for the appointment.
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7 years 5 months ago #173977 by wotsitallabout?
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assessment done yesterday...they were very sweet and nice??!!! went by taxi had a friend with me who also helps out..
Here's the thing when they called out my name the HP came out and said I would have to walk down the corridor I explained I couldn't walk very far and she volunteered to carry a
chair behind me and said to sit down whenever I wanted I did this 3/ 4 times there but did this twice on the way back as anxious to get out of there I am hoping they have softened thier stance since all the media coverage or it was another ploy to test me??? i think the room was more than 20 metres can't be sure.
The HP was polite during the assessment though a little thrown by the request to have it recorded but allowed it after confering with her manager who came into the room to meet us.
So worried that I might have thought articulate when explaining the effects of my disability or not remembering enough etc true torture designed with an agenda.
Also while walking to and from the assessment room felt intimidated to do it quickly as the corridor was used by other people..thier caring behaviour was confusing from what I have heard about in this and other posts...to be fair it wasn't as bad as I thought but early days lets see what the report is like..when can I ask for the report please advice.
Here's the thing when they called out my name the HP came out and said I would have to walk down the corridor I explained I couldn't walk very far and she volunteered to carry a
chair behind me and said to sit down whenever I wanted I did this 3/ 4 times there but did this twice on the way back as anxious to get out of there I am hoping they have softened thier stance since all the media coverage or it was another ploy to test me??? i think the room was more than 20 metres can't be sure.
The HP was polite during the assessment though a little thrown by the request to have it recorded but allowed it after confering with her manager who came into the room to meet us.
So worried that I might have thought articulate when explaining the effects of my disability or not remembering enough etc true torture designed with an agenda.
Also while walking to and from the assessment room felt intimidated to do it quickly as the corridor was used by other people..thier caring behaviour was confusing from what I have heard about in this and other posts...to be fair it wasn't as bad as I thought but early days lets see what the report is like..when can I ask for the report please advice.
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7 years 5 months ago #173980 by Gordon
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wotsitallabout?
The bad assessors get all the press coverage, good ones don't often get a mention.
As to the walking, you still sat down on the return journey and this shows that you cannot reliably walk 20m (if the corridor was indeed that long).
I'm afraid it is human nature to not keep others waiting, I suspect that assessors (all of them) make use of this to get claimants to walk faster than they would normally.
Pip Decisions have been taking 7-8 weeks recently although we have started to see some improvement of this.
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The bad assessors get all the press coverage, good ones don't often get a mention.
As to the walking, you still sat down on the return journey and this shows that you cannot reliably walk 20m (if the corridor was indeed that long).
I'm afraid it is human nature to not keep others waiting, I suspect that assessors (all of them) make use of this to get claimants to walk faster than they would normally.
Pip Decisions have been taking 7-8 weeks recently although we have started to see some improvement of this.
Gordon
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7 years 5 months ago #173986 by wotsitallabout?
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Do you think its ok to ask for the report in a couple weeks..or would be inappropriate given how nice she was? Anxiety is going to be very stressful over holiday season which triggers all other
problems...
problems...
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7 years 5 months ago #173995 by slugsta
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You should be able to request an assessment next week. They are usually sent out without any problem although we have a few members who were told they must wait until a decision has been made.
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7 years 4 months ago #175991 by wotsitallabout?
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had my assessment on the 16th nov asked for assessors report on the 2nd dec just got two brown envelopes in the post today from belfast dwp, up till now it was wolverhampton
dept handling my case.
My heart is bursting out of my chest I darn't open it I live on my own scared I will have a
heart attack if bad news will wait till tomorrow when someone can be with me.
why have they sent me two? could one be the assessors report and I was told it would
take till after xmas to get the final outcome very scared thinking of going to A&E and open it there just to be safe!!!!
dept handling my case.
My heart is bursting out of my chest I darn't open it I live on my own scared I will have a
heart attack if bad news will wait till tomorrow when someone can be with me.
why have they sent me two? could one be the assessors report and I was told it would
take till after xmas to get the final outcome very scared thinking of going to A&E and open it there just to be safe!!!!
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