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3 years 4 months ago #265461 by Sharron
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Hi I was supposed to have my 1st pip assesment today but they cancelled it untill the 19th November. They called me at my appointment time to tell me. I was so upset and my anxiety was awful. Does this happen often. Also the same happened with my ESA assessment cancelled on the day but no one told me and I had to call them to see why they hadn't called, they said someone should have called to tell me and no one did.
I've been on esa assessment rate since May is this normal. I'm so stressed with all this.
I have been on sick from work since July last year.
I have just become a member so all this is new to me.
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I've been on esa assessment rate since May is this normal. I'm so stressed with all this.
I have been on sick from work since July last year.
I have just become a member so all this is new to me.
Thank you
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3 years 4 months ago #265477 by Gary
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Hi Sharron
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
Unfortunately it does happen quite often for an assessment to be cancelled and for the claimant not to be informed, I put it down to bad manners, DWP say it's an oversight.
If you have a look at our PIP guide at the link below you will see that it include advice on telephone assessments and questions you may be asked (page 120). Yes, a lot of the questions are those that would have been asked if you had a face to face assessment.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants
What to do before a telephone assessment.
- Write yourself a bullet point list of any particular points you want to get over, so you have it by you during the assessment, tick them as you cover them during the assessment.
- have paper and pens to hand to make any notes such as the assessors name, date, time
- make sure you are seated in a comfortable chair, you are going to be there a while and at table to make notes
- if you can't hear or understand what is being asked then ask them to repeat the question
- don’t let the assessor rush you and get you flustered.
- don't forget to have a glass of water if needed so you don't get a dry throat and lose your voice!
Don't forget to contact DWP 48 hours after the assessment and ask for a copy of the assessors report called PA4.
You usually are in the ESA assessment phase for the first 13 weeks of your claim, although I have known claimants to be on it for over a year, have you applied for New Style ESA?
What should happen is that you are sent a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) form (UC50) to complete, you will then undergo another assessment which is different from PIP assessment, Our UC and ESA claim guide explains the criteria that you will need to meet.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1
If you have any further questions please come back to the forum.
Gary
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
Unfortunately it does happen quite often for an assessment to be cancelled and for the claimant not to be informed, I put it down to bad manners, DWP say it's an oversight.
If you have a look at our PIP guide at the link below you will see that it include advice on telephone assessments and questions you may be asked (page 120). Yes, a lot of the questions are those that would have been asked if you had a face to face assessment.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants
What to do before a telephone assessment.
- Write yourself a bullet point list of any particular points you want to get over, so you have it by you during the assessment, tick them as you cover them during the assessment.
- have paper and pens to hand to make any notes such as the assessors name, date, time
- make sure you are seated in a comfortable chair, you are going to be there a while and at table to make notes
- if you can't hear or understand what is being asked then ask them to repeat the question
- don’t let the assessor rush you and get you flustered.
- don't forget to have a glass of water if needed so you don't get a dry throat and lose your voice!
Don't forget to contact DWP 48 hours after the assessment and ask for a copy of the assessors report called PA4.
You usually are in the ESA assessment phase for the first 13 weeks of your claim, although I have known claimants to be on it for over a year, have you applied for New Style ESA?
What should happen is that you are sent a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) form (UC50) to complete, you will then undergo another assessment which is different from PIP assessment, Our UC and ESA claim guide explains the criteria that you will need to meet.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1
If you have any further questions please come back to the forum.
Gary
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3 years 4 months ago #265480 by phrank
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Hi Sharron,
I really sympathise with you on this. It's absolutely unacceptable to treat claimants this way. If a claimant doesn't follow the rules by the book, they get hammered for it by way of either cutting off their payments or threatening to.
It's pathetic, isn't it? And so, so hypocritical.
I would put in a strong complaint highlighting the emotional problems it caused you including the stress levels it has subjected you to and I'd go to town telling them about you being off work sick for so long.
I would also email your MP and tell the DWP you have done this. MP's can be very helpful and influential - and the DWP can get nervous about it should you do this.
Finally, this is all based on what I would do (I wouldn't be able to hold myself back) but what you do is up to you, obviously, and my advice is just something to bear in mind.
Good luck, grit your teeth and go for it, and it just might be the beginning of a positive outcome.
The best of luck,
Kind regards,
Phrank.
I really sympathise with you on this. It's absolutely unacceptable to treat claimants this way. If a claimant doesn't follow the rules by the book, they get hammered for it by way of either cutting off their payments or threatening to.
It's pathetic, isn't it? And so, so hypocritical.
I would put in a strong complaint highlighting the emotional problems it caused you including the stress levels it has subjected you to and I'd go to town telling them about you being off work sick for so long.
I would also email your MP and tell the DWP you have done this. MP's can be very helpful and influential - and the DWP can get nervous about it should you do this.
Finally, this is all based on what I would do (I wouldn't be able to hold myself back) but what you do is up to you, obviously, and my advice is just something to bear in mind.
Good luck, grit your teeth and go for it, and it just might be the beginning of a positive outcome.
The best of luck,
Kind regards,
Phrank.
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3 years 4 months ago #265488 by denby
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Hi Sharron, how horrible, I know having TWICE sat with a friend when they did this to her for her WCA. However, you do not mention if you had asked for a recording. If you had not this is a real silver lining giving you a chance to ask for a recording. You need to do so ASAP, carefully noting the name even though they only give out first names, and the time, that you called, as they are very likely to try and wriggle out of it. So many people come on here wishing they had not trusted them and had got a recording to PROVE the assessor lied and lied and lied.
Very best wishes, hope you can get a recording. You can also quite legally make your own but don't tell them as funnily they don't like it. Once had to have our daughter rebooked at a different centre for her F2F pre-covid, as not one out of five assessors would be recorded, even though they agreed they knew we were going to record!!! Do you want to be assessed by someone too ashamed to be recorded? I wouldn't!
Denby
Very best wishes, hope you can get a recording. You can also quite legally make your own but don't tell them as funnily they don't like it. Once had to have our daughter rebooked at a different centre for her F2F pre-covid, as not one out of five assessors would be recorded, even though they agreed they knew we were going to record!!! Do you want to be assessed by someone too ashamed to be recorded? I wouldn't!
Denby
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