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UC assessment and appointee issue
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1 year 11 months ago #277297 by Row
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Hi Bis
I have got a BF57 form and clearly put it on a safe place but have requested another one. This states I am his appointee. I spoke to some one in a different department who has seen on the search lite system that I am his appointee. Bless her she tried to help but being in a different dept she couldn’t.
My husbands mental health is so bad he won’t even speak to his doctor. He is so distress by this appointment it’s causing him to become ill.
I am at a loss. What really gets me is when my husband had an assessment with UC (before we had PIP and a lot of his struggles) the DWP tried to use the UC assessment from 2019 against my husband in 2022 saying he is fine see this report. I argued that things change , mental health changes etc. plus was for a different condition (myopericarditis).
My husband’s main issue is he won’t to talk to anyone but me. He doesn’t answer the phone, socialise and he hasn’t left the house in over a year. He hates anyone coming to the house apart from me and the 3 kids we have. His own mother coming sets him off.
I have got a BF57 form and clearly put it on a safe place but have requested another one. This states I am his appointee. I spoke to some one in a different department who has seen on the search lite system that I am his appointee. Bless her she tried to help but being in a different dept she couldn’t.
My husbands mental health is so bad he won’t even speak to his doctor. He is so distress by this appointment it’s causing him to become ill.
I am at a loss. What really gets me is when my husband had an assessment with UC (before we had PIP and a lot of his struggles) the DWP tried to use the UC assessment from 2019 against my husband in 2022 saying he is fine see this report. I argued that things change , mental health changes etc. plus was for a different condition (myopericarditis).
My husband’s main issue is he won’t to talk to anyone but me. He doesn’t answer the phone, socialise and he hasn’t left the house in over a year. He hates anyone coming to the house apart from me and the 3 kids we have. His own mother coming sets him off.
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1 year 10 months ago #277312 by BIS
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Hi Row
I'm sorry that you're going through this. There's not a lot more I can say. I would contact your MP as a matter of urgency. The DWP are making things unnecessarily difficult. You are his appointee for all his benefits, and I don't know why they are trying to make it so difficult.
It is common practice for the DWP to use old assessment information rather than accept up-to-date information.
I would still try talking to the doctor about your husband. All you need to do is get your husband to sign a letter allowing you to speak on his behalf and hand this to your GP's practice. They will then enter it into the system, and you can then talk on his behalf. You can then tell the GP how much his condition has deteriorated and get some backing from them. (I do this for a family member all the time, and the DWP know that I talk to the GP, not the claimant).
BIS
I'm sorry that you're going through this. There's not a lot more I can say. I would contact your MP as a matter of urgency. The DWP are making things unnecessarily difficult. You are his appointee for all his benefits, and I don't know why they are trying to make it so difficult.
It is common practice for the DWP to use old assessment information rather than accept up-to-date information.
I would still try talking to the doctor about your husband. All you need to do is get your husband to sign a letter allowing you to speak on his behalf and hand this to your GP's practice. They will then enter it into the system, and you can then talk on his behalf. You can then tell the GP how much his condition has deteriorated and get some backing from them. (I do this for a family member all the time, and the DWP know that I talk to the GP, not the claimant).
BIS
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