ESA to universal credit.

Oh great! More stress and anxiety

Can you shed any light on a work coach interview that I now have to have this week? This wasn’t mentioned when I did the migration either? This is just a total anxiety inducing experience really.

I’ve also been told I’ll need to go to the job centre in a letter from ESA triggered from the migration. It says I’ll need to agree a claimant condition (which I think will just be to agree to tell them of any changes) but more worryingly it says I’ll need to tell them how my illness/disability affects my ability to work. I thought the swap didn’t query any of this. The UC part of the swap has gone straight to LCWRAG.
What can I do about this ESA appt?

Hi David
Thank you for the quick reply. I have indeed sent a UC journal entry stating this and asking them to cancel the need to see a work coach but they have told me that they have nothing to do with the new style ESA part of the migration and therefore I will have to deal with ESA separately. Should I wait until they contact me with an appointment (which I’m going to ask to be by phone not in person due to it exacerbating my pain), or do I need to call them? I’d rather write but I don’t know if this will get lost in the system.
I asked citizens advice for help this morning and they were puzzled as to why I’d be asked to attend.