ib medical

moved onto ib/income support in april sent in questionaire along with med 4 how long will i wait to my medical getting very anxious waiting for it all to be settled

kathleen wrote:

moved onto ib/income support in april sent in questionaire along with med 4 how long will i wait to my medical getting very anxious waiting for it all to be settled

Hi,

Sorry but it is almost impossible to predict. I am aware of some people having submited an IB50 in May 2009 and 14 months later have still not heard anything (however IB/IS continues to be paid). Conversely ohers have been sent for a medical or received notification they have passed the threshold for IB/IS wiihn six or so weeks.

You could always ring he BDC dealing with your claim and ask for a progress report, however I know some take the view of letting sleeping dogs lie and wait for the DWP/Atos to contact them whenever they eventually get round to it.

Pete

Hi,
Was going to ring them dont know what to do dont think i could wait for 14 months not knowing. I suffer with anxiety, depression, menieres disease my balance is extremely bad having fractured my hand in a fall recently. Waiting is making me more anxious anyway thanks for the reply,

Kathleen

Hi Kathleen, I would just sit tight if you are still being paid your benefit, like pete said there is so much of a backlog it is getting like your odds with the lottery, some people hear within a few weeks others are still waiting months and months. Good Luck

Hi,
just wondering if anyone has heard that medicals for ib have been suspended for now because of the change over to esa is it different depending on where you live, Im from N. Ireland

my gp wrote unable to work indefinately on my med 4 could this excuse me from being sent for a medical