what happens now

Hello Everyone (first post)

This question relates to procedure:
My wife was told 5 years ago that she no longer has to provide sick notes, this situation was to be in place until Jan 2012.
My question is will the dwp contact us regarding this (because up to now they haven't) or do we need to contact them?
Thanks in anticipation of responses.

woody67 wrote:

Hello Everyone (first post)

This question relates to procedure:
My wife was told 5 years ago that she no longer has to provide sick notes, this situation was to be in place until Jan 2012.
My question is will the dwp contact us regarding this (because up to now they haven't) or do we need to contact them?
Thanks in anticipation of responses.

Hi W67,

Welcome !

As you are new you may wish to read the following :

Welcome to Benefits and Work

As it would seem that your wife has, and is still in receipt of IB, as you may know all IB recipients are being migrated over to ESA before Spring 2014.

You do not have to do anything until you are contacted by the DWP or ATOS.

See here :

The Transfer Process

There are also many helpful links in our FAQ's accessible from here :

FAQ’s

See also :

Who will be transferred?


When will I be transferred?


What will I be transferred to?

And our ESA Guides here :

ESA Guides

Hope this helps.

bro58

Thanks bro58 for your response
was wondering more about the 5 year sick note side of things rather than the migration side. Im not totally new to B&W just haven't posted before, normally I spend time searching for the answers but on this occasion just couldn't find what I was looking for. Cracking site btw!!