ESA 50

I filled all this dreadful new format of the form in and followed your guidelines, because of personal circumstances I was sure i would not be sent for a medical but I have. Can you tell me who to write to in NI to ask why I have to go for a medical and what they expect me to do with my wife who has C.Diff hospital bug which keeps reoccuring. My total should have been far more due to my physical illness. Any ideas who to write to - the form went last wednesday, i got a letter yesterday to say I had to ring Royston House and today 2 messages on my answer phone but they can only discuss appointment times nothing more. PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN - CAME OUT OF MY DRS SURGERY IN TEARS - (ashamed 49 year old man who worked all his life until now - lost home - feel nothing left)

knife & fork wrote:

I filled all this dreadful new format of the form in and followed your guidelines, because of personal circumstances I was sure i would not be sent for a medical but I have. Can you tell me who to write to in NI to ask why I have to go for a medical and what they expect me to do with my wife who has C.Diff hospital bug which keeps reoccuring. My total should have been far more due to my physical illness. Any ideas who to write to - the form went last wednesday, i got a letter yesterday to say I had to ring Royston House and today 2 messages on my answer phone but they can only discuss appointment times nothing more. PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN - CAME OUT OF MY DRS SURGERY IN TEARS - (ashamed 49 year old man who worked all his life until now - lost home - feel nothing left)

Hi K&F,

I'm sorry to hear of your problems.

It appears that ATOS are also carrying out the face to face assessments in NI, as in the rest of the UK, see :

www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-...gin-support-services

Please see ATOS contact details on their website. :

www.atoshealthcare.com/index.php?option=...iew&id=62&Itemid=417

You must attend the "medical" unless you can gain something in writing confirming that you do not have to, otherwise failure to attend could result in you losing your benefit.

If you wish to complain to your M.P., you can do so here :

www.writetothem.com/

Please see also :

ESA Medical – What to Expect

Please see this link for sources of advice in NI :

www.adviceni.net/advice/index.cfm

You may also wish to review our ESA Guides here :

ESA Guides

And all relevant sections in our FAQ's here :

FAQ’s

Good luck, and please let us know how you get on, by reposting here.

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