transfer from ib to esa and new claims.

pjd wrote:

Does anyone know if new esa /dla claims for cancer patients having surgery and 8wks recovery will be fast tracked or will they be treated the same as everyone else?

Based on your description of the circumstances, they will be treated as a normal claimant.

Gordon

pjd

If they are recovering from receiving, intravenous, intraperitoneal or intrathecal chemotherapy or they are likely to receive such treatment in the next six months then they should be treated as having limited capability for work.

However, this does not mean that they will, by default, be excused the ESA claim process. At the very least they will need to apply for ESA and complete and return an ESA50, it is possible that a Decision can be made based on the contents of the ESA50, but I do know of cases where the claimant has still had to go to a medical, and has only been after this that a Decision has been made.

Gordon