When do i need a sick note and which to which JP

John wrote:

bro58 wrote:

John wrote:

I sent my fit note in to the JP a week before the date that it was needed to so i could get the assessment rate until my appeals been sorted.Today,i get a letter from JP saying i need to send a fit note in to get the assessment rate and if i don't before a certain date they won't pay me the assessment rate.I have copies of fit note,proof of posting,and proof of delivery

Hi J

If the "fit note" that you posted to the DWP covers you from the date that your IB ceased, and is not yet due for renewal, I would contact them by phone informing them of this.

I would then repost copies of the "fit note" proof of posting, and the proof of delivery, with a covering letter of complaint.

See :

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

Complaining to the DWP

Contacting your MP


bro58

Now i am confused,After getting the "you still need to send a fit note in before we pay you the assessment rate" letter yesterday,today i received another letter from a different JP saying they ARE paying me the assessment rate from the date my IB stopped.Do i still go ahead with sending copies etc that you advised last night in above post or not?Also,while i'm on the assessment rate can they ask me to go to work focused interviews?

Hi J,

The DWP seem to be "gridlocked" at this time, and also seem to be in a total state of confusion.

I would still send copies of the MED 3 etc, just to cover yourself.

As you are appealing a "fit for work" decision, and therefore will only receive the assessment rate of ESA, without The Work Related Activity Component payment, you cannot be compelled to attend WFI's or WRA. See :

Do I have to attend WFIs while I appeal?

bro58

cheers bro

When you appeal,and in my case i got zero points,when they(DWP)look at your claim again,which they do automatically if you appeal,if they decide they are not going to change their decision,whats the letter like that they inform you with?Is it a letter just telling you they've looked at it again and are not changing the decision?Or is it hidden along with other information in the same letter?

The reason i ask is because i have a letter from them(DWP)Which in Bold writing at top says "Your claim for employment and support allowance".Under that its says "A change in the employment and support allowance rate payable"

Basically the letter is telling my they will be paying me the assessment rate from ??/08/2012

But underneath the bold bits it says: "We have looked at your claim again following a recent change"<<<<<Does this mean they've looked at my claim again since me appealing and not changed the decision and therefore paying me the enclosed assessment rate?Or is this a generic letter?Also the letter says i might have to participate in work focused interviews but that must be wrong.

I know that the DWP can probably ask you to go for an assessment anytime,but if you appeal,and they reconsider,can they just send you for another assessment instead of letting it go to appeal court/put in WRAG or SUpport group.