ESA reassessment after a computer glitch at DWP

Hi mv,

See : "Missing Forms and Missing Medicals", and members comments below the article.

bro58

bro58 wrote: Hi mv,

See : "Missing Forms and Missing Medicals", and members comments below the article.

bro58

See also : "Missing forms, missing medicals, missing qualifications", and comments below.

bro58

Point taken...Just a guess of course but those who weren't 'in the pipeline' before cut off in Jan 14 and have been summonsed without esa50....that could perhaps be a glitch surrounding the handover from Atos to Maximus. After all, we didn't expect it to run seamlessly did we? Given the events during the Atos regime.

Hi mv,

These comments are made "in passing", but I remember around May, June, in 2013, that many members were reporting receiving ESA50's for reassessment 4-5 months before the end of the expected prognosis period.

This happened to a friend of mine, and when they challenged it with The DWP and ATOS, the re-referral was cancelled.

They have heard no more since that time and are now well into the 4th year of what was originally a 2 year prognosis.

When deferrals from Jan 2014 came to light, it was stated that backlog problems were first recognised circa July 2013.

It could be that they were re-referring to ATOS 4-5 months early at that time to get claimants into the reassessment system before the impending deferrals were instigated.

Posted this as we are not that busy, pure conjecture on my part of course !!

I do like a good "Conspiracy Theory" !

bro58

Could well be bro....while I here is Steve any closer to getting any answers re the backlog as its been about ten days since I queried the purported maximus staement on backlog timetables in the updated esa guide? I took a look at those links to the comments but many are clearly commenting on f2f for dla/pip transfer and/or dont make clear whether their summons for esa f2f was on expected timescale or whether theyve overlooked that an esa50 might have been sent in around the cut off date. Im sure the vast majority getting fwf out of blue are likely unaware their cases have been pending from this critical perjod in summer/autumn 2013. Time will tell. Meanwhile, like a good boy scout Im prepared