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8 months 2 weeks ago #299669 by janerg63
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Good evening,
Please may I have some advice. I submitted my UC50 form this week - I had a lot of advice from benefit adviser / using the benefits and work website etc and included medical evidence from my psychiatrist and mental health nurse especially regarding substantial risk. I am now wondering when I may be likely to hear about an assessment - my nurse and I requested not face to face due to my mental health difficulties. Is there a usual timeframe from the DWP receiving the UC50 to when I might hear if a phone assessment is needed and is there any good information eg a video about the assessment for WCA I might be able to watch. I am very anxious about this and my psychiatrist has suggested he believes the correct decision would be that I am placed in LCWRA group and that my complex psychological difficulties are lifelong. If I was placed in the LCWRA is it the decision maker who decides when you might need to be reassessed? Hope you can help thanks
Please may I have some advice. I submitted my UC50 form this week - I had a lot of advice from benefit adviser / using the benefits and work website etc and included medical evidence from my psychiatrist and mental health nurse especially regarding substantial risk. I am now wondering when I may be likely to hear about an assessment - my nurse and I requested not face to face due to my mental health difficulties. Is there a usual timeframe from the DWP receiving the UC50 to when I might hear if a phone assessment is needed and is there any good information eg a video about the assessment for WCA I might be able to watch. I am very anxious about this and my psychiatrist has suggested he believes the correct decision would be that I am placed in LCWRA group and that my complex psychological difficulties are lifelong. If I was placed in the LCWRA is it the decision maker who decides when you might need to be reassessed? Hope you can help thanks
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8 months 2 weeks ago #299706 by David
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Hi janerg63
Hopefully as you have endorsements from your clinicians you will get a paper based decision and not have to go through an interview. I am not aware of the timescales the DWP are working to at present. Though if anything they are likely to have been increased owing to the deployment of a lot of staff to administer UC Managed Migration.
To answer your question -If I was placed in the LCWRA is it the decision maker who decides when you might need to be reassessed? Yes the Decision Maker inputs a date known as the prognosis on the DWP IT system.
I haven't been able to find a reliable video on the WCA. Here are some links to BenefitsandWork resources--
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/employment-and...lowance/esa-medicals
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/esa#claims
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/esa#resources
David
Hopefully as you have endorsements from your clinicians you will get a paper based decision and not have to go through an interview. I am not aware of the timescales the DWP are working to at present. Though if anything they are likely to have been increased owing to the deployment of a lot of staff to administer UC Managed Migration.
To answer your question -If I was placed in the LCWRA is it the decision maker who decides when you might need to be reassessed? Yes the Decision Maker inputs a date known as the prognosis on the DWP IT system.
I haven't been able to find a reliable video on the WCA. Here are some links to BenefitsandWork resources--
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/employment-and...lowance/esa-medicals
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/esa#claims
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/esa#resources
David
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