ESA good news for a change

i was sent an ESA50 to fill in and hand back to ATOS by 19/06/13.I got my respiratory nurse to fill it in for me and handed it into ATOS office on 17/06/13 with just a fraction of the medical evidence i had as they told me on the fone that they only need to see the most recent evidence from each consultant plus a copy of my repeat prescription (if i had one)

I never heard anything for 4 weeks so i decided to call ATOS again who informed me that they had sent my file to the DWP on the 2nd July and said i wouldn't need to attend a medical and the DWP would be in contact with me.

I hadn't heard anything by 2nd August so i called the DWP who informed me that i had been kept in the support group (which iv been in since Jan 2012) and i would be in it from 2nd July for 3 years so it has taken a huge amount of worry off me and it was affecting my health but i can relax now and im very happy with the outcome.

I just hope the ones who do get a medical for ESA pass it because i know the worry you are going through.My advice to anyone is keep every piece of medical evidence you can and copy it and send the copies into ATOS and keep the originals and keep in mind that there is hope for us all and there is light at the end of the tunnel.

If you do get turned down please remember you only have 30 days to appeal their decision and this is where your medical evidence can come in very handy because the DWP can overturn an ATOS decision if you can prove that you have enough medical evidence to support your claim and they realise that sending you (at a cost to them) to a tribunal with the evidence you have would be a waste of their money as they know who will and who wont pass a tribunal.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

stuwer231267 wrote: i was sent an ESA50 to fill in and hand back to ATOS by 19/06/13.I got my respiratory nurse to fill it in for me and handed it into ATOS office on 17/06/13 with just a fraction of the medical evidence i had as they told me on the fone that they only need to see the most recent evidence from each consultant plus a copy of my repeat prescription (if i had one)

I never heard anything for 4 weeks so i decided to call ATOS again who informed me that they had sent my file to the DWP on the 2nd July and said i wouldn't need to attend a medical and the DWP would be in contact with me.

I hadn't heard anything by 2nd August so i called the DWP who informed me that i had been kept in the support group (which iv been in since Jan 2012) and i would be in it from 2nd July for 3 years so it has taken a huge amount of worry off me and it was affecting my health but i can relax now and im very happy with the outcome.

I just hope the ones who do get a medical for ESA pass it because i know the worry you are going through.My advice to anyone is keep every piece of medical evidence you can and copy it and send the copies into ATOS and keep the originals and keep in mind that there is hope for us all and there is light at the end of the tunnel.

If you do get turned down please remember you only have 30 days to appeal their decision and this is where your medical evidence can come in very handy because the DWP can overturn an ATOS decision if you can prove that you have enough medical evidence to support your claim and they realise that sending you (at a cost to them) to a tribunal with the evidence you have would be a waste of their money as they know who will and who wont pass a tribunal.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

Hi s,

Well done on again being placed into The SG again, on reassessment !!!

3 Years is the maximum prognosis.

Thanks very much for letting us all know.

bro58

Hi bro58,
Thank you for your reply.I forgot to say that when you send your ESA50 into ATOS a doctor looks over it and your medical evidence and decides if they have grounds to call you in for an assessment or not,this is what i was told over the phone on friday when i called and that's why i cant stress enough the importance of keeping all your evidence as it could save you the stress of an face to face assessment

Regards

Stuart

Hi S
Im glad you got a good result. I sent in my transfer to ESA from IB on roughly the same date and the wait is stressing me out, the form is bad enough but waiting for the result is worse, its such a worrying time. Do you have a telephone number please for ATOS as I think its time I contacted them to see if they can tell me what is happening.

Regards
Sheils