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Quartz said:
<snip>as long as you persist, you will eventually get a fair hearing. So chin up and make sure you have at least two copies of everything.
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^This in spades. Pat, you're in for a rough ride, but it'll be worth it in the end. I can promise you that much.
 
I hope so. By the time they have finished pissing about with my DLA claim it will be time to be re-assessed again. :(
 
Received, after a month, a blinding report from my specialist.:) DLA form down the Post Office tomorrow. Do I just need proof of postage?
 
Libertad said:
Received, after a month, a blinding report from my specialist.:) DLA form down the Post Office tomorrow. Do I just need proof of postage?
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Some people say no, but I like to know.

If you don't want people in the post office opening it, mark it Private & Confidential
 
Well from what I've heard, it all goes to the same place in the Post Office and sending it that way doesn't guarantee it gets there any quicker, but I don't know whether that's true or not.

However, regardless of that, I'd still send it Recorded Delivery or is it registered? Just ask at the Post Office and tell them you want, either proof that it's been signed for or proof that it's been delivered.

Someone will come and correct me as I can't remember :oops:

I know it cost me £5 or £6, but I'm sure there's cheaper methods (and mine was quite a bundle)
 
You can ask for proof of postage for regular first / second class mail. This should be free. Was told this by my uni course admin manager as we have to post assignments in on Thursday.

Recorded delivery obviously requires the signature at the other end, but if money is really tight this is a free way to get proof that you did post it should they quibble.
 
"Special delivery" (silver label) is the new name for registered post, which guarantees delivery by the next working day. It can be used to prove that the DWP really have received your form etc and have probably got it in a pile.

"Signed for" (orange label) is the new name for recorded delivery and can be applied to either 1st or 2nd class. It can be used to prove that the DWP really have received your form etc and have probably got it in a pile. Usually a few pounds cheaper than special delivery.

Proof of posting (a certificate of posting) only proves that the form has left your hands, not that it reached who it was sent to.
 
pat1968 said:
but I have requested for the assessment to be recorded.
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:eek: Did I have to do that on the original form they sent me?? I didn't request recording but did request a home assessment! I haven't heard from them yet and it's freaking me out. I am dreading the postman on a daily basis :(

I got proof of posting for mine. Read somewhere the signed for thing was a waste of money <shrug>
 
WouldBe said:
Just received my ESA50 form. :eek: :(
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Wait, didn't we just do this? Or was that your DLA?

If I'm confused by all this no wonder you are too. Fucking nightmare process.

Anyway, my advice today is fill in your name and address and mark it as 'started' on your to-do list.
 
geminisnake said:
:eek: Did I have to do that on the original form they sent me?? I didn't request recording but did request a home assessment! I haven't heard from them yet and it's freaking me out. I am dreading the postman on a daily basis :(

I got proof of posting for mine. Read somewhere the signed for thing was a waste of money <shrug>
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It's ok, you can phone them up and ask for your HOME assessment to be recorded. I put home in capitals because it is worth reiterating to the person on the other end of the phone that you still want the assessment to be in your home. It is also worth phoning back a few days later to make sure they haven't sneakily ignored your instructions, and a final check a week before.
 
Actually, I seem to remember I read somewhere there was vexatious form sending being carried out by the DWP against claimants successful at tribunal/appeal stage.

One of their many petty things.
 
Update on my medical appointment this week..Drugged myself up to the hilt for the event, threw up, had a couple of panic attacks, paid £10 petrol and £3.50 car parking ticket, get there and the receptionist tells my friend (who took a day off work and lost a days wages to take me there) that nobody would be able to see me as they didn't have my "medical notes". She said they will get back to me with another appointment date.:(
 
pat1968 said:
Update on my medical appointment this week..Drugged myself up to the hilt for the event, threw up, had a couple of panic attacks, paid £10 petrol and £3.50 car parking ticket, get there and the receptionist tells my friend (who took a day off work and lost a days wages to take me there) that nobody would be able to see me as they didn't have my "medical notes". She said they will get back to me with another appointment date.:(
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Fucking shit state of affairs. :mad:

Can you relaim the petrol and parking?
 
equationgirl said:
Actually, I seem to remember I read somewhere there was vexatious form sending being carried out by the DWP against claimants successful at tribunal/appeal stage.<snip>
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Yes. I knew several people with M.E. who got their next DLA form or IB form by nearly the same post as the one saying that they'd won their appeal. :mad:
 
equationgirl said:
Wait, didn't we just do this? Or was that your DLA?

If I'm confused by all this no wonder you are too. Fucking nightmare process.

Anyway, my advice today is fill in your name and address and mark it as 'started' on your to-do list.
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I was on JSA I've switched back to ESA. ESA won't accept the 6 month sick note that starts in November, they insist on a 3 month one. Called GP last mon to get a 3 month sick note from 15th Mar (which is when ESA is supposed to start from) went to collect it yesterday and he's made it out from 8th Apr. :facepalm: So he's doing it again. Meanwhile no money is coming in as they won't start payments until they get the sick note. :facepalm:

Meanwhile I'm still awaiting a date for my DLA tribunal. :(
 
WouldBe The grief and back & forth bollocks that you've had to put up with because of their stupidity and left hand/right hand etc. must have cost them loads of man-hours.
Stupid.Crazy.
Best of wishes with all this continuing shit mate,
 
WouldBe said:
I was on JSA I've switched back to ESA. ESA won't accept the 6 month sick note that starts in November, they insist on a 3 month one. Called GP last mon to get a 3 month sick note from 15th Mar (which is when ESA is supposed to start from) went to collect it yesterday and he's made it out from 8th Apr. :facepalm: So he's doing it again. Meanwhile no money is coming in as they won't start payments until they get the sick note. :facepalm:

Meanwhile I'm still awaiting a date for my DLA tribunal. :(
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{{{WouldBe}}} sorry to hear this, utterly incompentent fucktarding arseholes. Your GP hasn't fucking helped either, he should have redone your sicknote there and then.
 
Quartz said:
Pat, the very best of luck to you. I've not had to go through the hell of ATOS but I've read this thread and can tell you what will happen:

You will have your assessment and ATOS will pass you fit for work. They will lie, they will fabricate, they will 'forget' the recording equipment or it will be broken, etc. You will then appeal, the DWP will pretend to lose your paperwork, but as long as you persist, you will eventually get a fair hearing. So chin up and make sure you have at least two copies of everything.
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This is kind of what I have resigned myself to happening.
Can you record it yourself openly?

I had a meeting with my psych nurse yesterday and held it together OK until he brought up ATOS and I lost it. Could not stop sobbing for about 20 mins :facepalm:
I hadn't realised quite how much it was having an effect on me deep down as well as on the surface.
 
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