Atos Medicals - Questions, Answers and Support
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equationgirl
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Good news - i've been awarded the standard daily living component. Assuming the worst = being doubly surprised when it's notvery pleased to have one less fighty thing than i thought.
Huge thank yous again to you all x
Congratulations!
Doing this. E2a: and as if by magic, there's now a double recording tape deck on ebay for all of 99p,with four hours to go.
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equationgirl
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Just a bit.. Got my assessment report, and they've recommended reassessing me in four years..
(e2a: award letter says this one lasts til may '18, and they'll contact me after may '17)
equationgirl, if you want a copy to look at their reporty stuff, let us know.
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equationgirl
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So long as it reads ok, it sounds like the assessor used the software correctly. if anything reads like 'the claimant has a mild case of amputation ' that's when the report effectively becomes useless x
equationgirl
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Fail on ebaying a double tape recording deck, but success on getting two identical machines (which someone at atos confirmed is fine this morning), and a stack of tapes.
If anyone needs a PIP assessment recording but doesn't have access to equipment, please email piprecorder[at]gmail.com to sort out borrowing some x
equationgirl
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wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Ugh. Just got my appointment for ESA assessment in the post. 
It's only 16 months since I filled in the questionnaire. Part of me hoped they'd forgotten I exist or sent it to the wrong address and then I'd drop out of the system. What's the point of NI credits anyway?
It's only 16 months since I filled in the questionnaire. Part of me hoped they'd forgotten I exist or sent it to the wrong address and then I'd drop out of the system. What's the point of NI credits anyway?
equationgirl
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Is it a first assessment or a repeat assessment?Ugh. Just got my appointment for ESA assessment in the post.
I think it's good for your pension.Ugh. Just got my appointment for ESA assessment in the post.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
NI credits are the other way of getting your pension - if you don't pay the stamp as an employee. I've a broken employment history but NI credits fill in enough of the gaps (so far, at least) that mean I'll have enough qualifying years - unless *they* move the d*** goalposts (again). The third way to get "qualifying years" is to pay over a lump sum.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
I do seriously wonder about paying a lump sum instead at some point - but then obviously I'd need to have that money and also I don't want to contribute to the no longer claiming figures.
equationgirl I've had assessments before. I was migrated off IB a few years ago.
equationgirl I've had assessments before. I was migrated off IB a few years ago.
equationgirl
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Do you have enough time to prepare for the assessment? Also, were you given any kind of indication in your last decision letter of a minimum time before you would be called for assessment again? If it's sooner than you were told you should be able to push it back.
I wish you all the best x
You have to pay it at an IMHO arbitrarily set time - neither before nor after - and it's pretty poor value for money compared with the NI credits.
A one year gap in my record (caused by the compulsory academic year of studying elsewhere in the EU, as part of a languages course) would have been over £300 to make good in the early 1990s. Between overdraft and dole there was no way I could find that money, and I'm no longer allowed to pay it, even if I could.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Paying over a small amount - not sure exactly how much - was the route a close friend needed to take as retirement was approaching and the gap needed filling. Worked for them, mileage may vary for others !
Having the retirement age moved has caught a lot of people in a certain age group between a rock and a hard place, like a lot of others - I've only just scraped over the bar.
This has reminded me to get another forecast.
Having the retirement age moved has caught a lot of people in a certain age group between a rock and a hard place, like a lot of others - I've only just scraped over the bar.
This has reminded me to get another forecast.
Fingers
From Tuscany SE22
Man who cannot walk or talk called for jobcentre 'back to work' interview
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...t-walk-or-talk-called-for-jobcentre-interview
Ridiculous case of jobsworth & system vs human. People on his type of ESA aren't even supposed to be subject to mandatory interviews, and the voluntary nature of the ones they're 'invited'* to attend at jobcentres should be emphasised when the letters etc are sent out.
Man who cannot walk or talk called for jobcentre 'back to work' interview <snip>
*In much the same spirit as I'd invite my worst enemy to go and play in the middle of a fast flowing motorway.
passenger
up and down...
well i had my interview for PIP, got 16 points i got 20 points a year ago and i`m worse
i can hardly walk,i`m in pain but the nasty ATOS people, who are so two faced
tried stich me up on the points, im becoming an expert at this ...hopefully I
can resolve it with a phone interview i had last thursday i really hope the dwp have
more common sense and award me the points i need.
i can hardly walk,i`m in pain but the nasty ATOS people, who are so two faced
tried stich me up on the points, im becoming an expert at this ...hopefully I
can resolve it with a phone interview i had last thursday i really hope the dwp have
more common sense and award me the points i need.
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friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
good luck. I'm wishing you the strength to keep fighting them x
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Grrrh! makes me wonder what sort of training or experience those job centre staff have. They have no idea of the stress they can cause with those letters. Perhaps they are on some sort of bonus scheme, so many £s everytime they can bully an ill person out of benefits.
Man who cannot walk or talk called for jobcentre 'back to work' interview
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...t-walk-or-talk-called-for-jobcentre-interview
equationgirl
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There was evidence posted earlier in this thread, or a similar one, that showed the dwp were being given reduction targets to meet I.e. the different offices were being set numbers to reduce benefits by. This was hotly denied for a bit, then grudgingly admitted with the usual backpedalling.
Would not be surprised if more senior dwp people receive some form of performance bonus.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I wonder if they get extra points for harrassing quadriplegics.
equationgirl
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Wouldn't be at all surprised, some of the situations reported in the national media certainly indicate they are equal opportunity harassers.
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