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Emplyment.issues / sick leave
Have recently been diagnosed with TMJ. It's a disligned jaw disorder that has been caused by a 9mm overbite on my jaw. This has also caused hearing loss in one ear & pulsatile tinnitus in the other which I have suffered for nearly 5 years. The emergency dentist I saw that gave me the diagnosis, has referred me to…
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LCWRA and DWP debt
Hi wondering if anyone can help please? I’ve been awarded LCWRA and been told that I will be getting £390 extra monthly. I have a debt from DWP from when they overpaid me a while back, money is taken off my universal credit for this each month. Will money also be taken from my LCWRA payment? Thanks in advance for any advice
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How long it takes to procces after call
Hi everybody :) i wanna ask my key worker call them up esa people on 19 september done disibility premium she said is for extra money now new way they doing it form over the phone and the lady on the phone say i wont get paid 7 days and i should send on line doctors note or sick note so my doctor give a letter saying my…
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Applied for new ESA, need advice
This discussion was created from comments split from: Financial abuse and joint ESA claim.
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Financial abuse and joint ESA claim
Hello all, just wondering if anyone can advise on this. I have a situation regarding a couple claim for i-r ESA, whereby a couple have split up and one member of the couple (my client) is now getting support from Women's Aid for chronic domestic abuse. My (female) client is the victim and her ( male ) ex partner is the…
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Ipes
Has anyone experience of IPES?I suffer from severe depression and anxiety. I started on uc in jan and work coach said i had to wait 3 months submitting fit notes to trigger the esa claim i kept submitting fit notes and finally got the wca form in may and returned it in june on time and now waiting for a decision/ or…
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When to claim for esa???
I’m off work sick atm (osteoarthritis and depression) I’m still getting sick pay from work but feel I’ll probably be properly leaving in about 2-3 months. I’m not sure at what point I should put in a claim for esa? (I did claim for pip and was awarded full pip pay) xx
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Advice request
I complained to dwp at end of 2022 as they got me mixed up with someone else (they said I had conditions that I cannot have(!)). No response. Later went back to work. I called them to say I was about to go back. I have government proof of this as job centre said they'd email for me. I have that email. 6 months down the…
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ESA(CB) with working partner with savings
Husband recently rejoined the household. He received ESA(CB) as a single person. Now he has moved back in he rang DWP to let them know we were now claiming Tax credits etc as a couple. They asked him to submit ESA3. I work 22.5 hours a week and have savings over 16000. Will this trigger a change from ESA(CB) to ESA(IR)? If…
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ESA review form received
Oh my, I'm going in a bit of a tails spin, not done one of these forms for quite a while, last time it went to the review panel which overturned the original decision that I should be in the work re lated activity group and put me into the support group. So now 10yrs yes 10yrs since my last contact, I'm thinking I must be…
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ESA review exemption query
Hi everyone, sorry to bother you all but I've been reading about reviews restarting for CB ESA support group. I myself am in the CB ESA support group and have an income related top- up/ premium. However, I also have some life long incurable illnesses. I have researched about exemption from being reviewed but the…
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Capability for Work Questionnaire - How long for reply?
Hello all, Getting myself worked up having received this form to fill in and return, have been left alone for close to 7.5 years (since last assessment) have had the occasional meeting (around 4) at the Job Centre during this time, I've now got this impending sense of dread of attending the medical as it's been so long,…
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Hi, my name is Beat! New to ESA
New to ESA claims etc. what is the process ATM, I applied online, had a call and an email sent to me from jobcentre plus to arrange a claimant interview. What happens after? Still officially employed but not receiving income, Statuary Sick pay has timed out. and expired.
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ESA timeline
Hi, I have been on new style esa since May. I sent my work capability form back and they received it on the 23rd August. I have been awarded my nhs ill health pension, which is low, so I will still be entitled to esa. I sent the letter from the NHS pensions doctor with the work capacity forms, as he has said I will be…
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Esa and holiday pay
I was on the sick from work since Nov 22, which I received work sick pay then ssp. I have returned to work for 10 hours per week and put a claim in for esa, which I receive. I am due a work capability assessment this week.When I was on the sick I still accrued holidays and on return I had 110 hours to take, now working 10…
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Esa, IB, since 93 with no break
Hi I'm Teresa I have a telephone interview for ESA, always been face to face .
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Natural migration ESA support group to UC
Hi, my husband is in the support group and I want to go and find a job as we've just been told the landlord is selling up and all the rents around here are much more expensive than what we are paying now. I understand that this will trigger a migration to UC. Is it better to go onto UC first before starting to look for…
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How to come off esa
Hello Scope forum, I have been offered a 3 day a week job starting next week and am in the esa support group. How do I let the dwp know?Should I wait a week or so until I'm into my job - just in case I dont cope with the job and have to go back on benefits? What do people think, thank you, Tim
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ESA ARREARS
Hi I’m hoping someone can put me on the right track or help answer this iv been claiming ESA since I was 16 due to health reasons never had any problems with anything like this up until now I met my partner back in 2012 and when I moved in and rang the ESA up to tell them about it they said it would be changed to income…
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I've recently been hit with rent arrears bill, although my ESA wasn't stopped. Is this right?
Hi, I am in receipt of esa support group & pip - in nov 2019 my HB was stopped as my pip stopped for an assessment, because of covid,I didn't get an appointment until May 2020 & pip was reinstated , I have recently been hit with a rent arrears bill of almost £10,000 although my esa was not stopped..is this right?
