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Note on my UC journal

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Boltonblade1889
Boltonblade1889 Community member Posts: 7 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
Evening all,just a quick question to those on UC.Just wondered if anybody had received a message towards the end of the final covid lockdown advising them that that for the time being they no longer needed to hand in fit notes(it was on for a short amount of time possibly 3 months)and this was to free up GPs and telephone appointments (or something along those lines).It has totally disappeared from my journal.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,691 Disability Gamechanger
    edited January 2023
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    This was in place from around December 2021but fit notes resumed just over a month later. Details here. https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/dwp-suspends-requirement-to-submit-medical-evidence-after-seven-days-of-illness-for-universal-credit-and-esa

    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • Boltonblade1889
    Boltonblade1889 Community member Posts: 7 Listener
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    Thank you poppy and I’ll look into the link now Ty
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,691 Disability Gamechanger
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    Are you asking this question because there were gaps in your fit notes?
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • Boltonblade1889
    Boltonblade1889 Community member Posts: 7 Listener
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    @poppy123456I was I’m almost certain that I had continuous fit note from Feb 2020 which I kept hold of until my first face to face in April 2021.I then produced them gave them to my job advisor and tbth am not sure if I gave them to her and she copied them or I just gave them to her.I do have my paper ones from April to September 21 and have had my claim backdated till the (minus the standard three month wait so they have paid me from Feb 21)
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,691 Disability Gamechanger
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    During that time you should have been giving the details of your fit notes on your journal. Did you report a change of circumstances and report your health condition this way? If you did then it would have prompted it to ask for fit notes. 
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • Boltonblade1889
    Boltonblade1889 Community member Posts: 7 Listener
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    I did and every time I was asked produced a fit note even down to keeping them up to date when they were delayed due to the difficulty of getting an telephone appointment with m go throughout covid
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,691 Disability Gamechanger
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    Your journal will tell you if there’s any gaps in the fit notes.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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