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ESA reviews restarted

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kami84
kami84 Community member Posts: 46 Listener
edited May 2023 in Benefits and financial support
Hello there, I can see from other forums such as 'benefits and work' that ESA reviews has in fact restarted as people get reassessments even though they were given ESA long time ago (such as 5 years). Myself has been told that my prognosis review date is in August. While I know it's a prognosis I also started to feel that it will actually happened. And because of my wrongful thinking that they have not restarted I will not be properly prepared for it. There are in fact people who have those reviews by the looks of it and not only change in circumstances. 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,396 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm not aware of them restarting other than 3 members in the past 6 months or so saying they received the forms. If they have then there will be long delays because of backlogs. The review date they give you is just a guide and nothing more. As we are only in May then you can start to prepare for it now if you want to.
    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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  • kami84
    kami84 Community member Posts: 46 Listener
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    Poppie, so are you saying that these reviews are still on hold? So why do these people say they are getting these forms? Do you think they are on hold? 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,396 Disability Gamechanger
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    As I keep advising, I’ve not seen anything other than a few members saying they’ve received a form. There's nothing official anywhere on the internet to suggest they've started back.
    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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  • paries1
    paries1 Community member Posts: 380 Pioneering
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    Everyone is so worried about reassessments restarting myself included, it seems we all want reassurance that they are still on hold, let’s hope they are.

     They will  start up again though and we all need to prepare for this. 
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