Hi, my name is onmyown! start date assessment period is the same day I got accepted

onmyown

Can someone please help me, I sent my sick notes in August was accepted LCWRA on 22/12/23 now there saying my start date assessment period is the same day I got accepted which makes no sense I sent my sick notes in August how can it start on the same day I got accepted 

poppy123456

You said " you sent your sick notes in August." Were there any gaps in those fit notes at all? You are supposed to continue to send them without any gaps until a decision is made on your claim.

If there were no gaps then the waiting period starts from when you reported your health condition, provided by a fit note within 7 days of that.

onmyown

I worked for 6 days between that and the rest was all sick notes so I still had a sick note for the month but work 6 days and couldn’t work any longer it was a new job lasted for 6 days I got sick note straight after 

poppy123456

Gaps can affect when the extra money is paid from. What dates exactly were that gap? 

Albus_Scope

Hey there @onmyown and welcome to the community.

I can see you're already getting some help from our lovely regulars, but I just wanted to drop in and say hi.

I'm going to move your post to the Universal credit category so more people can see it, I hope that's ok? 

belle_sebast

Hello, I really need help working out my payment date for LCWRA . My first fitnote was accepted on the 31st of August. I received the letter on the 25th of nov telling me of the award. My assessment period runs from the 1st to the 30th or 31st depending what month it is and I get paid of the 7th of each money. I was hoping it would be paid in with Januarys UC but its not in my payment statement. Will it be Feb? I'm really anxious about this and any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

poppy123456

belle_sebast said:

Hello, I really need help working out my payment date for LCWRA . My first fitnote was accepted on the 31st of August. I received the letter on the 25th of nov telling me of the award. My assessment period runs from the 1st to the 30th or 31st depending what month it is and I get paid of the 7th of each money. I was hoping it would be paid in with Januarys UC but it’s not in my payment statement. Will it be Feb? I'm really anxious about this and any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

Question answered on your thread here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/113427/lcwra-payment-date-confusion-help-really-appreciated#latest

belle_sebast

Albus_Scope said:

Hey there @onmyown and welcome to the community.

I can see you're already getting some help from our lovely regulars, but I just wanted to drop in and say hi.

I'm going to move your post to the Universal credit category so more people can see it, I hope that's ok? 

Hi and thank you although I'm now really concerned! hopefully I'll get some clarity from them soon. And yes my username is a reference to the amazing band, we come from the same part of the world!