Informing universal credit of diagnosis

tigerstar
tigerstar Online Community Member Posts: 44 Connected
Do I need to inform universal credit of a new diagnosis?

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  • AndrewHall
    AndrewHall Online Community Member Posts: 320 Empowering
    Yes, but you need to submit a "fit" note.
  • tigerstar
    tigerstar Online Community Member Posts: 44 Connected
    Yes, but you need to submit a "fit" note.
    A fit note for what? I’m only informing them of a diagnosis 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    You keep starting threads and I’ve tried to advise you on those threads. One of them you can see here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/116481/carers-element-help-please#latest

    In the thread linked above you said you gave a fit note due to your caring duties but a fit note will not be accepted for that. 

    If you want to you can report your health condition and provide fit notes for that. You will then be referred for a work capability assessment. 

    If you’ve already been through the work capability assessment then there’s no need to report a new diagnosis.