Hi, my name is tickie! How long does it take to get a WCA assessment?

tickie

Hi I'm new on here. Please can someone tell me how long will it take to get a work capacity assessment please

tickie

Judyteen

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/135273/hi-my-name-is-tickie

Hi Tickie I'm Judyteen. Your assessment will take a minimum of 5 weeks, but you can ask for a loan out of your upcoming payment and you can pay them back weekly or how much more if you don't use the whole amount borrowed. Once you're all paid back you can then ask for another loan, it is out of your money , then you won't fall behind in any upcoming debt/payments, direct debits and subscriptions etc

Good luck 👍

Kimi87

Is this for a brand new WCA, or a change of circumstances while currently receiving LCW?

tickie

It's for a new wca claim. Thank you

Kimi87

As a new claim what should happen, is you report the health condition, submit a Fit Note, then your work coach refers you for a WCA after day 28.

A form will arrive which you return to the health assessment agency, and then you'll have an assessment appointment (occasionally paper based assessment is done, requiring minimal or no further input from the claimant, but these are rare).

The whole process takes several months at least.

Mary_Scope

Hi @tickie and a warm welcome to the community!

I see Kimi has answered your question and given some good advice so I won't add anything new today but its lovely to have you here and I hope you enjoy your time on the community😊