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Still Waiting For My ESA Assessment

I was granted ESA back in Oct 2017, and was advised i will be having an assessment within 13 weeks or so, it's now coming into June 2018 and i'm still waiting, i have phoned a couple of times chasing up but all i get is there is a backlog and you will still be getting paid just keep sending the sick notes in.
I suffered a stroke (3 Strokes) back in Dec 2016 i'm 46 years and married, old and my life changed after that, i never got follow up physio which i'm still chasing up i cannot get any grants to adapt my home,.
My left arm is next to useless and my left leg is sort of functional but getting worse, so getting my sick notes every 3 months is a logistical nightmare for me I've been granted full PIP but that pays the rent along with 1 of my fortnightly ESA payments, so i live on £142 a month, and i still pay bills out of that.
What i'm getting at is how can i speed this up, is there a way, i'm new to all these benefits as I've worked since i was 16 including serving with HMF, and I've never been treated so bad in all my life, i lost my job last year and nobody wants to employ me, i'm at my wits end.
Sorry for the lengthy cry for help, but that's exactly what it is, after i left the hospital 2 weeks after my stroke in 2016 i was basically left to fend for myself.
HELP.......
I suffered a stroke (3 Strokes) back in Dec 2016 i'm 46 years and married, old and my life changed after that, i never got follow up physio which i'm still chasing up i cannot get any grants to adapt my home,.
My left arm is next to useless and my left leg is sort of functional but getting worse, so getting my sick notes every 3 months is a logistical nightmare for me I've been granted full PIP but that pays the rent along with 1 of my fortnightly ESA payments, so i live on £142 a month, and i still pay bills out of that.
What i'm getting at is how can i speed this up, is there a way, i'm new to all these benefits as I've worked since i was 16 including serving with HMF, and I've never been treated so bad in all my life, i lost my job last year and nobody wants to employ me, i'm at my wits end.
Sorry for the lengthy cry for help, but that's exactly what it is, after i left the hospital 2 weeks after my stroke in 2016 i was basically left to fend for myself.
HELP.......
Replies
Very glad that you have got in touch with us.
It might be worth saying that you can find out for sure whether there is any means-tested benefit available to you by doing a benefit check - this is available on our website.
https://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/benefits/check
I'm thinking of tax credits, or universal credit, depending on where in the country you live. Any entitlement will depend upon a range of factors, like whether your wife has a disability benefit, whether you have dependent children, the level of any savings you might have.
It's always worth a look.
Gill_Scope