How long for a decision?

mlaw886

Hi there I started on uc in December 18 and just got my home visit for health assessment 6 weeks ago. I was looking to see if anyone had had a decision recently and how long roughly it took. 

Thank you 

poppy123456

HI and welcome,

There's no timescales for any decisions. Backlogs are just part of the reason a decision can be delayed. You can ring DWP to request a copy of the assessment report to be sent to you, this will give you some idea what the decision is likely to be because they mostly go with the report.

Once you receive it, take note of the LCW and LCWRA recommendations towards the back of the report. If you don't understand you can post back here and someone will help you.

Once the decision's been made the letter will be uploaded onto your journal. Hopefully not too much longer.

mlaw886

Hi poppy thanks so much for the quick response. The dwp would you have a phone number please or would I just call uc. I don’t understand that but I will call for a copy of my assessment and ask for further help if needed thank you kindly.

poppy123456

You're welcome. UC is part of DWP and it's these you'll need to ring.

mlaw886

Thanks poppy 

Ails

Hi @mlaw886 and welcome to the Community.  It is nice to meet you.  I hope you have found @poppy123456 information and advice to be useful and hope you manage to get things sorted out.  Please let us know how you get on anyway.  If there is anything we can do to help/support you then please just let us know.  All the best. 

mlaw886

Hi thanks you very much I will. I found the reply’s very helpful thanks 

mlaw886

Hi again so this morning I called uc to ask for my copy of my health assessment. I was told it’s not even showing on the system my home visit was the 15th of January. She’s away to trace it up but I have a feeling it’s not even been forwarded on to uc yet. Can this be normal could this cause problems. 

poppy123456

It's possible that your report has been sent to audit. If this has happened then it can considerably delay the decision process because a decision won't be made until both reports have been returned to DWP. An audit is nothing for you to worry about it just means that the HCP is being checked that they did their job correctly.

You can ring the Health assessment advisory service and ask them if your report has been returned to DWP. If it's in audit, they will tell you. There's no timescales for how long the audit will take because it won't be returned to DWP until the report is correct.

See link for contact details. Although this link says ESA it's still the work capability assessment and is the same as UC.

https://www.chdauk.co.uk/contact-us

mlaw886

Thanks so much for this advice I will do that now. 

janer1967

Hi @mlaw886 Welcome to the community its nice to see new members here. I hope you are not waiting too much longer for your decision please keep us updated 

mlaw886

Thank you the community is so helpful I’ve been telling my family. I called them up and my assessment was sent to DWP on the 17th of January I will keep an update going thank you again.

chiarieds

Hi @mlaw886 - Welcome to the community. I'm pleased you've joined, as Poppy has been able to give you helpful & appropriate advice. Thank you for saying you will keep us all updated, as it's always good to hear how people get on, & if you need any other support, as Ails says, let us know. Like Poppy & Jane have said, I hope you're not waiting too much longer for a decision. My best wishes.

mlaw886

So very kind words thank you so much I hope not much longer now ether x

Adrian_Scope

Hello @mlaw886. Have you heard anything yet?

mlaw886

Hello unfortunately nothing yet. An agent attached a note to ask the decision maker to send me a copy of my report when it becomes available. She done that last Friday the 21st of feb. Report was definitely sent to WDP on the 17th of jan. should I call again and ask if my report is showing yet. My work coach said herself people arnt waiting this long just now she can’t see what’s going on.

poppy123456

There's no timescales for any decisions. Some wait between 2-8 weeks, sometimes longer. There's no harm in ringing them to ask if there's any updates.

mlaw886

Thanks I will hang off for the 8 weeks give them time to do what they have to do will keep an update if I hear anything thanks again.

flora

Hi.  My son had his WCA in February. I was expecting a long wait for him to receive the result but the letter was put on his journal a week later.  There doesn’t appear to be any consistency with the time scales.  Hope you don’t have to wait too much longer 
flora 

mlaw886

Thanks flora hopefully not much longer now.

avakarlsson

Hi 

I have just had my mandatory reconsideration letter come today in my journal and I haven’t got the award for limited capability for work, I have now appealed so hopefully now I will get it,