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Assessment

Just received letter for phone assessment 18.12.20 for ESA .I claimed UC in March 20.of my own valition .there's nothing in my UC journal.i phoned assessment RATS and told them I don't claim ESA .Told them to get it sorted with DWP as I don't want to HEAR from them again .had two tribunals in the past and won so I know the script. Just in case my question is .I believe the law is that you cannot lose sickness payment part of benefit without a face to face assessment . If this is correct. I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help George..
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Hello @geosme. I hope you don’t mind if I ask a few questions I just want to ensure I’m understanding the timeline correctly.
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If you were a dual claimant (claiming ESA and UC), UC should take the lead on re-assessments etc, but it's not uncommon for letters to still have ESA written on them.
While you are no longer claiming ESA, because the re-assessment process was already started by them before you claimed UC, it's likely they've continued with this and decision made would also apply to your UC. It does seem a long time to wait for an assessment but it's not unheard of.
When you say "all relevant medical evidence from Feb given to UC" what medical evidence do you mean? Did you ever complete a UC50 for UC?
With regard to your question about not answering the phone, failing to attend and failing to participate in assessments (including telephone assessments) without good reason can result in you being found fit for work.
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Have you spoken to UC about it at all?
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