Why have I bypassed uc50 form? How long until a decision? How will I hear about decision?

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OurLilli

Good morning. 
My name is Tracy and I am new to this site. After reading a few posts I would like to say how supportive and helpful everyone is.
Apologies in advance for the long post but any help would be greatly appreciated. 
As a joint claim my husband and I have been receiving UC since last year when he was self employed. I have not been able to work for 11years due to ill health but never knew I could claim anything. 
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 18 years ago along with severe health anxiety disorder. 3 years ago I developed severe osteoarthritis in my knees, fingers, wrists, shoulder and now toes. My health anxiety has also been joined by a social anxiety ?. Sadly I had to stop driving in January 2020 due to severe pain and anxiety. 
In February this year my GP advised me to apply for PIP. He gave me a continuous 'unfit for work' note from 8th February until January 2022. He says he will then make it permanent as my condition is progressive. 
So I applied for Pip and was originally given 0pts for both. Given that I need help from my husband to get in /out of bath, wash my hair, dress upper body, help going upstairs and lifted from sofa, I decided to request an MR. Fortunately I was successful and was awarded standard daily living until 2024. 
Then my work coach on UC, removed my work commitments and suggested I may be a candidate for LCWRA. (I didn't even know what it was). She rang them, on my behalf, to request the Uc50. 
8 weeks later I received a letter (not the form) from the health assessment advisory service to say I had a telephone assessment. This took place last Wednesday, lasted 40 mins and I was told a decision would follow. 
My queries are :
1. Does anyone know why I bypassed filling in Uc50 form and skipped straight to telephone assessment? 
2. How long, roughly, in your experiences, does it take to get a decision? 
3. How will I hear of the decision - will it be via post or on my journal? 
4. If successful, will I be backdated anything? 

On top of this my daughter has just moved into University and although so pleased for her, I keep crying and my anxiety levels are through the roof. My Gp has had to up my meds. 

Thank you all for reading (or not ?) my very long post. 

poppy123456

HI,

Your work coach referred you for the work capability assessment and you should have received the UC50 form. Although it has been known for some vulnerable people not to receive them but it's rare.

UC is a digital claim so no letters will come through the post. The decision letter will be uploaded onto your journal. Some have the decision within a couple of days, others wait many weeks, there's not really any timescales.

If you're found to have LCWRA then the extra money is paid from the 4th month of your claim starting from when you reported your health condition. (providing you sent the fit note within 7 days) This is known as the "waiting period" which is 3 full assessment periods. So when it's paid from depends on when you reported your health condition and the dates of your monthly assessment periods.

I also note that you're claiming standard daily living PIP, if your partner looks after you for at least 35 hours per week then they can claim the carers element of UC.