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Redgeorgi1
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Hi, I've been on esa new style for 1 year. This is ending soon. I suffer anxiety and recently developed rhumertide arthritis. My Dr has written a sick note which I have sent to dwp. I had a text back saying : We've received your Statement of Fitness for Work (Fit Note) and details of your Work Capability Assessment. Your ESA payment will continue. Please don't send us any more statements (Fit Notes). You don't need to contact us.
Work capacity was done a year ago.
I've also recently received a letter stating I won't be receiving any more payments..... ? So confused
Work capacity was done a year ago.
I've also recently received a letter stating I won't be receiving any more payments..... ? So confused
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if you have now had a decision on your Work Capability assessment and been put in the Support Group your ESA will increase to £114.10/week and will continue until such time as a future assessment determines that you should no longer be in the Support Group. A letter about this will be triggered manually when a decision is made.
if you are not in the Support Group because no decision has yet been made or because you have been found nothing t to qualify for it then ESA would stop after 52 weeks. A letter telling you this would I think be triggered automatically.
It sounds as if the letter telling you ESA is ended was triggered just before or about the same time as a decision was made.
Look at the dates on the two letters. Which one was sent first? Does one of them say you are in the Support Group?
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Thanks for the reply. My text message was dated the 1st November and the letter was dated 8th November. I just don't know what they both mean. There so different.
If I was put into another group would I get a confirmation or would the esa just change automatically? -
The best thing to do is try ringing them to clarify the status of your claim.
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Thank you ?
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If a decison's been made on your work capability assessment and you were placed into one of the groups. If it was the Support Group (£114.10 per week) you would receive extra money from the 14th week of your claim (backdated if it took longer)If you were placed into the WRAG there's no extra money and payments will stop after 1 year.You would receive a decision letter, regardless of what that decision was.These comments.. First you say this.Redgeorgi1 said:
Work capacity was done a year ago.I think you'll need to ring DWP to ask then because they will be able to tell you if a decision's been made and what that was.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
Yes a year ago that's why I was confused by the text they sent ::
We've received your Statement of Fitness for Work (Fit Note) and details of your Work Capability Assessment. Your ESA payment will continue. Please don't send us any more statements (Fit Notes). You don't need to contact us.
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I know I need to ring them but I hate it.
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I just wondered if anyone else had had this before
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