Hi! I'm Kurt. ESA Phone Appointment Support Group

Barlow77

Hi everyone, nice to join the forum! I too recieved the letter about "New Style ESA" phone appointment today, even though I'm in support group. Scheduled for next week. I left a message on my U/C journal asking for more info because my anxiety has shot throuh the roof with it. Mind somewhat at ease with previous posts, so thanks for that! I will keep you posted if I hear anything further. Stay safe everyone!
KB

Alex_Alumni

Hi @Barlow77 and welcome to the community I'm so pleased to hear the forum has helped put your mind at ease!

Just as a heads up for you, I've removed your surname from the title of this post; to keep our members safe online we don't allow the sharing of personal information which can be used to identify individuals, as detailed in the community house rules.

If you need a hand finding your way around or have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community 

Try not to worry about the appt it's nothing to worry about 

cherbear

Hi Kurt. I’ve had a call today about it. Mines scheduled for January. Have yours yet ? How did it go ? 

I’m really unnerved because she said it will be fairly regular now so get used to it. 

poppy123456

cherbear said:

Hi Kurt. I’ve had a call today about it. Mines scheduled for January. Have yours yet ? How did it go ? 

I’m really unnerved because she said it will be fairly regular now so get used to it. 

If you're in the Support Group and you claimed New style ESA during the pandemic then this appointment will be a one off and no further appointments will be needed. It will be just to agree to your work commitments, which will simply be to agree to report any changes.

cherbear

poppy123456 said:

cherbear said:

Hi Kurt. I’ve had a call today about it. Mines scheduled for January. Have yours yet ? How did it go ? 

I’m really unnerved because she said it will be fairly regular now so get used to it. 

If you're in the Support Group and you claimed New style ESA during the pandemic then this appointment will be a one off and no further appointments will be needed. It will be just to agree to your work commitments, which will simply be to agree to report any changes.

Thank you. That’s what I’m hoping reading other posts. But it’s just her comment I’m your work coach and these calls will be regular now. So you’ll have to used to them ??

calcotti

Work coaches often say things that are incorrect.

cherbear

calcotti said:

Work coaches often say things that are incorrect.

Thank you. I hope so. If she decides she wants to ring me on a regular basis for a ‘support chat’ I don’t know what I can do if anything to stop her. She said I can be sanctioned if I don’t take part. 

poppy123456

As advised, if you're definitely in the Support Group this will be a one off appointment. You shouldn't believe everything a work coach tells you.

cherbear

poppy123456 said:

As advised, if you're definitely in the Support Group this will be a one off appointment. You shouldn't believe everything a work coach tells you.

Thank you. I hope so. If she tells me she’s ringing me again in a few months I’ll come and post for help ??
we had something similar when my partner briefly lost her job and we had to do joint UC claim. A work coach told me she’d be ringing every few months and scheduled an appt. I complained and by magic the appt disappeared from the diary ?

fancy doing stuff like this before Xmas. Bloody grinches 

poppy123456

As you're claiming Universal Credit then it will be LCWRA rather than Support Group.. @cherbear i'm assuming you've been found to have LCWRA and not LCW? If it's just LCW then the appointments would continue, depending on your commitments.

cherbear

poppy123456 said:

As you're claiming Universal Credit then it will be LCWRA rather than Support Group.. @cherbear i'm assuming you've been found to have LCWRA and not LCW? If it's just LCW then the appointments would continue, depending on your commitments.

Hi no sorry. We had a very brief UC claim when my partner lost her job. We don’t anymore she got another job. I’m on ESA support group since 2020 and PIP. I’ll see what happens when she rings. If she insists in ringing again I’ll say no thank you and see what happens. Thanks for replying sorry for confusing. 

poppy123456

Thanks for confirming that. As advised, it's just a one off appointment to agree to your commitments.

Barlow77

poppy123456 said:

cherbear said:

Hi Kurt. I’ve had a call today about it. Mines scheduled for January. Have yours yet ? How did it go ? 

I’m really unnerved because she said it will be fairly regular now so get used to it. 

If you're in the Support Group and you claimed New style ESA during the pandemic then this appointment will be a one off and no further appointments will be needed. It will be just to agree to your work commitments, which will simply be to agree to report any changes.

Hi again everyone, thanks for all the comments and support! It's really nothing to worry about. My phonecall lasted about 3 minutes and all she said was it's the commitments thing which was put on hold for covid. I recieved a copy of the form a few days later, electronically signed. She did however acknowledge that the initial letter could have been better worded!
Stay safe everyone!

Alex_Alumni

Hi @Barlow77 glad to hear it's all been clarified for you Always nice to have that reassurance.

You take care and stay safe too. 

cherbear

Barlow77 said:

poppy123456 said:

cherbear said:

Hi Kurt. I’ve had a call today about it. Mines scheduled for January. Have yours yet ? How did it go ? 

I’m really unnerved because she said it will be fairly regular now so get used to it. 

If you're in the Support Group and you claimed New style ESA during the pandemic then this appointment will be a one off and no further appointments will be needed. It will be just to agree to your work commitments, which will simply be to agree to report any changes.

Hi again everyone, thanks for all the comments and support! It's really nothing to worry about. My phonecall lasted about 3 minutes and all she said was it's the commitments thing which was put on hold for covid. I recieved a copy of the form a few days later, electronically signed. She did however acknowledge that the initial letter could have been better worded!
Stay safe everyone!

Hi Barlow. Glad it worked out for you. Sorry I accidentally hijacked your thread. Ive started my own now because after all that it’s something different 🙈 stay safe. best wishes. Sorry again.