Sick note and jobcentre appointment

Julyana

Hiya everyone.. I'm self employed and I  have been sick for 2 months now. I sended sick notes to uc and I got a uc50 form to complete. Yesterday I got app for 28 june in jobcentre even my sick note is expiring on 30 june. What I should do? Is this normal? And how long I'll wait for the wca decision I have to give them more sick notes and still have to go on jobcentre on appointments? Thx in advance!! 

janer1967

Hi and welcome 

You still need to attend appointments and provide continuous fit notes until you have had your work capability assessment and a decision has been made 

Barkingmad15

Hi Julyana, as stated above you must attend all appointments & send in sick notes until they tell you not to. Also make sure to watch for messages via the UC portal as you don't want to give any excuse that may affext payments. You haven't said if you are long term sick, but my process was to claim basic UC until I could get an assesment, which they held up as I needed a specialist assesor. I was very lucky & got a very nice work coach who after seeing me once said she was going make all future appointments online as she could see how difficult it was for me to attend face to face. My work coach also chased up my assesment & with that and some very good advice from the Benefits & Work website I was placed in the LCFW section. Once you are through that stage you no longer need to send sick notes, but instead will get a review date based upon your circumstances (mine was 2 years) It did take nearly a year to get though it all, so try to be patient (not easy I know) & just be persistent with them but always be friendly, don't give any excuses to delay their decision etc. I wish you the very best trhough all of this.

janer1967

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Barkingmad15

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

poppy123456

Barkingmad15 said:

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

LCWRA doesn’t automatically entitle you to a blue badge or a disabled bus pass.

Barkingmad15

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

LCWRA doesn’t automatically entitle you to a blue badge or a disabled bus pass.

I know. I am well aware of this. I am also eligible for PIP. i was merely trying to make a point.

Julyana

Thank you for ur reply. I'll go on 28 hopefully after she will see me she will not ask again to go there. I don't know if ill be long term ill coz I have iih and both side of face paralysed. I'm barely talking as mu mouth is not doing the job anymore. As for the iih the diziness and vertigo is killing me. I cant handle anymore light or noise so I am kind of home stuck. Let's hope for the better . Thx again

janer1967

Blue badge renewals are dine by local council and usually done online so no 8ssues with renewal unless your not automatically entitled and need assessment 

But nothing to do with lcwra more pip 

poppy123456

Barkingmad15 said:

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

LCWRA doesn’t automatically entitle you to a blue badge or a disabled bus pass.

I know. I am well aware of this. I am also eligible for PIP. i was merely trying to make a point.

But your point wasn’t correct. PIP awards have end dates, LCWRA doesn’t.

Barkingmad15

Julyana said:

Thank you for ur reply. I'll go on 28 hopefully after she will see me she will not ask again to go there. I don't know if ill be long term ill coz I have iih and both side of face paralysed. I'm barely talking as mu mouth is not doing the job anymore. As for the iih the diziness and vertigo is killing me. I cant handle anymore light or noise so I am kind of home stuck. Let's hope for the better . Thx again

That sounds dreadful & I really hope it goes well for you. My work coacj was a very nice lady & I hope you have a similar experience. Mine is upper back issues so I really struggle to get around some days, I guess in that respect I was lucky to have a really bad day when I had my appt. It's horrible saying that but sometimes people have to see how hard it is for you. Best of luck.

Barkingmad15

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

LCWRA doesn’t automatically entitle you to a blue badge or a disabled bus pass.

I know. I am well aware of this. I am also eligible for PIP. i was merely trying to make a point.

But your point wasn’t correct. PIP awards have end dates, LCWRA doesn’t.

Really? I am merely trying to help with some guidance. I am not an expert & I suspect you are not either. This is why I gave up on forums. I have been on here less than 24 hours & already found a nitpicker 

calcotti

Barkingmad15 said:.. & already found a nitpicker 

It's not nit picking. it's an important difference. When incorrect information is posted it is helpful for it to be corrected. That doesn't imply any criticism of the original poster. The benefits system is very confusing and we all get things wrong sometimes.

Julyana

Barkingmad15 said:

Julyana said:

Thank you for ur reply. I'll go on 28 hopefully after she will see me she will not ask again to go there. I don't know if ill be long term ill coz I have iih and both side of face paralysed. I'm barely talking as mu mouth is not doing the job anymore. As for the iih the diziness and vertigo is killing me. I cant handle anymore light or noise so I am kind of home stuck. Let's hope for the better . Thx again

That sounds dreadful & I really hope it goes well for you. My work coacj was a very nice lady & I hope you have a similar experience. Mine is upper back issues so I really struggle to get around some days, I guess in that respect I was lucky to have a really bad day when I had my appt. It's horrible saying that but sometimes people have to see how hard it is for you. Best of luck.

It is horrible to cant drink or eat proper. To cant breath proper. To have to repeat words few times. In the last 6 months 3 facial paralysis and iih discovered by mistake. So yea I hope I'll have a nice coach and to see that is a struggle for me to go out. Beside the vertigo and iih problems to have people staring at me coz my face is messed up one eye is bigger than another and so on. Thx for ur nice words. Hopefully will be ok. 

janer1967

Poppy gives very good advice and has done for several years on here 

It isn't nit picking its making sure info is accurate for the benefit of members reading posts 

It's great that everyone shares their experiences on here and your contributions are appreciated as are all members 

poppy123456

Barkingmad15 said:

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

poppy123456 said:

Barkingmad15 said:

janer1967 said:

There is no end date to lcwra the date is just a recommendation for review timescale 

The award stays in place until a reassessment has been done and a new decision made 

Currently all reviews are suspended while they catch up with new claims 

Yes, sorry if it came across wrong, you are quite right & i do remeber my work coach telling me similiar. hence the issues with getting blue badges & bus passes renewed 

LCWRA doesn’t automatically entitle you to a blue badge or a disabled bus pass.

I know. I am well aware of this. I am also eligible for PIP. i was merely trying to make a point.

But your point wasn’t correct. PIP awards have end dates, LCWRA doesn’t.

Really? I am merely trying to help with some guidance. I am not an expert & I suspect you are not either. This is why I gave up on forums. I have been on here less than 24 hours & already found a nitpicker 

I wasn't nitpicking, I was merely pointing out that you weren't correct. If i hadn't have pointed this out then other members would have thought it was correct. I never claimed i was an expert. I've also got information incorrect in the past but i'm happy to be corrected when it does happen.

Barkingmad15

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No don't worry, i'm done. Life is bad enough as it is without creating problems. I know I get muddled up with facts sometimes. I just believe there are nicer ways of dealing with these situations. 

poppy123456

I don't see that i did anything wrong here, other than to correct the information you gave. You are correct that there are nicer ways of dealing with such situations but calling someone a nitpicker isn't one of them.