UC WCA questions.

Aella
Aella Online Community Member Posts: 73 Contributor
edited June 2025 in Universal Credit (UC)
  1. How likely is it now that those of us who get lcwra and PIP and haven't been reassessed for UC in a few years, will be reassessed? I heard something about by 2028 your PIP assessment will be enough to count for UC too. Having just been reawarded PIP am I likely to have another UC assessment?
  2. It says on the WCA form that you shouldn't request new medical evidence for a UC reassessment, but should just send whatever medical evidence you have already. Is this right? What if the medical evidence you have is a few years old already? I have copies of the medical letters written for my PIP award, but they focus on the PIP descriptors. Would these be suitable to use for a UC reassessment?

I prepared my PIP re-assessment stuff a year in advance and if I'm going to be re-assessed for UC I want to do the same. I can't wait until they tell me I'm going to be re-assessed and then get stressed, rushing, trying to sort it all out in a short time when I don't feel well. I want to have it all ready and prepared well in advance.

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  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 4,702 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @Aella so sorry you haven't heard back on this. Have you made any progress with this in the meantime?

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 683 Trailblazing

    It's very odd that they say you can't send new medical evidence, what if you don't already have any medical evidence, or what if a new illness has come up?

    I'm sure this was said or it was something similar in my WCA form in 2019, I didn't already have any medical evidence so I sent off for some and then sent it with the form, I thought 'Well the chances are I'll be classed as fit for work which is what usually happens, maybe if I just send them the medical evidence anyway it might work in my favour, surely it can't make things worse?'

  • Aella
    Aella Online Community Member Posts: 73 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1026118#Comment_1026118

    I mean, I'm not currently being reassessed, I'm just wondering how to prepare in case I do get reassessed.

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