LCWRA Reviews

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  • Asia23
    Asia23 Online Community Member Posts: 65 Empowering
    edited June 14

    Thanks for the link to the petition @davidpnuk

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    We need to get this to 10,000 or more please share the petition.

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  • Asia23
    Asia23 Online Community Member Posts: 65 Empowering

    That's interesting @Passerby. I had no idea. I always read they were suspended because the assessment providers lacked capacity to tackle LCWRA reassessments because they were lower priority whilst dealing with new claims and LCW reassessments or deterioration (change of circumstances).

    I am comforted to know that I will be spared reassessment before next April, then. Unfortunately, my claim is one of those initially targeted groups - 'substantial risk'.

    I was told by an ESA telephony agent recently because I asked (whilst I'm in the midst of migrating to UC) that my next review date is due at the end of this summer. Do you know what happens when ESA migrate my details across to UC with that review date? Is it entered on their IT build? Is it automatically actioned or does it need manual intervention? Thanks for any insight, if you have it.

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    That isn't written in stone but April 2026 is a long way off and who knows what things will be like by then my guess the backlog may be worse other cuts announced will affect dwp employees this may cause dwp workers to strike.

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  • Asia23
    Asia23 Online Community Member Posts: 65 Empowering

    The report was quite short, if I remember. It references the medical evidence submitted and the details within those reports relied upon by the assessor and then says I meet the substantial risk criteria for LCW and LCWRA (under regulation 35).

    I have decided whilst I have no work or work related activity requirements on UC never ever to put a message on my journal under 'work coach'. So far, and only on a couple of occasions, I have had queries which I enter under the 'payment' section so it goes to my Case Manager. I've read horror stories on other forums of work coaches manually actioning WCA referrals, when currently they're not supposed to.

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  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,211 Championing

    I was reassess Feb 2024 after my last assessment being 15 years prior to that.

    I remained in the support group.

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor
  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    yes thats right so do not hold your breath

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    come on lets get this to 10,000 share this petiton on your social media etc

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    feel free to share it on starmers social media 😂

  • tealhoneydew16
    tealhoneydew16 Scope Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    signed thank you for sharing David!

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    Reviews for LCWRA may start before April 2026 according to the benefit and work website

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    It's hard to say they keep saying one thing then they say something else so you just don't know if its going to be april next year or sooner you can't tell with this shower we have running the country

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  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    wca assessments apparently have already started i am told some have already had lcwra reviews and have been taken off so april 2026 isn't correct t then there has been a change as it did say april 2026 they obviously lied as this government are good at that this isn't funny anymore like I said I am going by what I have been told don't know where I am with this now so brace yourselves

  • davidpnuk
    davidpnuk Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor

    You might have that wrong as i am told they've restarted now

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