ESA50

pippyg1
pippyg1 Community Member Posts: 28 Connected
in Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)

Hi, Iv just filled in my esa50 form & had the last page filled in by the doctor as I’m a cancer patient , Does having this filled in & signed by my doctor have any bearing on if I will still have to have a work capacity assessment, as my doctor has put I’m not fit for any work , hope I don’t have to have the dreaded assessment, many thanks and wishing everyone well

Comments

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 5,204 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/135769/esa50

    You will assessed either by phone, face to face or paper based.

    You can request paper based but its at their discretion.

  • pippyg1
    pippyg1 Community Member Posts: 28 Connected

    thank you for your reply , I was hoping it would of just been paper based anyway been as though page 24 about my cancer diagnosis & treatment was filled in and signed by my doctor , I suppose I’ll just wait and see what happens, is there a time frame from when they received my form to either an easement date or a decision, thanks again for your response

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,450 Championing

    I think it's 6 weeks at the moment but don't quote me on that because I'm not 100% sure

  • pippyg1
    pippyg1 Community Member Posts: 28 Connected

    that’s not as long as I thought, everything seems to be a waiting game , thanks for your reply

Categories