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autisticluke1998
autisticluke1998 Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi all what does this mean will I be reassessed straight away in April 2026 or not


https://www.gov.uk/government/news/reforms-to-welfare-system-set-to-save-19-billion-by-the-end-of-203031

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,350 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @autisticluke1998, if you are due for a reassessment they are hoping to get to you a bit sooner. Lots of people on UC haven't had a work capability assessment for a long time. It's unlikely that it will be straight away after April 2026, I believe that's just when some of the other changes for PIP assessments and Universal Credit start coming in. There's a guide to what'll happen next year here: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/get-support/information-for-your-situation/benefit-changes-timetable/benefit-changes-timetable-2026

    It'll probably still take them a little while to get through the remaining backlog though so I wouldn't expect them to get round to everyone by April.

  • autisticluke1998
    autisticluke1998 Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener

    Don’t know as my autism level 2 is lifelong and my mum is my appointee. Why would I need to be reassessed if nothing has changed

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,931 Championing

    Unfortunately reassessments are normal if you want to receive benefits from the DWP. Part of the system when claiming.

    Even for those of us who won't get any better, they still want to check.

  • autisticluke1998
    autisticluke1998 Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener

    well I don’t see myself being reassessed like straight away maybe end of next year I’m not sure

  • autisticluke1998
    autisticluke1998 Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener

    plus I do day service because of my needs I don’t want that being stopped because of reassessment

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,350 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Probably best not to worry about it now if you can @autisticluke1998. But I know that's not easy sometimes!

    If your needs haven't changed hopefully all your benefits will stay the same even if you're reassessed. Like Kimi87 said, they just need to check everyone every now and then to make sure things are okay.

  • yellowpineapple84
    yellowpineapple84 Scope Member Posts: 26 Connected

    Hi, how do they notify you about WCA reassessments? Is it through the post or do we get a message on the UC journal?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,931 Championing
    edited December 26

    It would be a Journal message if you manage your UC account online.

    With the Journal, nothing comes through the post it's all done electronically.

  • yellowpineapple84
    yellowpineapple84 Scope Member Posts: 26 Connected

    @Kimi87 thank-you for your reply. I think I do all my UC stuff via the Journal. Uploading anything they need and any messages I receive comes through there so I guess that would be the method they choose to contact me about reassessment as you say?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,931 Championing

    If yoy have a Journal then everything gets done via that, nothing comes through the post. All letters are electronic.

  • yellowpineapple84
    yellowpineapple84 Scope Member Posts: 26 Connected

    Thank-you, this is reassuring 😊 I went to stay with family over Christmas and I got told a letter arrived for me and I’ve been worrying about it. There is nothing new on my UC Journal so I worried a lot about this letter

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