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Is ESA assessed every 12 months?

dwn73schdwn73sch Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited August 2018 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice, I am on PIP high rate living and motorbility and I had a face to face assessment  by ESA 12 months ago and yet I have received a letter saying that they want to do the face to face again now.  It's bad enough the forms every 12 months as I struggle with writing because of my fingers. I suppose I'm asking if it's right about doing face to face every 12months.  Thanks 
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  • Chloe_ScopeChloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,653 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi @dwn73sch and welcome to the community! I hope you find it a supportive environment. Unfortunately, being on PIP has no link to the ESA assessments and it is not uncommon to be tested every 12 months.
    Scope

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  • poppy123456poppy123456 Member Posts: 23,165 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi, with ESA they can re-assess you at anytime. Did you recently fill out another ESA50 form and return it?
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  • dwn73schdwn73sch Member Posts: 2 Listener
    I did,  they are doing it every 12 months even though I have a degenerative condition for which there's no treatment,  it's really frustrating and the forms take forever to complete as I dislocate everything,  specifically my fingers when trying to write.  Thanks for getting back to me .
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  • anth22anth22 Member Posts: 69 Courageous
    Not sure why people keep getting re-assessed as i was put on ESA from IB back in 2011 and ive never been re-assessed in 8 years off claiming ESA.
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  • poppy123456poppy123456 Member Posts: 23,165 Disability Gamechanger
    Don't knock it, they'll catch up with you at some point. 
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  • anth22anth22 Member Posts: 69 Courageous
    Im sure they will but in the mean time i will keep my doors and my windows shut lol 
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