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• steve51 Member Posts: 7,175 Disability Gamechanger

  February 2019

  Hi @aassiah
  
  Welcome to our online community/family 👪
  
  We have got some great info/advice on here 📚📚📚📚📚
  
  https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fesa&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fesa&auth=v06jdjhJPug%2BjwqXi7IYeg&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Esa
  
  Please please let me know if you need a hand 🖐 🤚 going through this info????
  
  @steve51
  
  

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• poppy123456 Member Posts: 22,848 Disability Gamechanger

  February 2019

  Hi,

  Have you recently applied for ESA? if so then it can take 3-4 weeks for your first payment.
  

  Proud winner of the 2019 empowering others award. This award was given for supporting disabled people and their families for the benefit advice I have given to members here on the community.
  

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• aasiah Member Posts: 4 Listener

  February 2019

  @steve51 Thanks I checked it out trying to get my head around the whole system. 

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• aasiah Member Posts: 4 Listener

  February 2019

  @poppy123456 Yeah just claimed very  recently,  am just very worried and stressed at the moment. 

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• poppy123456 Member Posts: 22,848 Disability Gamechanger

  February 2019

  DWP will write to you in a few with a decision on your claim, if successful then you'll receive £73.10 per week paid every 2 weeks. You'll need to continue to send in the sick notes until you're assessed and given a work capability assessment.
  

  Proud winner of the 2019 empowering others award. This award was given for supporting disabled people and their families for the benefit advice I have given to members here on the community.
  

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• aasiah Member Posts: 4 Listener

  February 2019

  Poppy123456 I handed in 4 months of sick note given by my doctor which states not fit for work,will I be asked to provide anymore sick notes? Am stressing now

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• poppy123456 Member Posts: 22,848 Disability Gamechanger

  February 2019

  It depends how long it takes to send you the work capability assessment form and an appointment for a face to face assessment. You'll need to continue to send in the sick notes until a decision has been made on that. In some area backlogs are huge so it can sometimes take several months or more.
  

  Proud winner of the 2019 empowering others award. This award was given for supporting disabled people and their families for the benefit advice I have given to members here on the community.
  

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