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MercyMercyMe
MercyMercyMe Community member Posts: 2 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi, I've been in the Support Group for 4 years now.  I am reassessed on average every 18 months.  The last time I asked I was told my award was until Oct 19, but I haven't had the usual forms through.  What do I do? What can I expect? Do I just leave it? Do they sometimes decide not to reassess and just run the award on? I'm nervous it's just going to end with no warning. 
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  • david235
    david235 Community member Posts: 170 Pioneering
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    @MercyMercyMe - For ESA, you stay as you are until DWP complete a reassessment. Sometimes they do just let things run on, though it may well be that you get an ESA50 Capacity for Work questionnaire next month.

    Most PIP awards have a definite end date, but that is a very different system.
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,011 Scope online community team
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    A warm welcome to the community @MercyMercyMe. :)
    I hope David has managed alleviate your concerns that it'll just end, ESA will continue until they reassess you.
    Please let us know if you have any other queries. :smile:
    Community Manager
    Scope
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  • Silver925
    Silver925 Community member Posts: 106 Courageous
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    There could be a backlog and they might have given you longer. Best not to rock the boat and remind them. Let them contact you.
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  • MercyMercyMe
    MercyMercyMe Community member Posts: 2 Listener
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    Thank you all. I’m thinking along those lines too it just makes me anxious not knowing what maybe in store and usually I’ve had the forms a lot earlier but I don’t want to call them! 
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