Hi, my name is lulufred! I need some ESA advice please.

lulufred
lulufred Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
edited September 2023 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hello on here to get some advice 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    What advice would you like? You'll need to give some information before anyone can attempted to advise you.
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,773 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hiya @lulufred and welcome to the community! 
     Everyone's lovely and helpful here, so any advice you need, please just ask and we'll do our best to help.  Is there anything in particular you needed advice on? 
  • lulufred
    lulufred Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    Hello I was due my esa health assesment phone call on Wednesday but I had a letter on Monday saying they have recieved more info and no longer need an assesment they are doing paper based on a bit worried as I asked for a review as thunk I’m ment to me in support group do you think that’s why I don’t need a phone call ? 
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,815 Championing
    Hi @lulufred - & welcome to the community from me too. All it means at the moment is that they have enough info to make a decision, so there was no need for a phone assessment. Hopefully you're put in the Support Group, but at this stage no-one could say for sure. They'll write to you with their decision.
  • lulufred
    lulufred Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    Ok thankyou so if I don’t agree with if they don’t put me in suport group can I ask for a phone assesment which they cancelled ?
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,815 Championing
    If you're not put in the Support Group, then you can do what's called a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR), where another decision maker will look at everything again. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but for any assessment whether it's paper based or by phone, if you disagree with the decision, you can do a MR. You won't need a phone assessment.
  • lulufred
    lulufred Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    Ok thankyou would you know if it’s more chance of being put in support group if paper based assesment ?

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