Oops, sorry - yes, the medical certificate was dated 7/12/11! Tiredness and stress! Unfortunately I've only just now been able to come on here due to Christmas and a dodgy router. I decided to try to get a new medical certificate but have been unable to get an appointment with my G.P. until the new year (3rd Jan - thanks to a bank holiday). As if to taunt me, I received another letter on the 30th Dec saying that if they don't receive a certificate by the 4th of Jan my benefit will be stopped and I *may* have to attend a(nother) medical examination. Is this void if my certificate arrives the day later (or the same day?), or if I have extenuating circumstances? I have also sent one of their reply forms back as safeguard, and informed them that due to the mix-up, I sent my 7/12/11 certificate to Aberdeen and because I only found out about my error on the 23rd, the busy Christmas/New Year/Bank Holiday period, I was unable to make an appointment until the new year. What a mess!! Is there anything more that I can do or have I made a complete cockup? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the info guys. Incidentally, my Benefits Centre is the one located in Wrexham. I will ask for another certificate from my GP after Xmas and have it sent via fax at the job centre.

Hi all, I'm hoping that someone can help me with my current ESA appeal dilemma. On 14/11/2011 I was sent a letter saying that I failed my ATOS medical assessment that I had in September. I started the appeal process soon after and was sent a letter notifying me that I needed to send in a medical certificate from my GP. [This letter I noticed came from Aberdeen benefits office - I am in South Wales] I was given the certificate on 7/7/2012 and sent it off (signed-for) the same day to the address of the office in Aberdeen. I thought nothing of this at the time as the letter notifying me of my ATOS medical assessment came from that office. Sometimes I've had two letters in the same envelope with two different addresses on the top! - Namely, Wrexham and Aberdeen. I thought everything was going OK as on 21/12/2011 I received a telephone call saying that my appeal is being put together and that I will be receiving a reduced benefit during the process and would I like to receive the money by direct debit, cheque, etc.. Now yesterday I received a letter that said my medical certificate (that covered 8/12/2012 to 21/12/2012) was about to run out. Confused, I phoned the number on the top of the letter as the certificate was meant to cover three months at least [note - the office that sent this letter was Wrexham]. After talking to the agent there I was told that they had not received my certificate. I gave the address that I sent it to and was told that was the wrong one and should have sent it to Wrexham, as that is the office that is dealing with my case. The agent was unable to either contact Aberdeen office or advise me on what I should do. I was told that Aberdeen may forward it to the office in Wrexham - or they may not! So now I am in a state worrying about this thing - do I obtain another certificate and send it to the office in Wrexham? Write to the office in Aberdeen and notify them of the problem? Or wait until after xmas and see if these two offices manage to sort this mess out? I find this doubly confusing as neither office appears to know what the other is doing, and the phone-call on the 21st and I wonder why on earth I was contacted by an Aberdeen office if my 'local' office is in Wrexham. Hope someone can help or shed some light on this, or even advise - thanks!