my medical was arranged for the 19 march at 2.30pm. at 11.00am on the 19 march i received a phone call to tell me my medical was going to be cancelled and it would be rescheduled. i received a letter a few days later with a rescheduled date of 12 april 11.00am. on the 11 april at 3.00pm i received a phone call telling me that my medical would have to be cancelled again due to not being able to get the recording equipment, i had previously requested. on april 26, i phoned a.t.o.s asking why i had not been sent a new date for my medical and was told that i had failed to attend the medical on april 12. i tried to explain that the medical had been cancelled on april 11 but they said that there was no record of a phone call telling me of the cancellation. so now my claim is being suspended, pending an appeal.

update. i was all ready to go to the medical but three hours before my appointment, i got a phone call to tell me it had been cancelled. no explanations, no apologies, nothing. this is really getting me down.

hello, i am in the same boat. i failed the medical in october but the decision was overturned in january, a day later i got a new questionarre and now have another medical on the 19th of this month.

i have requested to have my medical recorded but have been reading up on it and have found out that there will be a cost, that will have to be paid by me. does anyone know what the cost will be? thanks

thanks for any advice? i have now phoned atos asking for a recorded medical, i dont know if will help but i dont know what else i can do. i feel like i am shouting in the wind? any advice would be appreciated

this is unbelievable. i went for the atos medical on 24/10/11 and failed with six points for starting and finishing tasks. i put in for an appeal, which was granted before going to tribunal on the 10/1/12. the next day i recieved a esa50 to fill in again. i sent this back on 8/2/12. on the 2/3/12 i got my date for a new atos medical, to be held on the 19/3/12. on the 3/3/12 i got a letter telling me that i will soon be sent a esa50 to fill in. i am now going to be filling in my second esa50 before i have even got to the medical. so in 3 months, i have appealed, won the appeal, filled in a esa50, got a medical date and finally have been told another esa50 is on the way. i now think this is bordering on harrasment or victimisation but what can i do about it.

hi everyone, my name is roy and although i have followed this site for a while, i have now decided to join and share a bit of my story with atos. i've been on e.s.a for two years now, through depression and anxiety but i am also an alcoholic. i have been doing the esa50 forms and medical every six months, with my last one being on october 24 2011. i failed this medical, getting only six points for starting and finishing tasks, so with the help from the local disability society, i lodged an appeal. on january 10th 2012 i got a letter saying that the decision had been overturned and i would go back onto e.s.a at my normal rate, with back money. i was overjoyed until the next day, when i recieved a esa50 form again. so, i am having to do all this again.