Hi all again, have come up for review of my esa after 5 months of being in the support group. I have just been diagnosed with arthritis and a trapped nerve in my neck also a small blood clot in my brain. My question is where do I stand with informing atos of my new conditions and is it worth me applying for my dla to be reviewed. I am in reciept of lr dla for my severe depression and arthritis in my collar bone which atos and dwp know about and had informed them of seeing my consultant this week. thanks in advance

Hi again quick question, just received letter about my esa award and on the last page it states that its payable from the 5th of jan 2013 - may 31st 2014, dose this mean i wont be assessed again before may next year?

hi all quick question, I was got my put in support group starting from today which is week 14 for me, I got a payment of esa into my account for 1 weeks money today at the assessment rate, would that mean they are going to change how they are going to pay me ???

Thanks for letting me know, I did wonder

I'm on low rate care and live alone, would this qualify?

Hi again, a quick question. When I was on JSA I got a premium for being in receipt of dla, will I get this with my income based esa?

thanks honeybee

Hi all, got my decision today, support group. thanks to everyone for their advice and support.

I am also on esa for severe depression which is my main illness, but going through the list of descriptors Cannot transfer a light but bulky object such as an empty cardboard box. 6 points Cannot cope with minor unplanned change (such as the timing of an appointment on the day it is due to occur), to the extent that overall, day to day life is made significantly more difficult. 6 points. Is unable to get to a specified place with which the claimant is unfamiliar without being accompanied by another person. 6 points. Engagement in social contact with someone unfamiliar to the claimant is not possible for the majority of the time due to difficulty relating to others or significant distress experienced by the individual. 6 points Owing to a severe disorder of mood or behaviour, fails to convey food or drink to the claimant’s own mouth without receiving — (i) physical assistance from someone else; or (ii) regular prompting given by someone else in the claimant’s presence. Owing to a severe disorder of mood or behaviour, fails to— (i) chew or swallow food or drink; or (ii) chew or swallow food or drink without regular prompting given by another person in the physical presence of the claimant Cannot raise either arm above head height as if to reach for something. 6 points. those are the ones I think fit me, but whether I get them or not I dunno

ok thanks will do have, the consent form for the op, Is that enough evidence of and op being needed?

Hi all, wonder if you could help me again. I have just had my wca and informed them of a problem with my shoulder that was being investigated. I had a hospital app today and found out that I had arthritis in my collarbone and am now on the waiting list for an op, also I am being sent for a mri on my neck as i have problems there as well. Do I phone DWP or atos to let them know what the hospital found, as now waiting for my 0 points letter.

Hi all thanks for all your help have received my letter from esa today and have been awarded it now in the assessment phase. thanks again

had already signed off and put my claim in for esa before i got the letter about the sanction, my jcp adviser thought that they wouldnt do anything apart from a slap on the wrist to a 2 week sanction at worst

thanks for answering as to sky I have my email set up so that a copy is not left on the server when i download my emails to outlook. And the firm said I hadnt applied, but after 4 months how r u supposed to remember why or if

Hi, am new here. I was informed by my JCP advisor that I had failed to apply for a job back in may and asked me if i could prove that I had applied for it. I had my email hacked around that time and was advised by sky to reinstall windows so all my emails previous to that had gone. I informed them that I couldn't prove that I had but was unsure as it was 4 months previous. I have recently been signed off as my depression is deepening and I have new problems that are being investigated by the doctor and the hospital. I signed off so that I could claim esa as was told u cant be in reciept of one and apply for the other. I checked my account on my usual payday and found that I hadn't been paid and when I phoned them to find out what had happened i was informed that they would pay me one weeks and if i was awarded esa they would decide when to pay me. Saturday morning I get a brown envelope and in it was a letter informing me that i had been sanctioned for 13 weeks. I need to know if my being sanctioned after I applied for esa will affect my claim for it. If i dont get the esa what am i supposed to live on till january and how am i gonna be able to heat my home.