esa medical coming up - two questions

[princess.rose.at.home]

Hello,

I am currently on IB and have my esa medical soon. For previous medicals I've taken my husband with me, but his health has deteriorated a lot since my last one. Will it go against me if I arrive pushing his wheelchair? It won't conflict with anything I've put on my form, but they do seem to like to make assumptions.

 

For my second question I need to give you a little background.

My husband is seriously ill. Due to his condition he's not supposed to be left alone as he can deteriorate very quickly. Even if I had a miracle cure I couldn't leave him to go out to work.

Under the current system, if I was refused IB I could have claimed carer's allowance and Income Support. I know a lot of changes are happening, would I still be able to do this?

(My husband gets MRC, HRM. He does need attention during the night but not enough to claim HRC -at least, not yet).

 

Thanks for any help.

[RaeUK]

Just one point that you need to keep in mind. It isn't a medical. It is a Work Capability Assessment and probably will bear no similarity to any medical you may have had for IB. The sole purpose of the WCA is to assess what work, if any, you are capable of.

[abc123def]

Princess yes you can choose to bypass ESA and claim IS and Carers allowance instead. Your carers allowance will be deducated from your income support. Your dh's income will be considered too though. What is his income?

[princess.rose.at.home]

Thanks for the replies.

 

My husband has a small works pension of approximately £40 per year which is deducted from the IS we get at the moment.

[Nystagmite]

I would be tempted to go down the IS route.

[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

Have you had a look at the entitledto website? They have a good benefits calculator that you can use anonymously.

 

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

 

My best, HB

[princess.rose.at.home]

Thank you both.

I'm expecting to end up claiming carer's allowance but I'm going to go to the medical alone and just see what happens.

 

I will update the post.

[princess.rose.at.home]

I promised I'd update this post.

 

I decided to attend the medical alone (hb was looked after by family). I've been placed in the Support Group, which I think is a fair result.

Am still not sure if they'll take my husband into account when I attend interviews but I'll see when the time comes.

[reallymadwoman]

If you're in the support group you won't need to attend interviews.

[princess.rose.at.home]

Sorry for the late reply, I've not been well.

 

I was also muddled in my last post. I've been placed in the WRAG. I used the word "support" incorrectly, I meant that I would be supported in looking for suitable work.

 

Sorry for the confusion.