ESA still no review after 4+ years

There was a backlog for ESA. Up until last year I waited 4 years then the ESA50 form came through the door. They will catch up with you but I wouldn’t rock the boat and ring them.

Your DLA to PIP transfer can be anytime from now up until the next few months. I would start to gather some evidence now to save time when you do get then invite.

We have had a couple of similar threads her recently, and the same replies, and I will do my same reply...which is to advise you that you may think you are not being reassessed but actually you are or have been and maybe something has gone wrong.

It is entirely possible that you were referred for reassessment a year ago, and it is possible that

You did not receive the letter
it is possible your referral is still open now waiting for an assessment
or it is possible it is now closed after you missed the appointment.

It is possible the referall recently closed or closed a long time ago. If it closed a long time ago it is possible DWP have forgotten to close your claim.
or it is possible it occured a long time ago and the medical services got all the information they needed from your doctor and put you in the support group again.

You may not believe me, but in those other threads they also found it hard to believe, but when they checked like I told them to at least one of them did find that my suggestion was indeed what had happened.

You have to decide what to do.
I understand you may not want to phone DWP, but you can phone Medical Services, they are not connected to the DWP, and they will not take any action if you call them...0800 2 888777
You can ask them
Is there a live referral for me for ESA assessment?
When did the last ESA referral start and close?

If it is in 2013 nothing to worry about
If it was recent you should ask what was the result of the referral why did it close?
and then phone DWP

My guess, I probably was a exception (29 or 35) in SG, would I be reassessed again?

mad_spaniel wrote: »

As per epitome's advice I spoke to a lovely lady at Medical Services. I got through straight away, despite it being Monday. She said there was no medical pending and the last one was 2013. So I guess it's just a waiting gametill DWP send something through. Thanks to all who replied. I assume I do nothing now, just sit and wait?

I used to ring up, loads of anxiety just waiting, and I now realise that in most of the cases its not a good idea.

Eg one time I rang up as my ESA50 form has just went back and I was a little worried if I would have to go for a medical or not.

Oh we will transfer you to medical services they said, and the kind gentleman said " oh how long is it anyways since you have been for a medical" and I told him.

Within a few days I received a letter telling me the date to go for a medical, Ok I might have had to go for a medical anyways, but I remain convinced that ringing up only sped up that process, maybe the person you speak to in medical services has the power to book a medical for you, you never can tell.

On another occasion when I was on IB I actually rang up and arranged a medical for myself, such as was my worry about it.

Sometimes you have to ring up to find out something, but remember, strike a balance, you might only be making things worse for yourself.