Calling all ESA Appeals Experts! Failed medical

alwaysonthego_2

Healy they must think you are the messiah to be quoting your posts.

I have seen a photo of healy and he is a bit of a hunk, so no wonder he has followers.

healy

alwaysonthego wrote: »

Healy they must think you are the messiah to be quoting your posts.

I have seen a photo of healy and he is a bit of a hunk, so no wonder he has followers.

Brian's mother: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

You would say that being part of the evil "clique"!

healy

alwaysonthego wrote: »

Healy they must think you are the messiah to be quoting your posts.

I have seen a photo of healy and he is a bit of a hunk, so no wonder he has followers.

No offense to Garry, but he does not "do it for me!"

alwaysonthego_2

healy wrote: »

No offense to Garry, but he does not "do it for me!"

I am sure there a going to be tears shed over this relevation.

alwaysonthego_2

healy wrote: »

Brian's mother: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

You would say that being part of the evil "clique"!

You are so naughty, I was hoping you would quote Monty Python.

As you know what did the Romans ever do for us?

healy

alwaysonthego wrote: »

I am sure there a going to be tears shed over this relevation.

I will try to break it to him gently.

healy

alwaysonthego wrote: »

You are so naughty, I was hoping you would quote Monty Python.

As you know what did the Romans ever do for us?

But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

But they missed out the DWP and ATOS!

owen1_2

Hi 70's Freak
Had mty ATOS medical two weeks ago still have yet to here.
My exprience at the medical was the same lasted 20 mins, must of which he looked at screen. I suffer from CFS when I asked him what he thought of CFS (alot of health Profesinals have diffrent opinons on the condtion) he refused to answer.
He asked me about my routine on normal day questions focused on my moblity and that was that, he compleatly ignored the rest of the criteria.
I have yet the hear the outcome but Ive got the distinct impression he was going through he motions. The outcome pre detrimined before I came in. Hope its only an impression !

My assesment phase ended first week of July. Im almost two months behind.
Im dreading having to appeal, what should happen as outlined On ESA litreuture just doesnt.

I applied in April, my money was stopped because the Hackney benfits delivery centre lost my med cert. Lucily I had proff of posting and was able to fax them a copy.

By late June I realised the ESA 50 that was supposed to be sent was a month late - i had to phone the number repeatdly (not easy to get through on)
Its a bit of a pot luck party as who answers some seem to care others fob you off or give you numbers which again are never answered. Finally after 3 weeks and numerous attempts I spoke to a guy who cared enough and saw to it that the ESA 50 was sent.

At the same time had to then extend my MEd certs and again they were lost, had to fax them 4 times as the numbers given by the benefits centere to me were "not correct" was asked wen queried "who gave you that number" not that I could answer because the People always refuse to give there name at the delivery centre. I suggested delivery by pigeon or maybe if i wrote out the cert on a hot air ballon and flew it past there window cause they were not very good at opening mail or checking there numerous fax machines, refused emails and wouldnt accept me dropping it round in person.

It took me four days to fill in the ESA 50, posted it and ATOS lost it blaming it on the postal strike. Luckliy I spoke to a nice lady there who accepted a copy from me in person and saw to it that the Doctors looked at it within the week. Two weeks ago I had the medical since then Ive been givinen vary time frames from the benefit centre as to when they'll have a result.

Ive heard varying accounts some people have had there money stopped while appealing forced to go cap in hand to crisis loan week in week out to recieve only 75% of the £64.50 a week. Ive also read that the appeal can take 3 - 6 months

I really hope i don't need to appeal ! After nearly 5 months of swimming thru an ocean of Bull S**** with this application I really dread the next hurdles thrown up. The stress of all this has exacerbated my condtion this summer, but Im of the mind that im going to see it through I meeting my local MP next week to file a complaint, I doubt she will be able to help my individual case but I suppose the more people complain about a dysfunctioning Goverment body something may get done.


Good luck 70's freak let me know how things pan out if its any small crumb of comfort its not just your good self that is putting up with it !

jaspsoft

Just to add my experience.

I was on Incapacity Benefit for probably 6 years, then I signed myself off as self employed, (in my head I was pretending I had a job, but in reality I made no money), reapplied for benefit and I fail the medical. Full benefits stopped in July 2010, been waiting for an appeal since September 2010. So I've been waiting 6 months for my appeal.

On a previous medical I got a horrible woman who said literally 'there is nothing wrong with you' and I should get a job, and I'm lucky to live in a country where you get benefits.
And while I'm talking about her, what sort of question is 'do you watch tv?' and I have to answer yes or no? I said 'I sometimes watch tv when I'm at my parents' and she got really angry and said something like 'you must answer yes or no!'. I don't even have a TV, but I had to answer yes!
Then after that she went into a rant about me not deserving benefits and basically made me feel suicidal. I really wanted to report her to someone, but with my mental health problems I simply can't. Abuse of position. She shouldn't be allowed around vulnerable people.
But actually on that medical I got enough points.

My last medical seemed to go better, but I didn't get enough points, and after reviewing my score sheet I was enraged. She basically ignored everything I said, and lied. I cannot put it any other way. There is no way possible for someone to write such a report about me based on what i told her unless she simply made it up.
Something else that annoyed me was it was noted I was 'well kempt'. So what I should have done was covered myself in mud and soaked my clothes in beer overnight, and perhaps stick some cigarette ends in my hair.
Also noted was 'normal eye contact' and something about facial expressions. Basically I didn't look 'mental'. Next time I will look at the ceiling all the time and do some occasional gurning.

Either these people have a personal hatred of people claiming benefits, or they have targets, or both. The public hate traffic wardens. They should hate DWP medical examiners, who are far worse. (I have nothing against traffic wardens.)

Some advise to anyone claiming ESA/IB who thinks they should try getting off benefits and getting a job. DON'T DO IT! PLEASE! I have regretted this decision ever since. I lost a fortune, and now I have the problem of getting my benefits back, which so far has been unsuccessful.

The DWP has engineered a system where deserving people don't get help and are positively discouraged from helping themselves.