dla renewals

MEMBER02

Called dla customer services as sons renewal forms are a month late,they said that they now send renewals out 3 months before end of claim and not 6 months as before,anyone else aware of this??

[Deleted User]

I wasnt aware of that and tbh it surprises me as even renewals can take 12 weeks which could mean present claim ending before new one starts

MEMBER02

woodbine wrote: »

I wasnt aware of that and tbh it surprises me as even renewals can take 12 weeks which could mean present claim ending before new one starts

I was very surprised too,but thats what they told me yesterday.

Valley's_girl

My dla was ending in december 09 recieved renewal forms in july, and it took 5 weeks for a decision my dla will continue and mine will be up for renewal in 5 years.
Thanks member02 for letting us know.
ally

Paparika

The social worker who i saw on Friday told me that after 5 years on dla they automatically put you on indefinite, is this true?

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Paparika wrote: »

The social worker who i saw on Friday told me that after 5 years on dla they automatically put you on indefinite, is this true?

I dont think theres a 5 year rule as such,mine was 8 years before indefinite,personally i prefer 2 3 or 5 year periods as you arent subject to RPP

colin13

even on indifinate u can still get a DLA renewal pack sent to you

Unity

colin13 wrote: »

even on indifinate u can still get a DLA renewal pack sent to you

This is true - the guidelines were changed some years ago when the terminology changed from a "life-time award" to an "Indefinite period award". It's very stressful for those who thought they had finally got things sorted and sometimes end up with the whole lot being taken away. This recently happened to a friend of mine who had taken a mortgage out to pay for alterations to the house. She has lost both the care and mobility components and will probably have to sell the house that has been adapted for her.

Paparika

aww how awful for her

sarah_smurf

The whole thing's just stressfull now they changed the awards titles and things. Has she manged to appeal the decision?

Unity

sarah_smurf wrote: »

The whole thing's just stressfull now they changed the awards titles and things. Has she manged to appeal the decision?

She's hoping to, but there again she feels like she can't face the stress of another tribunal.

The GP they sent wasn't very nice either and made her take him on a tour of her house and then got her to undress :eek:. I've told her this is not on and to make a complaint, as far too many of these doctors go way beyond their remit and instead of implementing the law - they insist on interpreting it :rolleyes:.