incapacity medical examination- how often?

sheepysheepy

Does anyone know how often you have to have a medical assessment if you are on incapacity benefit?

Thanks

healy

sheepysheepy wrote: »

Does anyone know how often you have to have a medical assessment if you are on incapacity benefit?

Thanks

It can range from 3 months to 5 years.

Some people never have a medical assessment if they are exempt.

de1amo

i recently went through the review system and got a letter at the end saying i was ok to continue and 'my next assessment would be ,,,,,' they actually gave me a dated it would happen

KxMx

Just a warning- the usually stick to that date but sometimes for no apparent reason it can actuially be later!

de1amo

it was 5 years timenthe date-i am crious why i get a form i have never seen before about what benefits i get and income--it was called incapacity benefit and severe disablement -i think it was sd54