16 weeks and still waiting?

joey75

its now 16 weeks since dla recived my sons dla forms and still no desicsion!! my son has just turned 16 so thats why we had to reclaim as an adult for him. i phoned last week and they said its with the desicsion maker they been saying that for monhs now can they do this?

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they can do this yes,although i agree 16 weeks is longer than the usual 12 weeks,have you asked if they have all the information they need?i`d give it another week then tele them again

covlass

I agree with woodbine call them and check that they have all information. Also may be an idea that you contact anyone you put on the form to supply additional information ie Dr's/specialist if they have been contacted by DLA.
My daughters claim went on for ever and a day they said they were waiting for information from her school. I took their word for it. I contacted the school as normally they are very good and it turned out DLA hadnt even contacted them, Keep on the phone note evry time you have called them and who you spoke to.
Hopefully it is sorted soon

joey75

thanks for the advice i rang last week and they said they are waiting for his last claim so they can tie the 2 together the old claim was his child claim the new claim is as an adult. i guess they are still waiting not a lot has changed for him though if anything it is worse as he has autism and adhd and as he is leaving supported education we dont know what he will do next! he has very bad organisation skills and easily distracted!

joey75

joey75 wrote: »

thanks for the advice i rang last week and they said they are waiting for his last claim so they can tie the 2 together the old claim was his child claim the new claim is as an adult. i guess they are still waiting not a lot has changed for him though if anything it is worse as he has autism and adhd and as he is leaving supported education we dont know what he will do next! he has very bad organisation skills and easily distracted!

the reason for delay they have lost his claim!!!:eek:

joey75

they found his claim but they lost all the reports soo nearly 20 weeks later and still waiting and thats after reports have been faxed through direct to them and they have lost them 4 times now!!! grrrr:eek:

daska

Try chasing it via your MP, losing part of it once is human error but to lose more than one part on 5 separate occasions sounds more like a hole in their procedure or total incompetence.

joey75

At last decision has been made and it was worth the wait as he has been awarded at the levels i feel are spot on for his needs but its only a 2 year award

Indie_Kid

That's good to hear, Joey!

sox8369

Congratulations - am really pleased for you - we are still waiting for a report - and this wont be done until the end of next week .....do they always wait for the reports ??

i think we are only on week 8 or 9 - so guess it will be a while longer yet !

kingfisherblue

Good news Joey - just a shame that the award isn't for a longer period.