Anyone got their "IB50 - Incapacity for work questionnaire form"?

PopcornUK

I have got my IB50 which I have to return tomorrow. I have had to write on a seperate piece of paper as I didn't have enough room on the forms. Can I attach this and send it in with the IB50 ? As the words "send ONLY the IB50 form" are written on the header letter. I just wondered.

Also my last PCA and medical was only about 6 months ago. Is it normal to have yet another one so soon ? My others before this were about every 14 months apart. Although thinking about it, it has gotten less and less by months each time, I think it was 12 months before, then 14 months before that, and more before that.

healy

PopcornUK wrote: »

I have got my IB50 which I have to return tomorrow. I have had to write on a seperate piece of paper as I didn't have enough room on the forms. Can I attach this and send it in with the IB50 ? As the words "send ONLY the IB50 form" are written on the header letter. I just wondered.

Also my last PCA and medical was only about 6 months ago. Is it normal to have yet another one so soon ? My others before this were about every 14 months apart. Although thinking about it, it has gotten less and less by months each time, I think it was 12 months before, then 14 months before that, and more before that.

Yes you can attach separate sheets, make sure you put your name and NI number on the top in case they get separated.

They can send out the IB50 from between 3 months and 5 years apart, but it does seem quite quick in your case.

Fat_Fairy

Sorry to use an old thread but my husband has just got his form, he's been on Incapacity Benefit for a couple of years now.
I will fill in the form with him as his writing's not very clear and he gets panicky about forms.
He has degenerative Arthritis of all the major joints, plus Depression and has been diagnosed with 'Obsessional Personality Disorder'.
Is there anything I should know before filling in these forms, I want him to have as little stress as possible and don't want to balls it up for him?.
Thanks x

Stroof

My advice based on recent experience is to express the full extent of any incapacity you may have, keep an exact record and a copy all evidence you have, and make a record of everything that happens in an assessment - even better that you have a witness.

It seems the job of the guy on the other end of the assessment is to under-state the case, which is causing a massive increase in the rate at which people disagree with the decisions and then appeal. The appeal process reduces the rate at which benefits are paid, back to "assessment rate", and is also shifting people out of the higher paid "support" category.