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do you still need medical certificates/doctors notes when your esa appeal has been...

greggy209
greggy209 Posts: 37 Forumite
edited 30 December 2010 at 7:38AM in Benefits & tax credits
do you still need medical certificates/doctors notes when your esa appeal has been allowed?

i usually receive a letter saying my medical certificate is running out and i have to go to my doctor and get a new one but i have not received a letter this month

i don't know if the usual letter i get has been lost in the post/delayed in the post due to christmas or if the esa people are closed for the christsmas period or whether i just don't need to get medical certificates any more because my appeal was allowed and i now am receiving full esa

can anyone help me with advice please i am getting very worried as the letter i usually get saying my medical certificate is running out has not come and i check the post every day

thank you very much and happy new year to all of you thank you

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  • stazi
    stazi Posts: 1,295 Forumite
    If you've won your ESA WCA appeal, then you don't need to provide any further fit/sick notes. JCP will apply the WCA test again at some future date.
  • stazi wrote: »
    If you've won your ESA WCA appeal, then you don't need to provide any further fit/sick notes. JCP will apply the WCA test again at some future date.
    thank you very much for the very helpful information

    so i won't have to get any more doctors notes? thank you i wish thay had told me i have been really worried. i am very surprised that i don't need to get any more certificates

    could you please tell me what the WCA stands for? and why the JCP (job centre plus?) will apply it again?

    thank you again so much
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