Declined ESA after medical

dialysis

Hi I have read through this thread and my OH and I are in complete disgust at the way the government are treating genuine ill people over this ESA crap. Sorry I am so angry after the way we have been treated, so will apologise now for the following post. My OH has recently lost his job through ill health after working in the health service for 30 years. I myself was also in the profession for the same amoiunt of time and have not been able to work through my health for 3 years. I am in receipt of IB at long term rate and am aware that I will be moved over to ESA in the future, unfortunatly I will go through this s..t too. Anyway OH has been in reciept of £65.45 ESA for 4 months, even that took some gettin after so much messing about by the DWP, had a medical way before Christmas and now received a letter and assessment sheet stating he is not entitled to it as he only got 6 points, like so many on here. What really p....s me off is his GP, Consultant, Occupational Health Doctor and his employer have all said he cannot work so why do the idiots at ATOS say he can cos he can move his bloody little finger. I am so cross we were in receipt of just over £150.00 per week that was to pay all bills Mortgage and eat, that was impossible now they taken his ESA off not a bloody chance. How home is due to be repossessed in three months after going to court, so we will be so far behind with other bills we will be forced into Bankruptcy. This country is going down the pan it stinks, I am sick of being on the receiving end of this governments so called cuts when one minister went away at Christmas skiing at a cost of £11,000 pounds lucky for him he dont have to servive on £92.00. I dont have a clue what I can do about it but needed a rant. Sorry:mad::mad::mad::mad:

KxMx

Your OH can appeal against the decision and go to an independent Tribunal. They will take all evidence into account so get the medical people mentioned to do letters of support etc. Your OH can continue to get ESA at assessment rate until the appeal is heard, there is a huge backlog in the system with the volume of appeals, you are looking at 6-9 months minimum, it's very hard and stressful but worth it when you win.

Ring up the Job Centre and say you want to appeal, they will send the forms out. Places like Citizens Advice can give you appeal advice and may even be able to represent your OH.

tod123

cant you just go on job seekers

tanith

Have either of you explored the Ill-health Retirement route? If you are unable to do your normal job and Occy Health have been involved I wonder why its not been suggested especially with both of your length of service in the NHS?

Plans_all_plans

tod123, they're not able to work. To get jobseekers you have to actively seek employment. Good luck OP. Appeal the decision.

dialysis

Hi thanks for all your replys Tanith we are both ill health retired. We have made an appeal through a local agency who are dealing with it for us and yes we can go on job seekers but OH to ill to work

LondonDiva

dialysis wrote: »

#we are both ill health retired.

Ill health retired and unable to do any work, however menial or junior or for the roles you were employed for?

hobbledehoy.

dialysis wrote: »

Hi thanks for all your replys Tanith we are both ill health retired. We have made an appeal through a local agency who are dealing with it for us and yes we can go on job seekers but OH to ill to work

Hello

I appreciate where you are. I too had to battle to get ESA recently (Dec), albeit probably in vain as they want me to have another medical in Feb - 3 months after winning my appeal. So I have to accept that I will also have to go back down to the assessment rate for another 12 months.

To be honest, I was medically retired based on an ATOS medical!!!
Then they said that I was fit for work 9 months later after the ESA - ATOS test!!!

You have to laugh.

Anyhow, I am now seriously looking for a p/t job instead of claiming these benefits. The stress of appeals etc is worse than the stress of working.
The only problem is that if I do go back to work, my pension will stop. So in effect I will be no better off as I can only possibly cope with 12 hours of work a week.

I hate claiming anything, although the Council Tax benefit does help us out.

You never know when your benefit may stop - change - or be reviewed. There is no certainty in the income. We need certainty as we have bills to pay.

Good that you could find someone to help with the appeal, not everybody it seems is able to anymore.

dialysis

LondonDiva wrote: »

Ill health retired and unable to do any work, however menial or junior or for the roles you were employed for?

Hi I am ill health retired to do any work apart from home based Oh at moment his main job but gettin further test results this week so might be not able to work at all

dialysis

hobbledehoy. wrote: »

Hello

I appreciate where you are. I too had to battle to get ESA recently (Dec), albeit probably in vain as they want me to have another medical in Feb - 3 months after winning my appeal. So I have to accept that I will also have to go back down to the assessment rate for another 12 months.

To be honest, I was medically retired based on an ATOS medical!!!
Then they said that I was fit for work 9 months later after the ESA - ATOS test!!!

You have to laugh.

Anyhow, I am now seriously looking for a p/t job instead of claiming these benefits. The stress of appeals etc is worse than the stress of working.
The only problem is that if I do go back to work, my pension will stop. So in effect I will be no better off as I can only possibly cope with 12 hours of work a week.

I hate claiming anything, although the Council Tax benefit does help us out.

You never know when your benefit may stop - change - or be reviewed. There is no certainty in the income. We need certainty as we have bills to pay.

Good that you could find someone to help with the appeal, not everybody it seems is able to anymore.

Hi Sorry your going through all this too, like you we wish we didnt have to claim anything I would love to be able to tell them to .... off but needs must, we dont even get all the council tax paid and OH has said he will have no choice but to find work even though he is ill. But who is going to employ someone who has been medically retired from work and has a history of ill health and we are middle aged.

NASA_2

Lots of people decide they are too ill to do any work. Its not their own decision to make when it comes to benefit entitlement.

Most people are found fit for work after appeal but can continue to claim because of the length of time taken to hear appeals. Which is happening because those who are clearly fit to work make frivelous appeals.

Instead of whining on here, and I didnt notice any request for meaningful advice, write to your MP's and initiate a groundswell of opinion against the system - but I guess you are all too ill for that aswell.