ESA Medical - here we go again!

melbi_uk

healy wrote: »

There is list on the internet somewhere of acceptable ID.

This link mentions some:http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Illorinjured/DG_10023427

I know it relates to IB but the ID required would be the same.

Thanks for that healy :beer:

Hippeechiq

My daughter has neither passport, driving licence OR a Life Assurance Policy - so her birth certificate and a bank statement will have to do!

Not everyone has been abroad or can drive......especially when they have a mental illness!!

healy

Hippeechiq wrote: »

My daughter has neither passport, driving licence OR a Life Assurance Policy - so her birth certificate and a bank statement will have to do!

Not everyone has been abroad or can drive......especially when they have a mental illness!!

An NHS medical card should be accepted as ID too.

NASA_2

Hippeechiq wrote: »

Not everyone has been abroad or can drive......especially when they have a mental illness!!

I find that an odd statement.

So many people with mental illness have to travel and/or drive as part of their working lives or for recreation purposes.

I would say vastly more people with a mental illness have these documents than dont.

FTW

healy wrote: »

I have made no comment as it is none of your business if I have or have not.

I do not see how you can know you have got the right answer when you have answered your own question.

Not really.

If you don’t have first-hand patient experience of the assessment, then whatever you may have to say about the process involved, is purely hypothesised opinion.

FTW

healy wrote: »

You have no idea you are just guessing.

I have already said what is false about what you have said - read back and you will see - in fact I have repeated it and you have complained about me repeating it! It does not matter what I say to as in your view it would never be credible because you are so blinkered/paranoid.

So, apart from the appeal/reconsideration issue which has already been done to death, then what else would you consider as false info?

Because that's the only point that you seem to be questioning.

And you did say that there is ‘a lot of rubbish being written on this thread’, so you must have other statements in mind.

As for paranoia, no. But suspicious, yes. And suspicion is not the same thing as paranoia.

Going by reputation alone, it’s advisable that patients due an Atos assessment should be cautious, be made aware of what can happen, the implications of it, and that this is not a company that’s above twisting the truth.

After all, it happened to me personally both times in both assessments I had to attend.

All I’m doing is highlighting to the patient to be prepared for that – and secretly audio-recording the process is one way they can cover their own back.

Maybe the assessment would be done honestly and accurate - it's certainly possible. But it's also just as possible that it might not be.

I’m not sure if I mentioned that point previously - sorry if I didn't.

healy

FTW wrote: »

Not really.

If you don’t have first-hand patient experience of the assessment, then whatever you may have to say about the process involved, is purely hypothesised opinion.

You do not know if I have experience or not so you are in no position to judge any comments I make.

healy

FTW wrote: »

So, apart from the appeal/reconsideration issue which has already been done to death, then what else would you consider as false info?

Because that's the only point that you seem to be questioning.

And you did say that there is ‘a lot of rubbish being written on this thread’, so you must have other statements in mind.

As for paranoia, no. But suspicious, yes. And suspicion is not the same thing as paranoia.

Going by reputation alone, it’s advisable that patients due an Atos assessment should be cautious, be made aware of what can happen, the implications of it, and that this is not a company that’s above twisting the truth.

After all, it happened to me personally both times in both assessments I had to attend.

All I’m doing is highlighting to the patient to be prepared for that – and secretly audio-recording the process is one way they can cover their own back.

Maybe the assessment would be done honestly and accurate - it's certainly possible. But it's also just as possible that it might not be.

I’m not sure if I mentioned that point previously - sorry if I didn't.

I have said what I wanted to say and if you do not understand there is nothing I can do about that.

I am not looking for a discussion or argument.

You can keep repeating the same thing again and again but you are only making yourself look foolish.

FTW

healy wrote: »

You do not know if I have experience or not so you are in no position to judge any comments I make.

Considering that you come across as supremely ignorant in regards to what goes on with the assessment side of things, it's very easy to judge.

And even easier still for someone to work that out for themselves.

Do you actually have any more points to make, or not?

FTW

Hippeechiq wrote: »

My daughter has neither passport, driving licence OR a Life Assurance Policy - so her birth certificate and a bank statement will have to do!

Birth certificate and bank statement should be enough. But I'd probably take a household/utility bill and a benefits entitlement letter just as 'back-up'. Can't see them ruling those as insufficient.