any order for being tested?

BRIANCARSON

johnkat wrote: »

I've been on IB since 1998, my review date was Oct 2010, heard nothing till I got the ESA50 last week. It all seems pretty random to me. Although I am 'long term' IB, so maybe 'Briancarson' is right.

its in one of the threads at http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?func=showcat&catid=10
where it was mentioned 'Originally the plan was to migrate the under 25's first onto ESA with the remainder after the under 25's had been completed. ' soon after the DWP reversed this decision and its now ' under 25's will be migrated last '

I have been though the process and this is the order they took place.

I was a long term IB claimant who will be 60 next year so I looked into migration timetables over a year ago.

Form ESA50 was sent to me late 2011 { had to be returned Christmas day 2011 }

ATOS examination 12/4/2012 and was contacted on 24/4/2012 that they did not believe I had enough points for ESA and I appealed that decision 7/5/2012

At the same time I started sending in Medical notes to cover myself.

On the 23/7/2012 right out the blue the DWP wrote to me to say they had ' looked again at the facts ' and have decided to place me on to ESA { Work Related Activity Group } and that my appeal will no longer go to the Tribunal unless I wanted to appeal their latest decision.

I have no idea when the ESA Unit will be in touch and until they do I will be covering my back and sending in medical notes.

If the DWP had not reviewed their decision its likely I would have waited for the Tribunal until 2013 so its a long drawn out process.

by the way for anyone who has still to fill in one I would advise that you download the form

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@money/documents/digitalasset/dg_195544.pdf

which you can fill out using your Computer and then printing it out when you are happy with it. So you end up with a form that is readable and also you can save a copy for future reference when they send another one.

aggypanthus

Thanks for the useful replies, Kingfisher ,I dont mind at all.

BRIANCARSON

just in case anyone misses it tonight there is two reports with regards ATOS

Dispatches - Channel 4 - Monday 30th July - 20:00 to 20:30

Britain on the Sick. - Using undercover filming, reporter Jackie Long investigates the shocking processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work

Panorama - BBC 2 - Monday 30th July - 20:30 to 21:00

Disabled or Faking it? - Declan Lawn reports on the government's plans to remove millions of people off of disability benefits and get them into work. Millions of pounds are currently being paid to private companies to assess sick and disabled claimants/