Medical @ ATOS

zoominatorone

how do you get around your bungalow, do you never leave the chair at all, are you tipped into bed? Do you live alone or does someone help you with stuff?

wendytiggermad

zoominatorone wrote: »

how do you get around your bungalow, do you never leave the chair at all, are you tipped into bed? Do you live alone or does someone help you with stuff?

No comment on this dumb comment

zoominatorone

wendytiggermad wrote: »

No comment on this dumb comment

How lovely:eek:

It's a broken ankle, not a broken back. Perspective is needed, if you want the money you will have to try--as in my signature:D

zzzLazyDaisy

OP if you really are unable to access the assessment centre, you can ask for a home visit. You do not need to pay £20 for a private medical certificate - my GP gave me a 'fit note' confirming that I am unfit for work, and in the box for recommendations, wrote that a home visit would be required because [reasons].

The GP would have to explain about this being an unstable break and no weight bearing, so they would need to do a home visit or make alternative arrangements for the assessment to be held at a wheelchair accessible centre.

TBH home visits are unusual and I am not hold my breath in my case.

But the point is, you need ESA, so you have to co-operate with them. If you can't get into the centre because of your wheelchair, you will have to do something about making alternative arrangements with them

Dx

marleyboy

Originally Posted by shedboy94 You can attend, you are choosing not to. I managed to walk around for weeks with crutches when I broke my ankle.

Unless you are the OPs personal medical physician, you really cannot claim to know for a fact that OP can manage crutches, as such it is probably not a good idea to claim for a fact, that OP is perfectly able and capable to make it and chooses not to. Leave those decisions for the Atos team to deduce, or at least those with slightly more medical experience of the OP than some complete strangers wild guesswork.

zoominatorone

complete strangers wild guesswork

which is what most "advice" given is on here.:rotfl:

marleyboy wrote: »

Unless you are the OPs personal medical physician, you really cannot claim to know for a fact that OP can manage crutches, as such it is probably not a good idea to claim for a fact, that OP is perfectly able and capable to make it and chooses not to. Leave those decisions for the Atos team to deduce, or at least those with slightly more medical experience of the OP than some complete strangers wild guesswork.

marleyboy

In that case it's probably a good idea NOT to offer that sort of advice. As we are all strangers on here and cannot claim we know the OPs condition, or indeed whether or not they choose to be incapable.

Yorkist

I came on this site a few months ago to get advice. Some very kind, very helpful people took time to reply. Unfortunately, I got a bit 'hooked' and started reading around the board. I was disgusted at the ignorant, judgmental attitude that a few people had so, regrettably, decided I had to stay away. Came back tonight after the Panorama prog. and had a look around. A question for those people who have told the OP that they must be able to use crutches because someone else can. If one person being able to do something means that anyone else who can't do that thing is a liar and a scrounger, not trying etc., what gold medals have you got? What great works of art have you created, books written, why aren't you one of the top wage earners in the world? Why are you so sad that you feel it's OK to be as nasty minded as you are? If it's because you have medical problems then why isn't everybody else as nasty as you. Why feel upset by my critical post of you when it's fine for you to post the same way about others? Yes, it does sound a bit silly doesn't it?:mad: Unless you work for ATOS of course.
Don't bother with the response, I'm out of here.

shedboy94

Yorkist wrote: »

I came on this site a few months ago to get advice. Some very kind, very helpful people took time to reply. Unfortunately, I got a bit 'hooked' and started reading around the board. I was disgusted at the ignorant, judgmental attitude that a few people had so, regrettably, decided I had to stay away. Came back tonight after the Panorama prog. and had a look around. A question for those people who have told the OP that they must be able to use crutches because someone else can. If one person being able to do something means that anyone else who can't do that thing is a liar and a scrounger, not trying etc., what gold medals have you got? What great works of art have you created, books written, why aren't you one of the top wage earners in the world? Why are you so sad that you feel it's OK to be as nasty minded as you are? If it's because you have medical problems then why isn't everybody else as nasty as you. Why feel upset by my critical post of you when it's fine for you to post the same way about others? Yes, it does sound a bit silly doesn't it?:mad: Unless you work for ATOS of course.
Don't bother with the response, I'm out of here.

Ok, Bye then

dundeediva

wendytiggermad wrote: »

I have recieved an appointment for a medical with ATOS on 5th February, i am at the moment in a wheelchair due to a fractured ankle, however the ATOS venue has no wheelchair access ?? i thought this was goverment policy..... i now have to pay £20 for a note from my doctor stating that i cannot attend......

OP have you contacted ATOS? your doctor will not be able to do anything, thats not their job and quite frankly i hope they can do nothing, doctors appointments are hard to come by as it is and if this is why, im not a happy bunny! FWIW I thik having an assessment centre in a non-wheelchair access building is ridiculous but there is no point griping, speak to ATOs and find a way to get round the issue. Non-attendance (although you may think this is they only option) won't help your claim.