Very early ESA assessment

calcotti

ev8 said:

Just to add, it may be worth calling up if you feel it's really too early for a reassessment. There's really nothing to lose, if they say it's correct, you're in the same situation you were already in (having to fill out the forms) but clearly there's a chance they could have made an error on your file.

Completely agree with this. I completely understand reluctance to phone DWP but often there is nothing to lose and a phone call can produce results. (Of course there are also other occasions when it my be best not to 'shake the tree'.)

ev8

calcotti said:

ev8 said:

Just to add, it may be worth calling up if you feel it's really too early for a reassessment. There's really nothing to lose, if they say it's correct, you're in the same situation you were already in (having to fill out the forms) but clearly there's a chance they could have made an error on your file.

Completely agree with this. I completely understand reluctance to phone DWP but often there is nothing to lose and a phone call can produce results. (Of course there are also other occasions when it my be best not to 'shake the tree'.)

i agree. I'm never one to call them, like you said, I never want to rock the boat, I'm always worried about it. But here I just thought the worst case scenario is that things remain exactly the same, so it was completely worth the call. There really was nothing to lose and my expectations were really low, so this was a huge and pleasant surprise!