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Capability for work questionnaire Torture
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5 years 3 months ago #225642 by John Merralls
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After all the stress of awaiting my wife's PIP assessment decision leading up to and over the Christmas period and finally 2 weeks ago her being awarded highest rate for both care and mobility, today we received a letter from Job Center Plus asking her to fill in a Capability For Work assessment questionnaire threatening to reduce or stop her money if she doesn't comply this is just torture pure and simple.
I know this is a different benefit ESA but they are both under the guise of DWP so what are our options I don't want to put her through this again if possible any advice will be greatly appreciated her mental health and physical health is at breaking point.
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I know this is a different benefit ESA but they are both under the guise of DWP so what are our options I don't want to put her through this again if possible any advice will be greatly appreciated her mental health and physical health is at breaking point.
kind regards
John/
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5 years 3 months ago #225647 by Gordon
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I'm afraid there really aren't any options, if the form is not returned then her claim will almost certainly be closed, if it is returned incomplete then a face to face assessment is almost a certainty.
Please use our ESA Claim guides to help you complete the form, you can use the information from her recent PIP assessment as evidence but you will need to explain its relevance as even where there are overlaps the criteria is different.
Have you spoken to her GP about what support they could provide, a home assessment is a possibility if they will provide an unambiguous letter about why she cannot attend at Maximus's offices and if they are willing to deal directly with them then a Paper Based Review might be possible.
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I'm afraid there really aren't any options, if the form is not returned then her claim will almost certainly be closed, if it is returned incomplete then a face to face assessment is almost a certainty.
Please use our ESA Claim guides to help you complete the form, you can use the information from her recent PIP assessment as evidence but you will need to explain its relevance as even where there are overlaps the criteria is different.
Have you spoken to her GP about what support they could provide, a home assessment is a possibility if they will provide an unambiguous letter about why she cannot attend at Maximus's offices and if they are willing to deal directly with them then a Paper Based Review might be possible.
Gordon
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