Another ESA 50 has arrived.

Hi B&W,

Well,our second ESA50 arrived today,bang on time after hubby's 18 month support group award without any WCA. I have a couple of questions.

1. I still have the original ESA50 questioner on a memory stick which is now some 18 months old.
Can we use this ,because the new ESA50 which arrived today is slightl different and marked as 10/13,or should we download the updated version marked as 10/13 and start all over again ?

2. Hubby has sadly now suspected early stage Alzheimer's desease after an MRI brain scan,this on top of his other chronic Arthritis disability on which he won his ESA support group award 18 months ago. Which part of the ESA 50 form should we fill in for Memory loss & potential Alzheimers ?

3. Would sending my husbands ESA 85a prognosis award back to ATOS via this new ESA 50 form be a good idea,it does state he needed no WCA to gain ESA support group award , and comments on his inability to mobilise 50 mts unaded by paperwork alone ?

Stressed out again..

Hi Noodles,

How typical of ATOS to be on schedule when you don't want them to!

I'm sorry to hear of your husband's Altzheimers, I'm sure you have plenty to deal with without having to jump through DWP hoops.

I'm afraid that the ESA regulations, descriptors and claim form changed a little early last year, so you do need to fill in tyhe new form and make sure you are au fait with the changes. The PDF form is actually a little different from the hard copy, but it is the most up to date available and the one DWP ask claimants to use.

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

ESA claims and appeals

Yes, by all means send in the ESA85a as evidence and draw attention to the relevant bits.

Please come back to this thread if/when you have further questions.

Hi Mrs Hurtyback,

I have now dowlnloaded and saved the newer said version of the ESA 50 form marked 10/13. In trying to simply copy and paste large parts of the older version onto the new one,I find some of the words don't all fit into the new version boxes for some reason ? Is this because I'm copy and pasting,rather than retyping and letting the format shrink the words to fit so to speak ?


Help !

No idea! Maybe someone else will be able to answer.

All sorted now thanks Mrs Hurtyback B.

On reflection,the new ESA 50 10/13 is different from the 3/12 version on we filled in 18 months ago.

My husband can only mobilise via his transit wheelchair aided be myself, yet the Mobilising descriptor asks if you can ' mobilise 50 100 or 200 mts'

I I ticked the ' It varies box' again and simply explained hubby's needs and limitations because he cannot manage any of those distances without both his transit chair and my help.

Question :

Why do the DWP and ATOS constantly assume someone with an incurable and progressive disease of ( in my husbands case ) the spine and hips can be " RE assessed for a return to work " within 18 months ?

Anyone ?