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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #118051 by Augustus
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Hi
I am currently in ESA Support group and I am making a new PIP claim. I live in London. Can someone please give me an idea of how long from DWP receiving the form can I expect to wait for a medical assessment?
Is ATOS still continuing with assessing fresh claimants?
And how long roughly, or very roughly from form-received stage to a decision?
PS: Are there stated guidelines as to how long DWP and/or ATOS should take? And if they are breaches, are these grounds for complaining that the process is taking too long?
Many thanks
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I am currently in ESA Support group and I am making a new PIP claim. I live in London. Can someone please give me an idea of how long from DWP receiving the form can I expect to wait for a medical assessment?
Is ATOS still continuing with assessing fresh claimants?
And how long roughly, or very roughly from form-received stage to a decision?
PS: Are there stated guidelines as to how long DWP and/or ATOS should take? And if they are breaches, are these grounds for complaining that the process is taking too long?
Many thanks
A
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11 years 3 months ago #118053 by slugsta
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Hi Augustus,
No, there are no rules as to how long claims for ESA/PIP should take to process, I don't know if there are any informal 'guidelines'.
In most areas PIP claims are taking a very long time with people waiting months for a face2face assessment and then again for a decision. As this is such a new benefit we don't have much information regarding any regional differences. Maybe members in your area will be able to comment.
No, there are no rules as to how long claims for ESA/PIP should take to process, I don't know if there are any informal 'guidelines'.
In most areas PIP claims are taking a very long time with people waiting months for a face2face assessment and then again for a decision. As this is such a new benefit we don't have much information regarding any regional differences. Maybe members in your area will be able to comment.
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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #118055 by annief
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I was speaking to the DWP today and they told me that they are now giving ATOS 16 weeks to do the assessment!!!!
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11 years 3 months ago #118057 by Gordon
They may be telling ATOS but I am not sure that they have a "stick" to beat them with if they don't manage it.
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annief wrote: I was speaking to the DWP today and they told me that they are now giving ATOS 16 weeks to do the assessment!!!!
They may be telling ATOS but I am not sure that they have a "stick" to beat them with if they don't manage it.
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