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9 years 11 months ago - 9 years 11 months ago #122256 by Rosina Kenny
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Hi,
I'm new to this so hope I'm doing the right thing. I made a claim for ESA in February, I'm finally getting the basic £72.40 but there is no sign of my assessment. I have asked the benefit inquiry office but they have no idea. From this site it appears that you have to wait months, is there an Atos office I can ring or email, does anyone know. Also is there any other financial help that I can get in the meantime.
thank you
Rosina
I'm new to this so hope I'm doing the right thing. I made a claim for ESA in February, I'm finally getting the basic £72.40 but there is no sign of my assessment. I have asked the benefit inquiry office but they have no idea. From this site it appears that you have to wait months, is there an Atos office I can ring or email, does anyone know. Also is there any other financial help that I can get in the meantime.
thank you
Rosina
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9 years 11 months ago #122259 by Gordon
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Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
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Have you received and returned an ESA50 form yet?
If you have then you should have information from the covering letter of the ATOS office processing your claim, if not then, then you can try the following;
Contact ATOS
Phone: 0800 2888 777 or 0113 230 9175
Email: customer-relations @ atoshealthcare.com (remove the space around the @)
If you have returned your ESA50 then I have to warn you that assessments are taking extraordinarily long periods to be held, we are regularly hearing of new claims taking 12 months to be completed where they should take 13 weeks.
In terms of ESA there is little that you do unless you are receiving another benefit such as DLA or PIP, where you may also be eligible for a Premium providing you are receiving Income Related ESA or entitled to an ESA(IR) top-up to your Contribution Based ESA.
Depending on your circumstances you may be eligible for Housing Benefit, the quickest way to check is to enter your details in to one of the online benefit calculators, Turn2Us.org is well regarded, failing that try to get face to face advice from your local CAB or Welfare Rights office, do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town or county.
The forum has just closed to new posts, but we are open again this evening at 8pm, if you have any further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
In case you are not aware, your real name appears to be showing in the forum, if you want to change this then follow the instructions in the following FAQ
My full name is showing, how can I stop it?
Have you received and returned an ESA50 form yet?
If you have then you should have information from the covering letter of the ATOS office processing your claim, if not then, then you can try the following;
Contact ATOS
Phone: 0800 2888 777 or 0113 230 9175
Email: customer-relations @ atoshealthcare.com (remove the space around the @)
If you have returned your ESA50 then I have to warn you that assessments are taking extraordinarily long periods to be held, we are regularly hearing of new claims taking 12 months to be completed where they should take 13 weeks.
In terms of ESA there is little that you do unless you are receiving another benefit such as DLA or PIP, where you may also be eligible for a Premium providing you are receiving Income Related ESA or entitled to an ESA(IR) top-up to your Contribution Based ESA.
Depending on your circumstances you may be eligible for Housing Benefit, the quickest way to check is to enter your details in to one of the online benefit calculators, Turn2Us.org is well regarded, failing that try to get face to face advice from your local CAB or Welfare Rights office, do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town or county.
The forum has just closed to new posts, but we are open again this evening at 8pm, if you have any further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
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