Health Assessment

Hi a,

This means that your daughter's current ESA Support Group (SG) Award is being reassessed/reviewed

Have you received, filled in and returned an ESA50 Questionnaire for her recently, or since the time that she was placed in The SG of ESA last time ?

Her age would have only been relevant to DLA/PIP !

bro58

Hi bro58 the information regarding the assessment is excellent .However I understand that medical evidence would be very beneficial and I unfortunately have none as my daughter was diagnosed from an early age and I was taught by the mental health team how to support and manage my daughters condition which has enabled me to be her full time carer. She does however have medication continuesly. I have tried to make her an appointment for the doctors however her previous doctor has left and she is very reluctant to see a new doctor and given that the first available appointment for her would be on the 27th April it would be to late.Also can I advise and support her in this assessment or can I only be present as a advocate.

ann wrote: Hi bro58 the information regarding the assessment is excellent .However I understand that medical evidence would be very beneficial and I unfortunately have none as my daughter was diagnosed from an early age and I was taught by the mental health team how to support and manage my daughters condition which has enabled me to be her full time carer. She does however have medication continuesly. I have tried to make her an appointment for the doctors however her previous doctor has left and she is very reluctant to see a new doctor and given that the first available appointment for her would be on the 27th April it would be to late.Also can I advise and support her in this assessment or can I only be present as a advocate.

Hi a,

If you feel that the evidence that you intend to obtain from her G.P. & any other HCP's that have treated her is going to be beneficial to her reassessment, then you could request a rearrangement of her appointment.

This may give you more time, and you are allowed to rearrange once !

You do not have to give specific details to CHDA of why you wish to rearrange.

Failing that, you could send any extra evidence that you may obtain after the assessment straight to The DWP ESA Decision Maker who makes the final decision.

Send copies, not originals : FAO : The ESA Decision Maker, at the address of the Benefits Office/ Centre on her most recent ESA letter :

Sending Documents to the DWP.

There will always be a variable time period between the assessor sending the medical report that they have compiled as a result of the "medical" (The ESA85 Medical Report) to The DWP DM and said DM making a decision.

If you wish to contact CHDA to rearrange, you can contact them via the blue link in : This Post.

If you are officially recognised as your daughter's Appointee by The DWP, then you can act totally on her behalf at the "medical" :

Becoming an Appointee for someone claiming benefits.

If you have written confirmation that you are her Appointee, you could take a copy with you to the "medical"

You should not be treated purely as companion accompanying your daughter who obviously have less rights.

I note that you did not respond to my query regarding whether you had received an ESA50 Questionnaire to fill in and return in recent times or at any time since the time of her last SG Award : Here.

Don't worry, I am not just being "nosey" !

We are hearing from some members where they are not receiving ESA50's prior to a "medical" when normally they would, and are trying to collate information regarding this.

You can see what an ESA50 looks like by downloading one from the link of this FAQ :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

Please let us know how things are progressing.

bro58

Hi bro58 yes I did fill in the form in January and returned it. I believe some of the problems I will be facing on her behalf is her reluctance to attend the surgery as it takes time for my daughter to adapt to new faces ect and new doctors. Her previous doctor has left the surgery and my daughter does not want to see anyone else. I did attempt to make an appointment for her last week however the earliest appointment I could have for her is at the end of April which of course is to late as her appointment is for next week. Believe it or not even getting a prescription for her has become a nightmare as she is refusing to go to the surgery for a repeat one. It was far easier when she was achild as I could organise everything around her but as she is now an adult it has been far more difficult for me to arrange any type of support for her as she is so reluctant to get involved.

Hi bro58 . All over now- I guess we will just have to wait for the decision now. It was no where near as distressing as I believed it would be but I know that was due to the fact that this site had enabled me to access the tools needed on how to present my daughters cas. Thankyou for all the support.