Support group

Ishbel wrote: A couple of people I know who are in the Support Group for ESA have been pressurised to spend time with an Occupational Therapist to 'update their skills'. One has mental health problems and the other has physical disabilities. They were simply told by the services they were accessing that they would be seeing an OT and appear to have been given no choice. Does anyone know if these service providers can insist that my friends see these OTs?

It's not entirely clear from your post who has "pressured" these people?

If it was the DWP then as they are in the Support Group then cannot be required to attend Work Focussed Interviews, to perform Work Related Activity, to seek or take work or to undertake any therapy.

If it was not the DWP then their SG status would not be relevant and it they would need to speak to those providing them with support to understand why the requests are being made.

Gordon