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URGENT HELP PLEASE! DLA Medical tomorrow
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11 years 1 month ago #101468 by oasis140711
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Thank you for your help.
My partner has just telephoned ATOS to cancel the Medical and they advised to telephone the centre where I would be having my Medical (I have great difficulty speaking on the phone as I have a severe stammer).
My representative from welfare rights is away on sick leave at the moment so she is not aware of any this as it had all happened so quickly.
Rather than my partner telephoning DLA again and asking to speak to someone in authority and getting nowhere, would you advise waiting for my representative to return from sick leave next week in a hope that she can resolve the error?
Do DLA have the right to cancel my award because the Medcial has been cancelled?
Thank you
Sandra
My partner has just telephoned ATOS to cancel the Medical and they advised to telephone the centre where I would be having my Medical (I have great difficulty speaking on the phone as I have a severe stammer).
My representative from welfare rights is away on sick leave at the moment so she is not aware of any this as it had all happened so quickly.
Rather than my partner telephoning DLA again and asking to speak to someone in authority and getting nowhere, would you advise waiting for my representative to return from sick leave next week in a hope that she can resolve the error?
Do DLA have the right to cancel my award because the Medcial has been cancelled?
Thank you
Sandra
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11 years 1 month ago #101472 by Gordon
If there is an opportunity for you to discuss this with your representative then you should do so, but it really depends on how quickly you can do this.
Based on your posts, there appears to be no reason why the DLA Unit would cancel your claim, they have made an award, without the need for this medical, so they cannot now say it is needed.
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oasis140711 wrote: Thank you for your help.
My partner has just telephoned ATOS to cancel the Medical and they advised to telephone the centre where I would be having my Medical (I have great difficulty speaking on the phone as I have a severe stammer).
My representative from welfare rights is away on sick leave at the moment so she is not aware of any this as it had all happened so quickly.
Rather than my partner telephoning DLA again and asking to speak to someone in authority and getting nowhere, would you advise waiting for my representative to return from sick leave next week in a hope that she can resolve the error?
Do DLA have the right to cancel my award because the Medcial has been cancelled?
Thank you
Sandra
If there is an opportunity for you to discuss this with your representative then you should do so, but it really depends on how quickly you can do this.
Based on your posts, there appears to be no reason why the DLA Unit would cancel your claim, they have made an award, without the need for this medical, so they cannot now say it is needed.
Gordon
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11 years 2 weeks ago - 11 years 2 weeks ago #102838 by oasis140711
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UPDATE:
As advised I postponed my Medical on 25th March. In the meantime I have received another letter from DLA dated 9th April 2013 saying:
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Before we can look again at your decision fo the allowance we need some more information. We call this reconsideration - We have been informed that you cancelled the Examing Medical Practioner. As this evidence is required, a further visit has been issued. Without this report you may not be able to continue to receive payments.
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My representative has been on sick leave and I have only just been able to seen her today, briefly she didnt undertstand why the DLA wanted me to go for a Medical but she said that if I have the Medical they have right to take my DLA awards away from me. She tried to telephone DLA whilst I was there but couldn't get through so said she would write a letter tomorrow.
In the meantime, an ATOS Doctor left a message tonight at 6pm on my Mobile asking to telephone to arrange a Medical, my partner telephoned back but he did not answer so left a message.
Advise would be very much appreciated.
Should I just go ahead with the Medical (but then what if my awards are taken away from me?)
Can the ATOS Doctor just turn up at my home?
Thank you
I
As advised I postponed my Medical on 25th March. In the meantime I have received another letter from DLA dated 9th April 2013 saying:
______________
Before we can look again at your decision fo the allowance we need some more information. We call this reconsideration - We have been informed that you cancelled the Examing Medical Practioner. As this evidence is required, a further visit has been issued. Without this report you may not be able to continue to receive payments.
______________
My representative has been on sick leave and I have only just been able to seen her today, briefly she didnt undertstand why the DLA wanted me to go for a Medical but she said that if I have the Medical they have right to take my DLA awards away from me. She tried to telephone DLA whilst I was there but couldn't get through so said she would write a letter tomorrow.
In the meantime, an ATOS Doctor left a message tonight at 6pm on my Mobile asking to telephone to arrange a Medical, my partner telephoned back but he did not answer so left a message.
Advise would be very much appreciated.
Should I just go ahead with the Medical (but then what if my awards are taken away from me?)
Can the ATOS Doctor just turn up at my home?
Thank you
I
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11 years 2 weeks ago #102846 by Gordon
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Oasis
We are really not in a position to offer advice now that you have access to your advisor, they are aware of the details of your case, which we are not, they have seen the documentation, which we have not, and they have been able to discuss the latest events with you, which we have not.
My only comment, if that is the DWP are insisting that this medical take place, then it would seem in your best interest for it to occur.
With regard the medical, you are entitled to 7 days written notice of the appointment unless you choose to waive this requirement.
Gordon
We are really not in a position to offer advice now that you have access to your advisor, they are aware of the details of your case, which we are not, they have seen the documentation, which we have not, and they have been able to discuss the latest events with you, which we have not.
My only comment, if that is the DWP are insisting that this medical take place, then it would seem in your best interest for it to occur.
With regard the medical, you are entitled to 7 days written notice of the appointment unless you choose to waive this requirement.
Gordon
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