Medical Input to send with form

Hi and help! I am in the middle of filling in the dreaded form to transfer from Incapacity benefit to Employment and Support allowance.I havent worked for 26 years. I have next to no medical info to send from either my GP or Consultant just silly bits that filter through after appointments so I have requested from both a letter, some info, for me to send on to the DWP with my claim. I understand that they dont have to do this at all or/and they can charge which ok, I would be ok with, just. However my GP having said he would do all he could has today phoned and said they wont do it at all, as they will only write to the DWP in response to a request directly from the DWP which may follow the DWP (Atos) receiving my form., should Atos need more info to make a decision. Im not happy leaving it like this at all. I wanted to send as much medical information with the claim at this stage as possible. My Occupational Therapy wont commit at all and my Consultant is dithering. What should I do please. HELP! Sorry if this question has cropped up before. I have searched the forum and couldnt find it. Thank you.

Heffy wrote: Hi and help! I am in the middle of filling in the dreaded form to transfer from Incapacity benefit to Employment and Support allowance.I havent worked for 26 years. I have next to no medical info to send from either my GP or Consultant just silly bits that filter through after appointments so I have requested from both a letter, some info, for me to send on to the DWP with my claim. I understand that they dont have to do this at all or/and they can charge which ok, I would be ok with, just. However my GP having said he would do all he could has today phoned and said they wont do it at all, as they will only write to the DWP in response to a request directly from the DWP which may follow the DWP (Atos) receiving my form., should Atos need more info to make a decision. Im not happy leaving it like this at all. I wanted to send as much medical information with the claim at this stage as possible. My Occupational Therapy wont commit at all and my Consultant is dithering. What should I do please. HELP! Sorry if this question has cropped up before. I have searched the forum and couldnt find it. Thank you.

Hi H,

Welcome to Benefits and Work

The problem is that ATOS seldom send ESA113 Questionnaires to claimant's G.P.'s

You could request copies of your G.P. records, and use any relevant extracts from those as evidence :

Requesting your medical records

Charging for medical records

Have a read through this document :

"Being transferred from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance. A 22 page guide to the transfer process."

At the top of this page :

ESA Claims Guides

As you will see you first receive a letter, then a phone call, (which you don't have to take) then the ESA50 Questionnaire.

If you have received the ESA50 Questionnaire, then you must fill it in and return it to ATOS by the deadline given.

You may wish to consider :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

Whilst referring to the ESA Claims Guides under the heading :

"New ESA50 form"

On the same page as above :

ESA Claims Guides

See also :

How long do I have to complete the ESA50?

ESA50 too big for the envelope

&

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

It may also help, if you read through our :

IB, IS, SDA, Migration to ESA FAQ’s

And our :

ESA FAQ’s

It may seem a lot to take in, so you might wish to Favourite/Bookmark this page, so that you can revisit it easily.

You can then pose any further queries, as and when they crop up by replying to the topic.

bro58

bro58 wrote:

Heffy wrote: Hi and help! I am in the middle of filling in the dreaded form to transfer from Incapacity benefit to Employment and Support allowance.I havent worked for 26 years. I have next to no medical info to send from either my GP or Consultant just silly bits that filter through after appointments so I have requested from both a letter, some info, for me to send on to the DWP with my claim. I understand that they dont have to do this at all or/and they can charge which ok, I would be ok with, just. However my GP having said he would do all he could has today phoned and said they wont do it at all, as they will only write to the DWP in response to a request directly from the DWP which may follow the DWP (Atos) receiving my form., should Atos need more info to make a decision. Im not happy leaving it like this at all. I wanted to send as much medical information with the claim at this stage as possible. My Occupational Therapy wont commit at all and my Consultant is dithering. What should I do please. HELP! Sorry if this question has cropped up before. I have searched the forum and couldnt find it. Thank you.

Hi H,

Welcome to Benefits and Work

The problem is that ATOS seldom send ESA113 Questionnaires to claimant's G.P.'s

You could request copies of your G.P. records, and use any relevant extracts from those as evidence :

Requesting your medical records

Charging for medical records

Have a read through this document :

"Being transferred from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance. A 22 page guide to the transfer process."

At the top of this page :

ESA Claims Guides

As you will see you first receive a letter, then a phone call, (which you don't have to take) then the ESA50 Questionnaire.

If you have received the ESA50 Questionnaire, then you must fill it in and return it to ATOS by the deadline given.

You may wish to consider :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

Whilst referring to the ESA Claims Guides under the heading :

"New ESA50 form"

On the same page as above :

ESA Claims Guides

See also :

How long do I have to complete the ESA50?

ESA50 too big for the envelope

&

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

It may also help, if you read through our :

IB, IS, SDA, Migration to ESA FAQ’s

And our :

ESA FAQ’s

It may seem a lot to take in, so you might wish to Favourite/Bookmark this page, so that you can revisit it easily.

You can then pose any further queries, as and when they crop up by replying to the topic.

bro58

Just to add, it is important that your ESA50 is returned by the deadline given, otherwise your benefit may cease.

If you receive any further evidence after that, you can post it on to ATOS at the same address.

bro58

Thank you for this. I have been a member of the forum for a while and find it all extremely helpful and useful. Excellent. Through reading up on it all I have been aware of the process of the changeover ie how it happens etc and I am using the guides to complete the form and reading all the relevant information. I have also contacted the people who help me like neighbours, carers and friends for written input. However like I said in my question the stumbling block is proving getting the necessary medical input and I did tell the doctor that it is very unlikely Atos would send GPs requests asking for info on claimants once the form is being looked at. Thats why I pressed the point to him that anything at this stage to accompany the form would best help me even a brief report which I would naturally pay for. I think the only route I shall have to go down now though is to request my medical records and then sort out the relevant information for myself for my claim. However time is not on my side as the doctors have already dithered around for a week deciding whether they would or would not write something for me. Thank you for your rapid response.

Heffy wrote: Thank you for this. I have been a member of the forum for a while and find it all extremely helpful and useful. Excellent. Through reading up on it all I have been aware of the process of the changeover ie how it happens etc and I am using the guides to complete the form and reading all the relevant information. I have also contacted the people who help me like neighbours, carers and friends for written input. However like I said in my question the stumbling block is proving getting the necessary medical input and I did tell the doctor that it is very unlikely Atos would send GPs requests asking for info on claimants once the form is being looked at. Thats why I pressed the point to him that anything at this stage to accompany the form would best help me even a brief report which I would naturally pay for. I think the only route I shall have to go down now though is to request my medical records and then sort out the relevant information for myself for my claim. However time is not on my side as the doctors have already dithered around for a week deciding whether they would or would not write something for me. Thank you for your rapid response.

You're welcome H,

Unfortunately, more and more G.P.'s are taking this stance.

Good Luck !!!

Please keep us updated.

bro58