how to get help from the gp

I am going to see my GP next week to see if she can help with my tribunal, i HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO ASK LEADING QUESTIONS, I do not really know what and indeed how, to put the questions to her, any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers

Hi Leslie,

It's probably a bit easier if you are seeing your GP face2face - at least their won't be a letter from you to your GP that DWP could ask to see.

You can ask your GP to comment about your ability, or otherwise, to do certain things related to the descriptors, but you cannot go in with a 'script' that you ask her to write. Does that make sense?

Thank you for your speedy response, I have all my medical records applicable to my condition, with diagnoses and evidence to back up my claims in the esa50 form, but they do not really give a clear picture of my abilities or how it affects everyday life, and so am going for a face to face next week, not really sure how to discuss the matter to avoid "leading" so as to get a letter to help my appeal.

I gave my doctor a list of how the illness affects me, what I can no longer do due to pain, exhaustion, had to give up all social life. The letter written gave a good account of my illness and how patients are affected by it, with the comment that I had been ill, medically retired from work in 2000 and had not improved.
Doctor must have trawled back through my notes to the first mentions of illnesses, which was on the letter to DWP.
Although you can't tell the doctor what to write, they need to know how bad you are and may not realise. A friend's doctor, on DLA form years ago, thought she did her own cooking - she had carers to do it. She had to tell him.
I heard today, earlier decision nil points to support group!
Good luck
CEM

Hi Gordon, I have passed the first part of the test and am in wrag already, so I am really only dealing with the decision to place me in that group, I feel, after reading the explanations of what descriptors to be in the support group consist of that really applies the majority of the time, is,Limited capability for work-related activity test.
1. Mobilising unaided by another person with or without a walking stick,
manual wheelchair or other aid if such aid is normally, or could reasonably be,
worn or used. the first part applies but I feel that for the majority of the time I am in the second catagory. (ii) repeatedly mobilise 50 metres within a reasonable timescale because of
significant discomfort or exhaustion. I cannot use a stick or a wheelchair. The second one is a grey area. 4. Picking up and moving or transferring by the use of the upper body and
arms (excluding standing, sitting, bending or kneeling and all other activities
specified in this Schedule).
Cannot pick up and move a 0.5 litre carton full of liquid.
Does this second descriptor mean moving just the upper body as if it does it applies to me as well.