Forthcoming Medical Assessment (ESA)

Mikey

The decision on whether a face to face is required or not is made by Maximus not the DWP.

One of the reasons you may have been asked to attend is your GP letter. As it is described in your post it only qualified you for the WRAG not the SG!

Our ESA Claim guides have a section on the assessment and questions you are likely to be asked.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1

Gordon

Mikey

Have a look at the Substantial Risk section in the ESA Claim guides. Risk of harm from working counts for the WRAG and the risk of harm from Work Related Activity is for the G.

You want your GP to write about your problems with completing the ESA Descriptors that result in an SG Award.

Diagnosis letters, letters showing on-going treatment and ones that attest directly or by implication to your limitations.

Gordon

Mikey

It wasn't a letter that we provided, I believe it was generated by Black Triangle, my personal opinion and I stress that it is my opinion, is that it is inadequate for the task as all it requires the GP to do is basically sign the letter without any explanation of why they think it is applicable to the claimant.

If you want you GP to comment then they first need to understand what you would be asked to do if you were placed in the WRAG in the way of WFIs and WRA.

There must be a specific named condition or bodily disablement that leads to the risk.

The risk must be substantial. Decision Makers are told

"A risk is substantial where the harm or damage to the person’s health would be serious, and could not be prevented or mitigated. It is not minor or trivial. It may be immediate, or in the longer term. The risk of harm has to be caused by the individual claimant’s physical or mental health condition, and be triggered by being required to work or found not to have LCWRA."

This is not a job for a template letter, it needs to be specific to the claimant and their problems to have effect.

Gordon