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Assessment for work
7 years 3 months ago #206058 by Gordon
Unfortunately the reassessment is based on when the ESA50 was sent when you had the best part of a year until retirement, I'll not be drawn into a discussion on how reasonable that is
The bottom line is that you have to attend or you risk your ESA being stopped for the few weeks that it is still due.
That said there is still one option available to you, if this is the appointment that you have been sent then you have the option of moving it. I would wait until a day or two before and then contact CHDA to move the appointment, I would do so by phone so that you can move it as far back as possible. You don't say when in March you retire but if it is early March then it may be possible to push it back past his date, even if you cannot it may be close enough that you are not bothered about any lost ESA by your not attending. Of course I have not suggested this.
Gordon
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Replied by Gordon on topic Assessment for work
Patrick wrote: Hi Gordon, how very kind of you to reply so promptly, thank you. I did fill form ESA50 in April 2017, so I guess that is what the assessment is for. However, I think that it is unenesscary to put us through this level of anxiety when I turn sixty five in March, thanks once again Gordon it will soon be Tuesday morning.
Unfortunately the reassessment is based on when the ESA50 was sent when you had the best part of a year until retirement, I'll not be drawn into a discussion on how reasonable that is
The bottom line is that you have to attend or you risk your ESA being stopped for the few weeks that it is still due.
That said there is still one option available to you, if this is the appointment that you have been sent then you have the option of moving it. I would wait until a day or two before and then contact CHDA to move the appointment, I would do so by phone so that you can move it as far back as possible. You don't say when in March you retire but if it is early March then it may be possible to push it back past his date, even if you cannot it may be close enough that you are not bothered about any lost ESA by your not attending. Of course I have not suggested this.
Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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