ESA

My son had his assessment interview today.

She did seem to understand Aspergers, and had already read the notes I sent in with the questionnaire.

She did the medical assessment bit, and then said we could go. We were expecting to have to do the second work foused health related part of assessment too.

What does this mean?

Kazzen wrote:

My son had his assessment interview today.

She did seem to understand Aspergers, and had already read the notes I sent in with the questionnaire.

She did the medical assessment bit, and then said we could go. We were expecting to have to do the second work focused health related part of assessment too.

What does this mean?

It could mean one of two potential outcomes.

The medical assessor has either decided to place your son in the ESA support group, or she has deferred the work-focused health related assessment (WFHRA) to a later date, which appears to be common at the present time due to a backlog with the ESA work capability assessments (WCA).

You could simply await further correspondence from Atos and/or the DWP, or alternatively wait a few days and contact the DWP to find out what is happening with your son's WCA?

Thanks.

I will be annoyed if it is the latter, as the place where it was is quite a long way away and I will need to go with him.

A related question:

My son has been getting ESA for 5 weeks now, but we still do not have any letters saying that he is getting it (I was just told over the phone). Should we have a letter - or do we only get one when they have made a decision after the medical?
(We have had an awful lot of problems with the benefits agency, so it may have be just another error that we don't have a letter!).

Kazzen wrote:

A related question:

My son has been getting ESA for 5 weeks now, but we still do not have any letters saying that he is getting it (I was just told over the phone). Should we have a letter - or do we only get one when they have made a decision after the medical?
(We have had an awful lot of problems with the benefits agency, so it may have be just another error that we don't have a letter!).

An award of any state benefit should be communicated by letter to the claimant, with accompanying leaflets detailing the change of circumstances which must be reported, and the relevant appeal rights against the benefit that has been awarded.

Thanks. I guess I had better chase them up again.