I have a client who due to being homeless and very poor mental health has not attended 3 WCA. He is on IRESA and his mother is an appointee but the client leads a very chaotic life and has sever social anxiety. For the first two WCA the mother explained that he was too unwell to have an assessment but for the third WCA she says she was not informed about it and also missed a phone call from the Decision Maker to discuss reasons for non-attendance. As a result the ESA claim was stopped and a MR put ion which has been unsuccessful. I believe that the client will now have to make a claim for UC as no new ESA claim can be made and even if he appeals the decision to stop his claim once on UC he won't be able to go back onto ESA? is that the case or can he reapply for ESA? - any help with this would be appreciated.
