Appeal hearing/Re-applying for ESA

jkw10 wrote:

I hope someone can answer this question for me.

I have my ESA appeal hearing in mid March. I have poor medical evidence as my local NHS consultant stopped taking new patients due to funding problems (his clinic is likely to close imminently) and I have been moved from one GP to another due to staffing problems at my surgery. I am still waiting for a new GP to write my report, having lodged my appeal last September!

I hold out very little hope of winning.

Q1 - should I still attend the appeal in person?

Q2 - can I re-apply for ESA if I fail the appeal? Six months will have passed since being declared 'fit for work'.

Thank you.

depending what your health problem is it might be worth seeing a dr private.. that way you would get some form of report on your problem and by the right sort of dr

if its one that needs lots of tests it might not be one you could afford

that said some people go private and then the dr bangs them on there nhs list