The process has started!

Graham wrote:

If one doesn't answer the phone I'm assuming it's all done by post. The ESA50 just arrives and then the medical appt will arrive in the post.
Or will you get a letter asking you to call them?

When they arranged my IB medical they called me on the Sunday.

Last time I was assessed I got letter, arrived on Friday but I didn't see it till late in day as mum was in hospital time, it asked me to call but as it was late Friday I thought it would need to wait till Monday morning, didn't expect them to be in over weekend then 10am Sunday morning they called me!!!

Well I got the phone call this morning.

The guy was fairly pleasant, said the form would arrive anytime within the next 5-6 weeks, couldn't say exactly when, and then I will have about a month to get it back to them.

He did try to tell me form was just like the ones I have done in the past, well having seen the ESA50 it is not "just like" the IB50!!!

smc wrote:

Well I got the phone call this morning.

The guy was fairly pleasant, said the form would arrive anytime within the next 5-6 weeks, couldn't say exactly when, and then I will have about a month to get it back to them.

He did try to tell me form was just like the ones I have done in the past, well having seen the ESA50 it is not "just like" the IB50!!!

Of course it's like the ones you have done in the past printed words on paper

originaldave wrote:

smc wrote:

Well I got the phone call this morning.

The guy was fairly pleasant, said the form would arrive anytime within the next 5-6 weeks, couldn't say exactly when, and then I will have about a month to get it back to them.

He did try to tell me form was just like the ones I have done in the past, well having seen the ESA50 it is not "just like" the IB50!!!

Of course it's like the ones you have done in the past printed words on paper

smc wrote:

Well I got the phone call this morning.

The guy was fairly pleasant, said the form would arrive anytime within the next 5-6 weeks, couldn't say exactly when, and then I will have about a month to get it back to them.

He did try to tell me form was just like the ones I have done in the past, well having seen the ESA50 it is not "just like" the IB50!!!

I forgot to say I asked the guy about the two different groups, work related and support and he told me the support group was only for people with very severe illness/disability like terminal cancer and that most people will be in the work related group. Surely there are a lot of other conditions that are not terminal but where the person is so affected that they couldn't possibly work, surely they should be in support group?