Re: Atos Medical Assessments
Hi there :)
This is a subject that has come up many times before, can I suggest that you type "employment support allowance" into the search function?
You will find loads of posts on benefits including some on ESA, I have had personal experience with this when I claimed for my daughter and you're absolutely right, they do lie.
We appealed and won but it took 6 months and a hell of a lot of determination to get there in the end. My daughter had been awarded ESA but had been placed in the work related activities group which was the wrong decision as she is unable to take part in any work, this is what I appealed against.
Re: Atos Medical Assessments
Thank you so much for replying. I was surprised that I found nothing about Atos (atosH, we call it on another forum).
I will search for ESA as you suggest.
Thanx
dj
Re: Atos Medical Assessments
Hi, were going to have a lot of problems now that the Tories are in power. One of thei manifestos was to get "lazy" people off of benefits. How they work out who is lazy and who isnt doesnt come into it. Youre on benefits ergo youre lazy.
My dad had this problem a few years ago and it took a few months for them to restart his benefits.
My assessment letter was in January, but for some reason theyve not called me in to see a doctor. God knows what I wrote this time that made them think just leave her alone shes obviously batty as a cat. Im hoping this new drive to get people off benefits doesnt cause me problems.
None of us need the extra stress this kind of thing leaves us with.
I hope your claim goes through quickly.
Re: Atos Medical Assessments
Hi Vixxy
Yes there will be trouble. If you do get called up please please get advice from this website:- http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk...edits-minimum/ because the Atos medical assessments are far more devious now.
I don't want to alarm people but I do feel a duty to persuade people to find out what is going on before it happens to them.
dj
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Hi John
My older sister, who is 25, has ME and fibromyalgia and is unable to work. She can only manage a short walk each day. She was refused ESA but appealed with the help of my father and managed to get Legal Aid - there is a legal centre near my house which provides free legal advice and legal aid. It took almost a year but she won the appeal. This was almost 2 months ago however and they still haven't paid her any money because they still haven't decided what she's entitled to. It involves lots of paperwork going back and forth and lots of misunderstandings and misinformation on the part of the government agencies.
It is awful how they put ill people through so much stress and hassle. Since there was some publicity about people claiming disability benefits because they couldn't walk who were then found to be doing marathons and selling pirate videos in their spare time the government have used it as an excuse to 'crack down'. They set themselves a target to get 1 million people off Incapacity Benefits (something like that amount) but they apparently have no way of counting how many people are on it.
Re: Atos Medical Assessments
Hi unspoken
Yes it is political and good people are being stressed out of their wits. Atos are blatantly giving false information about people because they gain from getting people off the sick. People with serious problems are being told there is nothing wrong with them.
Incredible.
dj
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Hi doktorjohn. I have had experience with them and I'm furious with them. They didn't listen to a word I said and basically told me I was fine. Feeling like I had no choice, I accepted it and tried to get on with life. Recently my anxiety's become worse than it's ever been and I'm going to have to deal with them again. I'm not looking forward to it and I think their practices are shameful! However that's not to say everyone will be treated the same, I guess.
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Trouble is it looks like most people are being treated badly. You can win at the appeal though. Check out this website:- http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk...edits-minimum/
dj
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There should be some sort of documentary on TV about the truth of all this stuff, like the hassle and the complete crap that genuinely ill people go through, simply because they are all tarnished with the label that they are lazy, just because of a few liars who screwed the system. It's terrible!