Our national charity, Rethink Mental Illness, has been receiving an increasing number of calls from people concerned about Employment and Support Allowance, in particular how to fill in the form and attending the medical. They've put together a series of top tips that you might find useful if you are being assessed to receive this benefit:
1. Request medical evidence from your own healthcare professional and send it to the DWP with your completed ESA50. This could be your GP, psychiatrist, CPN or social worker.
2. Read the Rethink Mental Illness factsheets on Employment & Support Allowance and the Work Capability
Assessment before you fill in the ESA50 questionnaire.
3. On page 2 of the ESA50 questionnaire when you are asked if you need any help if you were called for a face to face assessment, state that you would like to be assessed by someone with training and experience of mental health.
4. Get some help from a welfare benefit specialist if possible.
5. If you are called to a medical assessment, take someone you know and feel comfortable with along with you
If you are still concerned then you can call or email the Rethink Mental Illness Advice and Information Service.
1. Request medical evidence from your own healthcare professional and send it to the DWP with your completed ESA50. This could be your GP, psychiatrist, CPN or social worker.
2. Read the Rethink Mental Illness factsheets on Employment & Support Allowance and the Work Capability
Assessment before you fill in the ESA50 questionnaire.
3. On page 2 of the ESA50 questionnaire when you are asked if you need any help if you were called for a face to face assessment, state that you would like to be assessed by someone with training and experience of mental health.
4. Get some help from a welfare benefit specialist if possible.
5. If you are called to a medical assessment, take someone you know and feel comfortable with along with you
If you are still concerned then you can call or email the Rethink Mental Illness Advice and Information Service.
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