how long after you send off your first medical certificate do you get your first ESA payment?

[joeski]

asking for a friend who's recently made a claim for ESA

[joesoap]

When my wife claimed a couple of years ago it took SIX AND A HALF WEEKS!

[SWLABR9]

It might be quite quick, it might be forever and a day. They're busy so it's more likely to be the latter. Keep after them, don't let them forget you.

[Nystagmite]

Mine was about 2 weeks or so.

[joesoap]

Luck of the draw. Spent a fortune on 'phone calls. I had authority from the wife to ring up. I'd been in the DSS for 30 years until I retired and new all about it; trouble is, the clowns dealing with the case were just youngsters who couldn't give a monkeys!

[flumps1976]

It depends on several factors, firstly if the claim is complete and medical evidence is provided covering from day 8 of the claim for a future period, and then it depends on the workload of the processing staff.

The "clowns" are not all "youngsters who couldn't give a monkey's" there are staff aged from approx 18 to retirement age working on all processing departments, but it is workload that really dictates the length of time for processing.

[joesoap]

I know fine well the range of staff that are employed at the DSS. I was there from 1967 for a long time. Of course they aren't all clowns that would be an insult. I can assure you however that the staff I spoke to just weren't interested. As I have friends still working at the DSS, I know why they aren't. Just as an addition, when Atos threw my wife off ESA (obviously wrongly, just like a lot of others; tested her on physical ability, not mental), it took another four weeks to get JSA. Staff failed to close down the ESA despite being repeatedly told by me that JSA couldn't kick in until ESA was shut!

 

Anyway, I've sort of gone off track. I'll makje no more comment!

[joeski]

asking on behalf of a friend

[antone]

I'm assuming your friend has also made a full application for ESA on the phone or by post. In that case, a couple of weeks would be typical, but it can vary a little depending on which office is processing the claim.

[joeski]

I'm assuming your friend has also made a full application for ESA on the phone or by post. In that case, a couple of weeks would be typical, but it can vary a little depending on which office is processing the claim.

 

 

yes he has gone through the phone apllication

[flumps1976]

I believe the average clearance time on a new claim for ESA is 10 to 14 working days.