I need a Rant

Hopehope I can feel my Bp rising as I read your post. I am so relieved DHis now 69 and we can put all that behind us, but the indignities of our treatment by ATOS 5 years ago (including appealing at a tribunal, which he won) were heartbreaking. Eventually a good friend advised us to appeal under Reg 29 2b (then) something like " the fact that he was suffering from an incurable disease which could not be treated with any recognised therapy " meant he did not have to go through further assessments for ESA. Two weeks after the tribunal he was admitted to hospital with sepsis and was in three different hospitals for 3 months , flat on his back, needing full nursing care, IV antibiotics etc and while he was in, they sent another assessment form! I filled it in on his behalf for the state he was in (frequently not far short of comatose) and also rang the issuing office and let rip. We heard no more and 6 months later he turned 65.
I can honestly say one of the most stressful periods of my life.

Hope what an awful situation.The only advice i have is to yell and stamp your feet then take a deep breath and remind yourself that this is the very last time you have to go through this. Goodluck and i hope all goes well.&

I'm sorry you are having to go through this, too. My advice would be to talk to cab who were a brilliant help with my son. And could your doctor intervene.

Please come back and rant if you need to but let us know how things progress.

That happened to my husband, too.
We contacted someone at Ageuk and had a retired solicitor come round to fill in the forms for us as my husband could not get to the centre. It was accepted that he could not get there under his own steam.
Can/have you contacted Ageuk?

So sorry to hear what you and your DH are going through at the moment Hopehope . Sometimes I wonder what planet half of these government bodies live on (it's certainly not the real world) . My family are going through hell with our local education authority so (although different situations) I can fully understand your frustrations when it appears that no one is listening or even gives a damn.

Ten months is a very unreasonable time to wait for an assessment and I agree so much can change in this time. Am I right in assuming that if assessed correctly "they" will get off DH's back, so to speak and allow him some peace? In one way it is a good thing that they will assess him based on "that day" as assessing him using 10 months out of date information would be ridiculous. It also seems so stupid that your DH is close to retirement too. I can appreciate that the stress and anxiety can often make those already in ill health so much worse.
I am sending you and your DH my very best wishes in the hope that once this is over you are left in peace.

Having never gone through your experiences I can only imagine your frustration, hope it gets sorted out soon, I expect that you will just get through it when you will have to fill in his pension forms! Hope you have your gateway cards so you can do that on line. ?

hopehope Thank goodness that GN has least given you somewhere to vent your spleen.

Wish I could help
I have in the past filled in
'war & peace forms'

Do you think it would worth another phone call tomorrow in the hope that maybe you would be able to talk to a different person (with more understanding)

Good luck

I've no helpful ideas, Hopehope, but couldn't close the page without commenting. I'm very sorry you're being put through this.