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[dodont]

I FUCKING HATE MAIL AND I FUCKING HATE THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS. Mostly when they're combined.

I got a letter this morning telling me that they've decided I'm fit for work! Yay. That's a relief.

By which I mean WHAT THE FUCK. Apparently the shitfuck of a doctor I saw last time, despite detailing in his own notes that I have severe difficulty walking and bending and standing and am in constant pain, gave me 0 points for mobility and 0 for bending, kneeling and squatting, which leaves a grand total of 6 for not being able to stand for more than 30 minutes and puts me well under the 15 points necessary to be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance. WHAT THE FUCK.

I called them immediately and told them what a pile of ass that is, and they've said it can be overturned with a doctor's letter, which will have to be on Monday.

I just don't understand what kind of monkeys they are hiring that come up with this shit.

Comments

[notlosers.livejournal.com]

This really is getting into lawsuit territory. What a bunch of incompetent jobsworth fucks.

[neferet.livejournal.com]

Sounds familiar. You'd be amazed the number of times I hear that - I've had to go through an appeal decision myself. Sometimes I think that either they do it on purpose to see who challenges it, or that teh doctors just don't know how to fill in the forms.

[andabusers.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this Mikey, it is very helpful. It will be sorted out.

[celiaka.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Bloody stupid, but at least over turning seems relatively simple rather than having to fight through layers of bureaucracy.

[zz]

i'm going to agree with the "it's another hurdle to weed out chancers" theory, although the 0 points bit is dodgy as fuck and warrants action against the doctor.

[ophelia-complex.livejournal.com]

It sounds like the GP's fault if he filed a report/letter that said you were able. I would raise one large complaint against him and make as much noise as possible while doing it.

[moussaka-thief.livejournal.com]

What total arse-holes :(

[bitospud]

If it can be overturned with a doctor's letter, what's the point of the sodding assessment in the first place? Why don't they just let you submit a letter from your GP who you're seeing regularly anyway? *sigh*

Good luck sorting it out. Don't let the bastards grind you down, etc.

Edith

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

I may need more advice on Monday. M has his 13 week assessment thing then. It was meant to be last month but their doctor was sick. Given what I've heard in the past week alone I'm terrified they're going to do the same to him and given how he reacted last time they messed him around . . . I'm not looking forward to Monday. I really don't need any more of this shit.

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

He won't let me go with him. He says he'll be more of a mess on his own. I'd be too much of a calming influence or something.

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting it overturned.