Hi,
I made a claim for ESA on March 7th. I have had mental health problems, on and off, for the last 3 years. Prior to January, I had been working freelance and doing alright, but my depression returned in quite a severe fashion early in the new year.
I haven't been able to work since the start of february and the money I was using to stay afloat has run out.
When I applied for ESA over the phone, I was asked when I had last worked. End of January was my reply so the bloke asked me to get a medical certificate from 1st Feb. Fine.
Well, my doctor wrote on my medical certificate that he had been seeing me from 7th Jan and would continue to see me indefinitely. He dated the Medical Cert 15th March, which was when I saw him.
I have now received 2 letters, 1 saying that I am entitled to £0.00 and that I need to send more information.???
A day or two later I received the second saying my Medical Certificate which covers 1st Feb - 8th Feb is running out and I need to send a new one.
This is highly confusing. Has the Dr put the wrong date on the med cert? Does he need to put the dates as the entire time of my illness? (i.e 7th Jan-present).
I told the man on the phone that I'd been ill since 7th Jan and understood that he put 1st feb on my application because that was the last time I was paid for work.
Sorry for the length of the post. I'm really confused and have no idea what they want me to do. I'm broke and have no prospects of any income atm.
I made a claim for ESA on March 7th. I have had mental health problems, on and off, for the last 3 years. Prior to January, I had been working freelance and doing alright, but my depression returned in quite a severe fashion early in the new year.
I haven't been able to work since the start of february and the money I was using to stay afloat has run out.
When I applied for ESA over the phone, I was asked when I had last worked. End of January was my reply so the bloke asked me to get a medical certificate from 1st Feb. Fine.
Well, my doctor wrote on my medical certificate that he had been seeing me from 7th Jan and would continue to see me indefinitely. He dated the Medical Cert 15th March, which was when I saw him.
I have now received 2 letters, 1 saying that I am entitled to £0.00 and that I need to send more information.???
A day or two later I received the second saying my Medical Certificate which covers 1st Feb - 8th Feb is running out and I need to send a new one.
This is highly confusing. Has the Dr put the wrong date on the med cert? Does he need to put the dates as the entire time of my illness? (i.e 7th Jan-present).
I told the man on the phone that I'd been ill since 7th Jan and understood that he put 1st feb on my application because that was the last time I was paid for work.
Sorry for the length of the post. I'm really confused and have no idea what they want me to do. I'm broke and have no prospects of any income atm.