can any one tell me what to do? or i'll loose money.?

Question

hiall, i'm a 40 year old lady who has severe nerve problems within my spine, i have been on the higher rate dla for nearly 4 years now, i have recently been told i can now claim incapacity benefit (which i can get back dated to the begining of this year) however to finish the claim off i need a dr's medical note, i have been to my dr's 3 times now and cant get one as my normal gp is on holiday and the locum's wont do it, (as they dont know me and dont have time to go through my records) fair enough, but when i phoned the job centre plus to explain this they say i need this medical note and without it i will loose money, go back to the gp's and demand a sick note, i have and they still wont do it, i'm totally at loss what to do now as my dr's not back till the 1st july and these forms i have have to be sent back by the 20th june or i will loose all backdated money, i find this totally unfair and the lady at the job centre plus says she cant help and doesn't know what to say!! arghhhhhhh

Answer 1

Call the place that told you about contacting your GP again for a note and let them know that your dr will not be back til the 1st of July and the others in the office can't help you. Let them know that you need an extension on the date for when you get the paperwork back in.

Also, I would recommend a consultation with a neurologist as well as a Pain Management dr. By seeing both of these specialists it will hopefully help your paperwork get processed quicker.

Here in the U.S. they ask you to see specialists for the problems you are going for incapacity (we call it disability here) to confirm the diagnosis for the sake of recordkeeping and also for legal protection among other things.

But please call and ask for an extension. If they say no ask to speak to the person's supervisor. Please keep a written record of all the people you talk to as well because that way you can get the information faster if you have someone in particular that was helpful to you with getting information.