DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 83

[MyLifeHasChanged]

Hi all

Made a new thread for those of you who need to discuss wait times and ask questions!
Please post your scan dates etc

NC = New Claim
MR = Mandatory Reconsideration
SC = Scan Date

Im waiting on outcome of my DD's renewal due 29/09/2026

MR 27/7
with a decision maker 14/9
rung today still no decision made
been with them over a week surely can't be much longer for them to decide 😫

Being told end of November 😂 is when ill probably have my daughters completed

Im scan date the day before you. I will call soon & let you know what they tell me 😂

Be interesting to see what rubbish you get told 😂 x

What… that’s crazy lol xx

New claim scan date 22nd July still in a holding queue as of today🫤

I’d take that with a bucket of salt 🤣🤣 I’ve been calling almost weekly since May now, always been told can’t give timelines. Going by what everyone is reporting, they are well into July dates and it looks like batches rather than clearing day by day x

When you Google how long it says 45 days normally sorted by

How annoying - no point me calling, I'm the 23rd and was going to call Wednesday but probably still the same and in a queue 😔 seems the waiting time is going up each week 😫

Friends94
Maybe give it a try and let me know what they say 🤷🏽‍♀️ Iv Seen loads of people in July getting decisions im just so impatient 😩

I’ve seen that it’s their published aim/target. Think it depends who you get when you call, some don’t tell you info, others are really helpful and clearly some are plucking figures out of the air. I think it’s more important what the status is for an update. There was a lot of people getting payments last week up until 17/7, but those decisions must have been made the week before as the payment processing is 3-5 working days x

Maybe give it a try and let me know what they say 🤷🏽‍♀️ Iv Seen loads of people in July getting decisions im just so impatient 😩 Btw I didn’t know I had to click quote haha

SD 17th July and received a text today to say that she qualified! Such a weight off my mind. I’d convinced myself her claim was going to be rejected

So my daughters scan date was 4th august. She said its still waiting to be assigned a Case worker & from the scan date its taking about 2-3months. So august dates we are looking at November time

Haha no worries! Yeah I'll probably call Wednesday, as I call once a week usually on a Wednesday 🤣 did you have to send a bc or anything else off or did it just go straight through to the DM queue? I didn't have to send anything of and has been in the queue for about 6 weeks now 😫

Usually a case worker registers the claim - did she say if it has been registered? If not, she might mean it's waiting to be registered.

I sometimes get confused as they told me case worker does the registering and asks for further rinfo if needed and a decision maker does the final decision. But I have seen DWP mix the titles up xx

How close to the end date are people getting there renewals looked at?
I hope I have sent enough evidence, letter from schools SENCO,paediatrician,EHCP, evidence letter documenting 1 to 1 full time and all the support he gets.
All the meds he is on,OT report.

She just said its all been put on the system she can see all my evidence etc its just waiting to assigned a Caseworker. That was it really. So I have no idea 🫣

current claim expires October 3rd- I had a letter to say they had received the renewal and scanned July 6th haven’t heard anything since

🤞 your hear soon
My lads runs out end of Oct so a while yet, I sent it of really early (usually the last min for me) but just wanted it done.

I actually caved in and rang, got straight through using option 2, decision was made Friday but he isn’t able to tell me over the phone so I’m now trying option 4 to find out, hopefully get through before 5, been re routing my dad around the country in trains all day due to delays and now left with 45 minuets to get through🤦🏻‍♀️

Arghhh glad a decision is made just hope it’s what you’re expecting an no more waiting. Xx

🤞🤞🤞 xx

@Emz73 replying to both you! I actually managed to get through by some luck✨ my daughter has been awarded Higher rate care and low rate mobility, the lady on the phone said she could literally hear my voice shaking my anxiety had well and truly got ahold of me😵‍💫 for reference, my daughter is 6.5 years old, has suspected ADHD and anxiety, no diagnosis as she’s not old enough to be put on the pathway where we live, I submitted her sensory evaluation from 3 years ago, I’d accessed her medical records to retrieve the notes from many paediatric mental health appointments, a physiotherapy report, speech and language report, no recent evidence from school, only from reception (she’s just gone into year 2), school wrote that “she struggled previously but currently doesn’t show any concerns”, which me and them know is not correct but clearly the evidence I’ve gathered outweighs what they said, I honestly don’t remember what I’d wrote because I’ve been so focused on what her school wrote and thinking it would get her declined, so glad the decision maker saw straight through it, feeling so lucky and grateful today, a really pleasant end to a really dreadful day, our scan date was the 17/7 btw to anyone who got to the end of this very emotional paragraph💖

Amazing! Really happy for you, the anxiety really isn’t nice! Glad the wait is finally over. Xx