DLA WAIT TIME THREAD 40

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DLA WAITING TIME 2024

I really don't understand why they tell people so many different things and secondly, it definitely isn't done in month order at all!
It is really frustrating at times because you'd think that they'd simply give decisions for same scan dates rather than doing them individually
I really do hope we get some good news ❤️

I called and the guy on the fone told me my scan date . The first time I just waited for months and didn't know about a scan date. I think it takes a week because I sent my papers 1st march and it was signed delivery and my scan date is 3rd March x

Been watching for a while my scan date 8/1 just had a call asking why my claim was late as should of been back on 3rd Jan said I'd posted it in time it must of been delayed due to Christmas any ways she just said I'd have a decision in 24 hours .....

@Persianpoppy it looks like they are wheezing through January now. It makes me really nervous. my stomach was doing back flips all day today and I keep overthinking things xx I really hope we get some answers soon xx

I have not long rang them to ask when my scan date is and turns out it is 19/01. He said it can take 15-17 weeks from that date xx

Isn't it done in a sort of triage system order, so first they do urgent end-of-life cases (quite rightly!), then address the rest in order of severity (assessed by a first quick glance through at what evidence you sent etc), with a bump up in priority for everyone once it gets towards 20 weeks?

Does anyone know when you can go for mobility rate under the SMI rules is it 3 or 5 year old? My son is only 2 but 3 in August and we are 5/02 scan date

It probably is that way but surely they have designated DMs to deal with urgent referrals and all the other ones go into one pot and being shared between other DM? Just guessing tho

@BestZebbie apparently it goes in date order or does it ? 🤔

Ohhhh I'm same scan date!!! Let us know when you find out!!!

Cannot seem to get through today after being on hold for literal hours 🥴
Just seen someone being awarded from 10/01 😬

It's not just the waiting that triggers all parts of my anxiety, it's the actual decision too! But just think of it this way, no news is good news! 🤞🏼 because surely if we didn't get it, they would have told us by now! ❤️

@Anxiouslywaitingmum will do .yesterday when i rang was told to call back in June!!!! I was well pee'd off then today got a call ....so we'll see

It quite possibly could be like that I'm not too sure hun! Going through this thread does baffle me though because so many people with same scan date get told different things; ones get told 20 weeks, others told in a holding pile and so forth! x

I guess there is always the possibility that it is just a dozen overworked people in a room with a giant pile of folders, a kettle and an elderly flatbed scanner, so there is no fully coherent system about which one gets picked up next other than that they generally try to clear a month's heap before starting the one.... :D

Parking 01/02/2024 :)

Oh my!! You had me spluttering out my cuppa reading this!! 😂😂😂 the mental image I got hahahaha!

Just spoke to uc it’s been verified and sent to a decision maker, he said the timescale is up to 4 weeks but you can ask for it to be escilated after 4 weeks x

I just spoke to uc im finally verified they told me if the decision maker hasn’t made decision within 4 weeks i can ask for it to be escalated hun x

Mines just been verified today it’s just been sent to a decision maker the man told me they have 4 weeks to make a decision then you can ask for it to be escalated
you need to put a note on your journal stating that you have waited 2 months and want it escalated and ask for a case manager to look into it for u x

I was hoping to check here and see a few awards 😫. Guess everyone is being told its with d.m 🤦🏻‍♀️. Ah well always tomorrow x

I feel like there's hardly any awards this week!
But I'm sure this happened last week or the week before and we had loads come through on the Thursday Friday so 🤞🤞🤞

Tell me about it ! Yeah no news is a good news but then I'm thinking yeah they have sent a declined letter hence the reason no news 🤣🤣 ohh my xx ❤️

I find Fridays and Mondays are award days when reading the threads.

No no no we're not overthinking! You're exactly like me 😂😂 I'm thinking about all the bad possibilities rather than the good 😂 x