DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 54

[zoeybrooks45]

Hello everybody, I have made a new thread please put in your scan date, hopefully we hear some good news this month. please be kind and feel free to share scan date, entitlement award and what child is diagnosed with as others in similar position can feel uplifted in these stressful time.

wait time are currently between 20-25 weeks. However most likely is between 18-22 weeks.

Bless you I bet it did congratulations on the award you will have that in place at least while you do a MR so.its some extra support for your family xx

I think that’s what is annoying me the most, waiting all that time to go back to the front of the queue to start again. We had help from our local citizens advice to fill in the MR. She felt we had a good case but it comes down to what DLA decision maker thinks 😫

I just sent off to the freepost address that’s listed on the website. They’ve received all communication fine albeit slowly but they are in no rush anyway 😩

What type of questions did you get asked? And happy for you!!

Yes it’s a new claim

to Go through night time needs, asking for details about school and that was it, he already said we’re looking to award. Then said you’ll get hrc but we can’t give u hrm which was obvious. He was so nice and friendly. Text straight after to say awarded also.

it really is daft isn’t it, not everyone is great and writing things down either and it isn’t like they all award for the same things because one decision maker could say one thing and a different one could say something else. It really depends whose desk it lands on and how they are feeling that day 🥴

My scan date is the 13 just the day after yours and I've not heard anything either. I'm just itching to hear from them. They said though a good few weeks back to call on the 13th of November if I've not heard anything. The wait is killing me.

Hi guys SD 13/7
Still no news for me unfortunately. But I've just had a phone call from the Dr's today to say my daughter has a very rare gene they've found which they tested her for and I mentioned in the form that they were testing her for, do I call them and let them know the results and what it means for her future? And will they add that to my claim for her?

Please call them back tomorrow and try and speak to someone else x

Told me not to call til November 29th which is 20 weeks. Only called once but said they taking up to the full 20 weeks. Yeah it’s a long process and even worse with a 50/50 chance of being declined xxx

Thank you. My scan date is early September so it doesn’t need to be rushed

I'm the same scan date and I got told the same thing to call back on the 29th

I think that’ll be looked at next year. My scan date is early August and it’s end of January we’ve been told to chase up if we don’t hear before then. I check regularly though.

My SD 12/8 told to call back 30/12 if not heard anything hoping it before that 🤞🏼

I think they are just wording it however they please. I was told mine was open and under review, I asked what that meant only for the lady to repeat the same! 😅

Is yours a new claim? It’s 20 weeks for those and 25 for MR. Wondering how they’ve managed to acquire such a backlog?! PIP hasn’t taken anywhere near as long

Yeah it’s a new claim x

SD THE 13/7 WEVE JUST BEEN GRANTED HIGH RATE CARE!! IM OVER THE MOON

So pleased for you! Congratulations!

Hello, I have been watching for weeks to keep up to date with current waiting times. It definitely is an emotional roller coaster, and my fingers are crossed for each and every one of you. You're all doing amazing and advocating for your little ones. It's lovely knowing you're not alone ♡

My daughters scan date is 27th July, so on the 9th November was 15wks, and the 14th December will be 20wks. She is 2years old, 3 in Jan, non verbal and based on her development reviews with Paediatricians, SENDSAS, Health Visitor her communication, speech, understanding and language is presenting at 6-12months. The initial assessment with her Paediatrician he said she is presenting with GDD and Autism, but she has to have an official Autism Assessment, which is what we are now waiting for, and have been waiting for a few months. I started taking the steps towards a diagnosis for her when she wa 16months old, after a massive regression. I also applied for an EHCP and it was rejected due to lack of evidence from an educational setting, which is extremely frustrating, but will reapply again once she's in nursery.

She generally is a happy girl, but recently having more episodes of dysregulation and emotion distress lasting from minutes to hours. So I sent an update to DLA 2wks ago with additional evidence and was received the following day.

Sorry for the essay this early haha!

I have a question for anyone who might know the answer. If say my daughter was awarded LRC and I believe she should receive MRC/HRC, during the MR would she still recieve the LRC payments over the 25wks MR wait time?

Again, you're all smashing it ♡

Yes that's correct, if in that scenario you would receive lrc while waiting for mr

I'd pretty much managed to put it to the back of my mind until this week. I barely slept last night and woke up really anxious about it all. Really hoping there's lots of awards this week. I have noticed a bit of a pattern where more people seem to get awarded in the middle of the week.
I think it'd be so much better if it was an online system where you apply online and have a portal where you can see what stage its at and a realistic waiting time. And it'd be easier for them to actually work in date order as once a dm had finish one case the next date one would be allocated to them automatically... Can you tell how many times I've thought about this 🤔🤣

Thank you for confirming ♡

Congratulations, lovely news.