DLA WAIT TIME THREAD 59

[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 times. 💐
New claims (NC) are taking ‘around’ 20 weeks.
Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) & Change Of Circumstances (COC) between 20-25 weeks approx.
Renewals between 15-20 weeks approx
tribunals: when you disagree with MR and are considered by a court
scan date (SD) date form was scanned on the system and counting weeks for decision
original claim date: date you called up for the forms and you will be backdated
UC : universal credit
DWP: department of work and pensions
DM: decision maker; the person who assesses each claim and awards/decline a case
number for an update 121-4600 0800 121-4600
currently we are in July/August for decisions! xx

What year is you son?

if you mean school he’s only just gone into reception. Currently 4 years and 11 months in age

Have you looked at right to choose. It’s a lot quicker. I’m North Yorkshire and the wait is 12-16 months through that.

Oh right my sons school take from year 5 I believe

We have one here that does from primary not sure what year SENDAR asked for him year 5 but they said his needs were too complex with the pupils already on roll

my son has complex needs. I have no doubts we’ll win tribunal for his school placement. I’m happy where he is for now. His 1:1 is amazing with him. If she could go through school with him I’d happily leave him where he is however that’s not the case. Ideally we need a specialist placement for September next year as I’ll be pulling him from school

Crazy how alike our son's sound. When he was 2 he went to playgroup for an hour and a half and they called us in when picking him up to see if we noticed any 'unusual behaviours' absolutely we have 😂 luckily things moved on very quickly from there apart from a diagnosis. I'm very lucky that there's a special needs school 10 minutes from my house but there isn't another one for hours

Same as my son his needs are described as complex. We didn’t have to fight for a specialist setting though. It was decided at a high needs panel they looked well out of area for him to find a place that could meet need. If we have another year like the one we’ve just had then we will need to consider at his annual review meeting if we need to look at another setting for him

@Kc1999x you calling today? I’m on hold will ask if there’s any update and where the call I was meant to be getting went to

So I rang new claim sd 19/07 missing evidence has been found!! Long behold it was on my national insurance number she has sent to my sons claim now and advised the dm it’s there!! Thankgod for you ladies!!! Xxxx

We have around 3 that I know of. One special school could meet his needs but because I already put a preference in for mainstream they went with that even though I asked for special if that makes sense. So if special wasn’t granted this is the one and only mainstream he’ll he going.
now school and myself have had meetings and both agreeed he needs special school. We’ve put it across to the LA a specialist setting, and just waiting to hear back from them now, if not it’s got to go to tribunal!
and you know what before talking on these threads I’d never known any other child to be like my son😂 this is why I like these threads because there’s others probably feeling how I’m feeling and makes me realise I’m not alone, unless you have a child with additional needs you can never really relate and that’s why I have no friends😂

I’ve phoned already. is now with a DM🤞🏽🤞🏽

Wow! Thank god for that lady putting her story in here! Thank god it’s been sorted

I know it I was about to send it again!! Xxx

@Kc1999x not assigned ans doesn’t know why didn’t get call back will put request in again told her to leave it

Wow very good news!! About time! I hope all of Julys get done this week they’ve gone on for long enough. Hoping mine is soon after Christmas. Not been assigned yet

This is your sons week xx

Well hopefully others on here learn from this aswell, don’t put your own NI numbers guys, can prolong your wait and waste money sending evidence again! X

I’m going to call again this afternoon😂

I really hope so😭

You should get a decision this week I have everything crossed for you. I’m hoping I’m not too far behind going to spend Christmas preparing for tribunal getting all paperwork in place it’s a bit of a mess with sending bits in here and there 😂

We do too. You’ve waited long enough and we all know how hard it is x

😂😂 I would do the same tbh 😅 I’m waiting to speak to a DM on hold. She said no notes and not assigned and if she is being honest it won’t be this side of Christmas, I said I already know that I want to ask why claims after mine have been done!

I hope it’s a good outcome however you just never know. I’ve got all evidence prepared for tribunal but I really don’t want to do it if I’m honest

Yeah I really hope so! The dm told me to do that aswell probably on purpose 🤣🤣🤣 when do you reckon I should call again? Xx