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

My scan date was 16/7 for a coc. I phoned this morning and it went to a decision maker today. Worth giving them a call if you haven't already

Last 10mins to get that call in😂

The do, do things differently in secondary school if disability needs had already been noted in primary then going into secondary the sen team would already be aware and put things in place depending on the child's needs ( movement breaks, a pass to leave the class when overwhelmed, fidget toy, one to one behaviour support, most mainstream have a thrive depertmeent for sen children) if no previous disability or sen needs and the child's just started secondary school it starts as bad behaviour and this is usually where it starts so the child would be put on something like this lady has been emailed the report will go on for weeks the school will speak to the parent and if any behaviour is flagged that is seen as additional needs or disability sen will then get involved so based on what this lady has posted I'm guessing the child has just started secondary and bad behaviour has just started in school so this would not help a dla claim the next stage of sen intervention after this report would but not a behaviour report placed on a child all it tells the DM is that sen needs have not been identified as yet... I'd be absolutely calling a meeting with that school.. I'm intrigued to know if the parent has flagged sen needs with the school and if anything is in place..

Nah maybe 9am tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hey I'm just wondering if anyone has got a response for a Coc from 31/7. Or how long I can expect to wait to hear. I know new claims seem to be now being awarded but don't know if it's different for a coc.

Many thanks

That’s what I’m doing. It’ll have to be 9:30 but still tomorrow morning. Actually excited to call😂 I’m sure that’ll be short lived though lol

That’s me 🤣🤣 I’ll just make an excuse up saying can I request a text or just double checking my evidence is there 🤣🤣🤣 x what has life come to lol

Gotta do what you gotta do😂😂

Hi mine is from the 17/7 still nothing another lady said hers is the 16/7 and is with DM

@3daughters37 thank you. Was hoping to hear before Christmas but oh well. Maybe January lol! Was going to call up but didn't fancy sitting on the phone for hours. When I called to check they'd received it he said 20 weeks which will be Wednesday but I never completely believe them.

According to a DM i spoke to today, you would have grounds to ask for it to be escalated because your award has dropped you could then say it’s causing you financial hardship. In any event they are up to at 18/07 so yours won’t be much longer.

Omg we are waiting to hear just as much as you!!

Makes me feel sick thinking about it tbh. I know it’ll be declined and that’s making me feel poop🤦🏽‍♀️

I'm awaiting a decision from 25/7 NC but did get a letter saying they needed some extra evidence. Just sent it off today via special delivery. So will be there tomorrow. Always worth calling them and asking them to look at notes as they didn't tell me at first. It was just going to arrive in the post the letter with what they needed..

Stay positive! Every chance of good news. I’m rooting for you x

Pleased you got sorted and they found your extra evidence. Fingers crossed you hear something soon.

So aM I thankyou so much for
messaging! I’d have sent again as it definitely wasn’t on my sons lady was happy to check for me and she found it so 🤞🤞 might ring tomorrow 🤣🤣

Same scan date as me, have you heard anything yet?

Oh my Goodness!!!! Oh my Goodness!!!!! I think we have been awarded!!!!!!!! Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!

Scan date 17/7. I checked my emails when I woke up (as I do every morning!) and an email said “your Clearpay payment for £18 has gone through”. Nononononononono, my child benefit went in today (£25.60) and it was all we had for food until next Tuesday (and my daughter has ARFID), so that leaves us with £7.60 for a week’s food. I check my bank balance and there is more than £7.60 in there, with a reference of HN(numbers)DW!!!

I can afford food, I can get her some Christmas presents, oh my God!!!!!! I am absolutely over the moon!!!!! They believed me. After years and years of doctors and paediatricians and GP’s telling me that “there’s nothing wrong” (despite the clear facial deformities and the hypotonia and the heart murmur and the tiptoe walking and the failure to thrive and the ASD) I was taken seriously. The relief, argh!!!!

Do NOT give up hope!!!! I was full-on 100% expecting a mandatory reconsideration. I was already starting to gather evidence for one, and we were awarded.

I think we have been awarded HRC, LRM. I am absolutely beyond ecstatic!!!

Congrats! I was wondering what was “Hn” lol the. I realised must be reference number lol must be so relived xx

I am absolutely beyond relieved, and thrilled to bits that it goes on care needs, not diagnosis as I believed for years, as we will be on the waiting list for ASD for at least another 18 months, which will bring her to 9, but her biggest problems primarily stem from that.

I just want to give you all awards now, argh!

Many congratulations hunni so pleased for you and your little girl have a wonderful Christmas xxx

Congratulations to you and your child ! Amazing!!

My son got awarded on 11th December his payment went in today