Dla wait times thread 68

[ProudZebra]

NC - new claim
COC - change of circumstances
MR - mandatory reconsideration
SD - scan date

Oh definitely do you mind me asking if they do go the sedation route are you allowed to stay with them and what sort of tests do they run

Yea and now it’s gonna be Easter period so probs won’t be till after then now …hoping the dla backpay comes through by Thursday otherwise il be waiting til Tues I reckon.

I got mine last week for the dla and my daughter got a bed straight away but there’s other things she needs and I’m a planner who plans money months in advance aha absolutely hate not knowing when something is happening I did the change for uc on Friday though and it got verified today

Thats good your has been verified fingers crossed you get soon!
so they do as a one off payment or so they add to your next Uc payment ?

There are lots of types and causes of deafness so your child may not need this, but the docs wanted to check my son for widened vestibular aqueducts as this is a condition that makes the hearing loss progressively worse and it means you have to be careful your child doesn’t accidentally knock their head playing football or bouncing on a trampoline etc. He had an MRI scan to check this and it luckily came back clear. He also had glue ear which made what hearing he did have much worse so he had grommets fitted which again involved general anaesthetic. I was allowed to lie on the bed next to him and cuddle him whilst they put him to sleep, then they wheeled him into theatre (whilst I cried my eyes out in the waiting room!) then they came to get me so I was there with a big smile when they brought him round in the recovery room afterwards and he was all groggy. He doesn’t have any memory of these procedures now! x

Aww ok they have ruled out bad hearing loss and glue ear with my boy it’s mild hearing loss or his hearing nerve for us glad they found the problem for you boy I know what u mean as my best friends little sister has the same thing as your boy she’s now 18 and thriving

Apply for access card, I still carry around the one letter and an access card, attractions accept access card, my son is 3 and gets HRC and HRM. If that's what you ment

Good luck to anyone calling today!

Is sd from when they received ur returned forms? I thought it goes from when u first ring up. I'm confused

Scan date is when they received it and that’s how long they have for a decision but it can be backdated to when u called providing your forms wernt late

Aw thank you 😊 in that case I have a long wait still 🙈. As they received form 10th of Jan but rang 12th Dec initially.

I really want to call I am 24 weeks MR on Friday
but I don’t think will be 25 weeks I think will be longer

There's no harm in calling and asking for a update! Good luck if you do!

It’s been with a Dm For 6 weeks now it’s in the que to be seen by. Dm they just chat shit
I said I rang 4 times in total in the 24weeks and been told every time with a Dm now with 1 week to go it’s now in a que
she said system arrear ring back after 25 weeks

I never even thought to send in photos, that's a great idea I'll definitely do that! I've just had his next few sessions of speech and language appointments come through so I can add them in with it as well, I guess all the evidence you can send helps

NC - 31/12/24

I’ve just called as we are upto 15 weeks as stated in the original letter, she said it’s with a DM but could be upto 25 weeks. I’ve seen some of you a few weeks ahead are receiving your decisions so I’m hoping it’s only few more weeks, fingers crossed!!

I called yesterday SD 18/12 and still not even with DM yet 😂 I don’t ever know when they’re telling the truth or not or even how the cases get handed out. good luck!

Yes, they told.me they will backdate the money from when I card back in February and that was officially stamped on the form when I received it but my scan date is April 1st

When I called* back in February, not card. Whoops

They said same with me about decision maker it's a absolute joke. Z

NC SD 18/12

just called and it’s with a decision maker and got told they can confirm it’ll be days not weeks. I’m a nervous wreck right now!

@LoudAquaViperweirdly she said ‘I hate that question’ when I asked if it was with a DM. She said that it’s allocated to a DM as soon as it’s scanned in, and so it’s always with a DM. I was a bit confused tbh as that’s not how I thought it works.

Well I’ve always been told it’s in a ‘holding queue’ and hasn’t been allocated yet. Then when I called today she said she can confirm it’ll is with a DM now and can confirm it’ll be days rather than weeks. I can’t see how it gets allocated to a DM as soon as it comes in as some might get massively backlogged waiting for extra evidence etc.

@staybyyoushe also asked me if I wanted to get a text message when a decision has been made which I said yes too. So I’m not sure if they automatically send texts

@LoudAquaViperah ok, maybe if I chase in a few weeks I will request a text message.

Someone up thread/on the previous thread quoted another term to use, not ‘with a DM’ but similar. But I can’t remember what it was, or find the post. I think she got asked if it was an audit call as it’s not well known but accurate.

Im not feeling positive about the outcome, but now we’re at the original deadline I just want to know. Good luck.