Formal Complaint
Dear sir or madam
I am making a formal complaint against DWP ESA
administrators.
I have been called by DWP request to a medical assessment
with Health Assessment Advisory Service/Maximus, as the result of an out of
date ESA85A form of August 2014. I was since diagnosed with High Functioning
Autism.
When I informed DWP ESA staff that I had since been
diagnosed with Autism DWP ESA refused to withdraw the request to Health
Advisory Service to perform a medical assessment.
This has caused me a great deal of stress and worsened my
anxiety and depression and is in breach of the Equality Act 2010 and Autism Act2014,
and so is discrimination.
My request for a reasonable adjustment in order to give me
more time was repeatedly refused.
I am having to resend all the information to DWP ESA that I
had already sent to DWP PIP administrators.
I requested a reasonable adjustment from DWP ESA of allowing
me 2 months to send this information, an updated ESA 50 form and to allow DWP
ESA medical staff the chance to read this, and fill in form ESA85A as a
decision on whether a medical is still required given the updated information.
My request for a reasonable adjustment was refused without explanation and no
alternative proposed by DWP ESA.
I have made a similar complaint to Health Assessment
Advisory Service/Maximus over similar failings on their side of the process.
Sincerely
Further Information -
Maximus deny refusing to
allow up-to-date ESA evidence - http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3083-maximus-deny-refusing-to-allow-up-to-date-esa-evidence - Tuesday, 28 April 2015
