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I filled in a form on the phone with ESA two weeks ago for a top up to my pip due to nobody claiming carers allowance for me, I received the same form to fill in yesterday, can you please tell me how long it usually takes as the person on the phone said about 7days

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Hi Nichola1971

Unfortunately this isn't my area of expertise, so I hope that someone else may be able to give you an idea what the actual time frame is. I know it's really frustrating to be given a time frame, only to find that you are left wondering outside of that, whether things are progressing as they should be, so I would advise getting in touch yourself to see how it's going. It might be that no news is good news.

In any case, thanks very much for your question, and do pop back and let us know how you are getting on with it all.

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After having knee replacement surgery and having been off work for more than 28 weeks , I was no longer entitled to anymore work Sick Pay so had to claim ESA and PIP , I had to fill in Multiple for for both , take in doctors and Hospital reports , wage slips and bank account and all bill payment details , it was agreed I could have both Payments , ESA took 28Days , but was back dated , but PIP took 6weeks and I had to be reviewed by a Doctor of their choice and every 3months I was in it , I did get it finally but rang every week , because every time they said it was being dealt with but wasn't , so keep pushing !! It was worth it and helped me stopped worrying how I was going to pay bills , but rang everybody and company I had to pay and thy were all great and arranged Payment Plans for me , all took a lot of time but worth it ! Hope all goes well for you xx

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MAS_Nurse

Hi Nichola1971 and welcome to this caring forum. Thank you for your post. I am sorry, but I do not know the answer to this. You may find more information on the following website--

citizensadvice.org.uk/...di...

Also, as calendergal suggested, you could get in touch to check on progress. Please stay on the forum to receive support from other members. Are any other members able to help Nichola1971, please? Thank you and best wishes.

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Nichola1971 in reply to MAS_Nurse

I’ve tried to get intouch about it and keep getting told it’s the wrong department

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