Hi , I’ve just been awarded LCW. Do you think I should appeal? I told them the affect the fibromyalgia has on me and my mental health. I’ve suffered with my mental health for years but fibromyalgia has made it worse due to pain , fatigue etc.
I really don’t understand why I would be expected to get ready for work when my condition isn’t going to get any better.
Confused. Doesn't LCW award mean "Limited Capability for Work"? I would think that they are acknowledging that you have a health condition that makes work difficult for you, but maybe I am misunderstanding
Hi , yes they have acknowledged I have LCW but are saying I still need to do work related activities to get back into work. My conditions aren’t going to get any better so I’m not fit to work, so why am I doing work related activities.
I couldn't think what LCW was either I would never have got it 🙈👍xx
Hi Ajay
Thank you , I’ve text my work coach to see if she can help. I’ll also look at the sef test.
Thank you
If wanting to appeal the fact you got LCW rather than LCWRA, it would be worth checking to see if you would satisfy one or more of the LCWRA descriptors, which is needed to perhaps change your award. Please see: benefitsandwork.co.uk/unive... scrolling down to the LCWRA descriptors.
If you think this applicable, do, as suggested, look for help local to you: advicelocal.uk/ choosing 'Welfare benefits' from the drop down menu to see if there's a Welfare Rights Office or Citizens Advice near you, & do put a Mandatory Reconsideration in writing.
With LCW you are only expected to prepare for work, not actually seek employment. Better explained here: turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guid...
P.S. The 15 or more points which you have already been awarded, as placed in the LCW category, are irrelevant; it's if you satisfy 1 or more of the LCWRA descriptors that now matters.
could consider applying for pip, all the questions are on the cab website. Citizens advice bureau, be warned with current cost of living they busy.
could think answers, then go to cab for them to fill in for you.
I was on LCW for 3 years back in 2019 just after my late dad passed away as my mental health nose dived when my dad died and I'm a daddy's and nanna's girl. My late nanna (my late dad's late mum) passed away when I was still in primary school.I've recently been put on the work and health programme to help me to get ready to look for work.
I've lost count of how many times I've told my local job centre about my mental health as I've been suffering from depression for over 20 years now (I was diagnosed with postnatal depression when my daughter was about 2 months old. I was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety not long after she was forcibly adopted against my wishes when she was between 6 months old and 8 months old.
My mental health isn't going to go away, but it is a lot better than it was as it took me around 17 years to finally get the right medication for me.
I see the health and wellbeing coach at the work and health programme every 2 weeks and she's really lovely.
One of the tasks she gave me was to start a journal, which is helping me a lot.
You've made the first step in a long process with the benefits system. If your not able to work a few hours a week the next step is PIP it's taken me three years to get..and two applications before I was accepted get help with the forms if you can as it can be a bit of a minefield especially if the brain fog sets in... Good luck it all comes down to what kind of an assessor you get on the day
Thank you, I’m waiting for PIP decision. I do believe it depends on the assessor you get as to whether you get awarded .
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