Applied 20;weeks ago ,finally herd from them asking for more details and proof of
My condition.I have atrial fibrillation pmr asthma etc.
some days not so bad others dreadful
They are asking for letters from specialists.
Proof of medication all this before 10 of may
One dose t get letters from specialists. At least I haven’t
Some days my breathing is bad also energy lacking.
any advice etc would be welcome
Please don’t say chop off a leg. That would be a cop out 😅
A friend told me recently that atrial fibrillation is a qualification for a Blue badge. I imagine a letter from your GP is enough. Or they can get you one.
thank 🥰 in letter says don’t ask your doctor for a note needs to be from specialists.
Going to doctors when open they must have notes from Leeds general.
Officials these days gets worse. Al keep you posted thanks.
I've just been given my second blue badge., having sent away my application for renewal with proof of what I said on my form..That amounted to 8 A4 photocopies of everything I had ever had from the hospital & I also asked the practice manager at my surgery to look out some I didn't have.
I took advice from others who had applied for my 1st application 3 years ago & built on that for my re-appliction.
It's a very time consuming & energy sapping / stressful process when you probably can hardly summon the energy to be doing it at all.
Try your practice manager & ask if they can look out any hospital letters that mention your AF.
My husband also contacted his consultant's secretary for written proof when he needed it & she was happy to help him.
Also ask a trusted friend or relative .what you're like when you're in AF & include that Info on your form.
Think carefully about how that affects you & list all the things you CAN'T do when you have an attack.
Good luck. xx
glad you can laugh about it 😄hope you get it sorted soon.
I applied for one six weeks and got it three weeks later! I downloaded anything on the NHS apps.and asked my GP for copies of any consult letters, X-rays, MRIs etc. I uploaded all pharmacy meds , I answered the questions worst case scenario because that often happens. I was given a phone call about mobility. Diagnosis did not seem as important as function . Good luck.
bloody officials 😤
just following on from Nightingales post perhaps your GP has specialist letters on file that they can print off for you? Good luck and hope it gets sorted soon.
Get as much information as you can, in fact overwhelm them with information! I inadvertently let my last blue badge run out (pandemic) and was told I would have to reapply!! The performance I had to go through to get it replaced was unbelievable. In the end I took copies of everything I had ever had and gave them, in a very large envelope, to interviewee. New badge sent within A WEEK. Jobsworth sprang to mind. Good luck and be persistent.
Sorry, can’t really help. Mine was taken away from me, & I was told if you can walk 100 metres (doesn’t matter how much pain, or how difficult some days), then you don’t qualify! My husband has atrial fibrillation & asthma, Mum & Dad both had atrial fibrillation, but none had/have a blue badge (until Dad was 95, then I was allowed one for him)! I buy everything online & have it delivered, that helps a lot. Good luck, I think it depends on your Council, to be honest!
o heck 🤯😕 now I feel a little despondent 🥲
Thanks for your honesty 😕
I think it’s better to know what you’re up against, but no two Councils are the sane and they have different criteria…it’s not a fair world, Ronzy, but I think you already know that!!
🥲 mmm sure do I’ll just say Bugger em I’ll battle on 😤think
Positive I’m improving all the time
They can stick there badges up there Ar……
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Over the last 6 months I have helped a friend apply for hers and she had to jump through all the same hoops. After months of waiting, the Council asked for yet more evidence by way of Consultants' letters and said a GP's word might not be impartial and would lack integrity! I wrote a letter of complaint (she signed it) expressing her digust at how offensive that statement was. We copied it to a local Councillor who is a retired GP and hey presto, he visited the relevant officer in the Council and her application continued to be processed! It still took from November 2022 until April 2023 to receive the Blue Badge.
She is virtually housebound, with heart failure and arthritis and was already known to the Council, who had supplied her with bath seat, grab rails etc after a visit from their own Occupational Therapist, but still had to go through what you and others here have described.
"Jobsworth" is definitely the word! Come back Esther Rantzen!
Just got my Blue Badge approval thankfully. This will be my 3rd. One of the first questions from my Council is "Will your condition improve?" After 6 years what are they expecting - miracles😳😳. In our area we have to "re-apply", not "renew" which makes completing these forms an absolute nightmare to try and "download" or "upload" documents etc. It's about time these forms and applications should be standardised across the country, as what's acceptable for one Council is not the same for others. I have had PMR/GCA, got AF, had both hips replaced, surgery on an ankle and a spinal operation, but this does not guarantee a Blue Badge everywhere. Good luck🤞
Your GP should have a copy of all correspondence from consultants. I’d suggest your first stop is the medical secretary at your GP. Explain the problem and ask if they can let you have a copy of everything relevant from your medical records. You need to concentrate on worst case scenario ie how badly you’re affected on your worst days and how limiting this is for walking or carrying things. Last resort would be a phone call to consultants secretary to request copy correspondence. Good luck. These demands are inconsistent and often unreasonable from one local authority to another, but don’t give up.
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