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	ESA (IB) Caselaw Here we will put details of tribunal case law that although not directly or specifically deal with HIV/AIDS may prove of interest given that they establish the understanding of the "rules" as part of the legal process. You may find decisions that, may broadly apply to your situation and if you are making an appeal you may find it useful to site them. We would always advise you get professional support when making an appeal. There are time limits for making an appeal. The Tribunal Service is http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ & Decisions are found http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Decisions/decisions.htm	21	30	2011 UKUT ... by John 23/04/2012 - 3:16pm
	WCA - Professor Harrington Yearly reviews starting 2010 The yearly Professor Harrington reviews of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) are an important measure of the issues raised by campaigners including Tcell and the progress made. For ease of reference we have decided to give this subject its own space to allow users to see the process over time. PLEASE NOTE - We are trying to keep this to key information please post your comments apprioprately.	15	51	Chief ... by John 03/04/2012 - 2:41pm

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Sticky: How to record your Work Capability Assessment (WCA) - Response from DWP on what you need to do.	13	2292	by John 02/11/2010 - 12:03pm	by John 30/04/2012 - 2:49pm
Sticky: Changes to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance	2	576	by John 12/03/2012 - 7:35pm	by John 28/03/2012 - 2:18pm
Sticky: Please let the HIV/AIDS sector know your experience of migration from Incapacity Benefit to Employment Support Allowance	5	1445	by John 05/07/2011 - 6:13pm	by anonymous (not verified) 23/12/2011 - 5:01pm
Sticky: DWP health and work - HCP Guidance - ESA113 Interactive (GP Medical report), Fitness for work, Health & Work Handbook	1	392	by John 25/10/2011 - 5:29pm	by anonymous (not verified) 02/11/2011 - 10:16am
Sticky: ATOS Origin - Customer Charter & What a Claimant can expect? How to complain?	0	507	by John 08/06/2011 - 3:55pm	n/a
Sticky: Training & Development Revised WCA Handbook ESA (LCW/LCWRA) Amendment Regulations 2011	0	604	by kevin 11/04/2011 - 1:38pm	n/a
Sticky: New legislative changes to activity/descriptors for WCA of ECA effictive from 28th March 2011 SI. 2011 No. 228	3	1505	by John 11/02/2011 - 7:03pm	by kevin 18/03/2011 - 4:45am
Employment & Support Allowance - time limit on payment of contributory ESA 1 year for those in the Work Related Activity Group [Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	149	32942	by John 21/10/2010 - 2:43pm	by John 1 day 17 hours ago
Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the MS Society Appointed to WCA independent review scruitiny group	0	15	by John 21/05/2012 - 8:32am	n/a
DMG 22/12 Memo - ESA: Admission to Hospital - TREATED AS HAVING LCW: HOSPITAL IN–PATIENT	0	25	by John 17/05/2012 - 12:08pm	n/a
24 April 2012 –Latest ESA assessment figures show majority fit to work	0	81	by John 25/04/2012 - 2:50pm	n/a
Travel to employment - New SSI 2012 No. 1135 Jobseekers Allowance regulations 2012	0	56	by John 25/04/2012 - 2:45pm	n/a
Amendment of linking rules in employment and support allowance - rightsnet.org.uk	0	99	by John 27/03/2012 - 12:48pm	n/a
Scrap Work Capability Assessments, say GPs (issued by BMA Scotland Thursday 22 Mar 2012)	0	101	by John 26/03/2012 - 3:59pm	n/a
Even HARSHER new ESA medical approved - Benefits & Work - 13th April 2010	17	7187	by John 13/04/2010 - 5:40pm	by John 12/03/2012 - 7:16pm
GPC seeks talks with DWP over Atos ‘fitness to work’ scheme concerns	0	233	by John 09/03/2012 - 10:47am	n/a
DMG 03/12 ESA: Activity 7 (understanding communication) - revised guidance	0	86	by John 05/03/2012 - 11:25am	n/a
Ministers admit to sickness benefits backlog	1	193	by John 08/02/2012 - 5:29pm	by John 08/02/2012 - 5:33pm
57% of people who have been through Work Capability Assessment (WCA) found fit for work between March & May 2011	5	185	by John 25/01/2012 - 1:35pm	by anonymous (not verified) 28/01/2012 - 2:03pm
Exemption from jobseeking requirements for victims of domestic violence - rightsnet.org.uk	0	167	by John 20/01/2012 - 5:04pm	n/a
Right first time? - An indicative study of the accuracy of ESA work capability assessment reports - CAB	1	172	by John 12/01/2012 - 5:44pm	by John 12/01/2012 - 5:55pm
Lone Parent Obligations: work, childcare and the JSA regime	2	213	by John 16/12/2011 - 6:01pm	by anonymous (not verified) 28/12/2011 - 1:12pm
Mandatory work activity and employment, skills and enterprise scheme - rightsnet.org.uk	0	175	by John 16/12/2011 - 4:51pm	n/a
Memo DMG 33/11 APPLYING TO THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL FOR ACCEPTANCE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL BY TELEPHONE	0	76	by John 16/12/2011 - 4:48pm	n/a
Abolition of applicable amounts for children in income support and income-based jobseeker's allowance - rightsnet.org.uk	0	102	by John 08/12/2011 - 3:10pm	n/a
Employment & Support Allowance : HIV Infection - Questions to the minister incl. Training of ATOS/DWP DM's, Numbers	0	166	by John 22/11/2011 - 2:51pm	n/a
The role of incapacity benefit reassessment in helping claimants into employment: Government Response W&P Select Committee	3	148	by John 17/11/2011 - 6:13pm	by John 21/11/2011 - 5:41pm
New benefit system dogged by 'endless appeals' - Channel 4 news	0	235	by John 21/11/2011 - 3:46pm	n/a
Work Capability Assessment (WCA) : Illnesses - Question from Caroline Lucas MP to DWP - Progressive / terminal illness and ESA50	0	140	by John 21/11/2011 - 3:30pm	n/a
WCA Improving Customer Experience, Role of Benefit Integrity Centre's & reviewing 1million claims a year - DWP Touchbase ezine	0	665	by John 07/11/2011 - 10:38am	n/a
62 per cent of completed work capability assessments find claimant ‘fit for work’ - rightsnet.org.uk	0	163	by John 27/10/2011 - 4:49pm	n/a
DWP sets out details of Jobcentre Plus Offer	0	148	by John 24/10/2011 - 11:58am	n/a
Employment and support allowance overview - Disability Alliance	2	661	by kevin 26/05/2011 - 5:36pm	by anonymous (not verified) 23/10/2011 - 8:43am
Changes to sickness benefit will be "challenging" and "difficult" for some people in Wales, the employment minister has warned.	0	128	by John 20/10/2011 - 11:36am	n/a
Judged fit to work? You could lose your benefits if you appeal - New Statesman	1	336	by John 17/10/2011 - 11:09am	by John 19/10/2011 - 2:00pm
Amendments to social security legislation Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regs 2011 (SI.No. 2425/2011)	0	396	by John 12/10/2011 - 3:05pm	n/a
Allowing claimants to sign on at their local Post Office - rightsnet.org.uk	0	375	by John 05/10/2011 - 9:39am	n/a
DWP Memo DMG 25/11 - ESA : Payment of WRAC - guidance following Upper Tribunal case CE/52/2011	0	365	by John 27/09/2011 - 6:18pm	n/a
Atos doctors could be struck off - Observer/Guardian.	3	573	by John 16/08/2011 - 6:14pm	by John 15/09/2011 - 2:47pm
No turning back on fit-to-work test - guardian.co.uk - Prof Harrington "shocked by level of tribunal appeals"	0	165	by John 09/09/2011 - 4:18pm	n/a
Government sends ‘threatening’ Access to Work letters	0	197	by John 31/08/2011 - 11:29am	n/a
459% rise in sanctions against JSA claimaints in Scotland over 2 year period - Citizens Advice Bureau report	0	150	by John 24/08/2011 - 6:02pm	n/a
Jobcentre to write to claimaints from 19th September about change to contribution based ESA	0	209	by John 16/08/2011 - 6:21pm	n/a
RR 766 Qualitative Research into enhanced Jobseeker’s Allowance provision for the 50+ - DWP Research Report	0	157	by John 12/08/2011 - 12:53pm	n/a
63% "fit for work", 27% fit for work with support, 10% in Support Group - latest DWP ESA WCA figures	0	204	by John 29/07/2011 - 8:24pm	n/a
Benefits assessment firm causing 'fear and loathing' among claimants, says MP - Work & Pensions Com. critical ATOS report due	6	611	by John 25/07/2011 - 4:11pm	by John 29/07/2011 - 8:16pm
Unsuccessful Employment and Support Allowance Claims - DWP Research Report 762	0	117	by John 29/07/2011 - 8:05pm	n/a
Jobcentres 'tricking' people out of benefits to cut costs, says whistleblower	3	569	by John 02/04/2011 - 4:30pm	by Lea Joe (not verified) 21/07/2011 - 9:50am
Lords question - what are the qualifications of staff undertaking the WCA for mental health conditions?	0	233	by John 07/07/2011 - 4:17pm	n/a
ESA - Work Capability Assessment (WCA) - PERSONALISED SUMMARY STATEMENT - DWP Memo DMG 17/11	2	682	by John 16/06/2011 - 4:06pm	by rickyleach (not verified) 22/06/2011 - 4:43pm
Changes to JSA, ESA, DLA & AA to allow for electronic processing & storage of information for claimants.	0	362	by John 20/06/2011 - 5:42pm	n/a
JSA AND EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS & ENTERPRISE SCHEME - Details on Conditionality & Sanctions - DWP Memo DMG 16/11	0	613	by John 16/06/2011 - 3:47pm	n/a
ESA – WORK-RELATED ACTIVITY - Requirement to undertake WRA - DWP Memo DMG 15/11	0	510	by John 16/06/2011 - 3:40pm	n/a
Cancer patients at risk of losing benefits, charity says - BBC	0	155	by John 14/06/2011 - 1:08pm	n/a
Employment and Support Allowance: Findings from a follow-up survey with customers - Research Report 745 DWP	0	182	by John 03/06/2011 - 7:10pm	n/a
Trial incapacity benefits reassessment: customer and staff views and experiences - Research report 741 DWP	0	408	by John 03/06/2011 - 6:41pm	n/a
The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011 Statutory Instrument 2011 no. 1349 - 1st June 2011	0	489	by John 31/05/2011 - 4:13pm	n/a
Migration to Employment and Support Allowance	3	324	by kevin 10/05/2011 - 2:58pm	by kevin 26/05/2011 - 8:58am
All overpayments of employment and support allowance, jobseeker's allowance and universal credit to be recoverable	0	398	by John 25/05/2011 - 7:11pm	n/a
80 per cent of claimants to make changes and claims for jobseeker’s allowance online by 2013	0	323	by John 25/05/2011 - 7:00pm	n/a
New ESA50 03/11 form	1	1883	by John 24/03/2011 - 8:33pm	by John 19/05/2011 - 1:51pm
Your guide to employment and support allowance - easy read version - Disability Alliance	0	485	by kevin 18/05/2011 - 5:23pm	n/a
Jobseeker's Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 - Lords debate	0	222	by kevin 12/05/2011 - 8:23am	n/a
Early Day Motions oppose ESA and DLA cuts	0	395	by kevin 06/05/2011 - 4:24pm	n/a
JSA AND MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITY SCHEME - DWP guidence Memo DMG 11/11	0	668	by John 04/05/2011 - 2:13pm	n/a
''Most people on sick benefits could work''	0	251	by kevin 29/04/2011 - 2:13pm	n/a
ESA No of Appeals and breakdown of successful and unsuccessful	1	953	by kevin 25/09/2010 - 11:37am	by charlie (not verified) 27/04/2011 - 10:37am
Cuts strand disabled people without employment support	0	210	by kevin 14/04/2011 - 6:45am	n/a
DWP issue guidance to Decision Makers - "April 2011 Miscellaneous Amendments" to welfare legislation	0	220	by John 05/04/2011 - 3:04pm	n/a
DWP issue guidance to Decision Makers on Jobseekers Allowance & work experience	0	499	by John 05/04/2011 - 2:59pm	n/a
DWP issue guidance to Decision Makers on 'limited capability for work' & 'limited capability for work related activity'	0	366	by John 05/04/2011 - 2:50pm	n/a
Revised ESA work capability assessment test	0	567	by kevin 29/03/2011 - 6:40pm	n/a
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Experience) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 SI No. 2011 279- Work Experience & sanctions	0	534	by John 22/03/2011 - 7:38pm	n/a
Time limit of 42 days for the DWP and HMRC to respond to appeals should be introduced without delay	0	404	by John 22/03/2011 - 7:33pm	n/a
Work & Pensions Select Committee announce inquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to ESA - closes 14th April 2011	0	1880	by John 17/03/2011 - 2:43pm	n/a
Employment & Support Allowance - DWP Website.	0	258	by John 17/03/2011 - 12:48am	n/a
Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee - Twenty-Third Report Drawing special attention to: Draft Code of Recommended Practice	0	163	by kevin 06/03/2011 - 4:41pm	n/a
Publication of DWP research report 634 Job Search Study: literature review and analysis of the Labour Force Survey	0	127	by kevin 04/03/2011 - 7:55am	n/a
New disability test 'is a complete mess', says expert	0	206	by kevin 23/02/2011 - 8:29pm	n/a
Government advisers deliver fierce attack on work test	0	190	by kevin 20/02/2011 - 12:05pm	n/a
Work for people who are sick or disabled	This topic has been moved to Information, News etc.
Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment Statitics	4	635	by kevin 26/10/2010 - 6:48pm	by John 11/02/2011 - 7:36pm
Why is it SO important to submit complete and thorough medical reports from your Doctors for ESA.	0	483	by John 11/02/2011 - 6:23pm	n/a
Grayling: Latest figures show the vast majority of people being found fit for work - DWP	2	273	by John 26/10/2010 - 1:26pm	by kevin 10/02/2011 - 5:05pm
New esa work capability regulations published	0	612	by kevin 10/02/2011 - 5:00pm	n/a
A guide to completeing the ESA50 for Support Workers	0	1917	by John 26/01/2011 - 3:38pm	n/a
Publication of DWP research report 719: Employment and Support Allowance: customer and staff experiences of the face-to-face Wor	0	181	by kevin 21/12/2010 - 4:29pm	n/a
CPAG - ESA (Transitional Provisions)(Existing Awards) regulations (2010) - SSAC consultation response.	1	685	by John 11/02/2010 - 11:01am	by kevin 06/12/2010 - 11:39am
Fair Welfare campaign by CAB	0	166	by kevin 01/12/2010 - 1:30pm	n/a
PUBLIC CONSULTATION: The Jobseeker's Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity) Regulations 2011 - DWP/SSEC Closes 20th Dec 2010	0	362	by John 26/11/2010 - 5:45pm	n/a
Atos Origin awarded £300 million three year contract extension by DWP - rightsnet.org.uk	0	624	by John 26/11/2010 - 5:11pm	n/a
DWP Consultation - The Work Capability Assessment - A Call for Evidence closes 10th September 2010	This topic has been moved to WCA - Professor Harrington Yearly reviews starting 2010
Employment and Support Allowance: findings from a face-to-face survey of customers - Report 707 DWP	0	206	by John 12/11/2010 - 6:53pm	n/a
Atos Healthcare Evidence Based Protocols for the Disability Analyst - a freedom of information request	1	625	by kevin 25/09/2010 - 11:28am	by kevin 26/10/2010 - 3:19pm
ESA accounts for more than half of all benefit appeals awaiting Tribunal - to 14th June 2010	0	554	by John 15/10/2010 - 3:59pm	n/a
Changes to Contributions criteria for Jobseekers and Employment and Support Allowances - Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 2377c.116	1	1347	by John 04/10/2010 - 2:52pm	by John 13/10/2010 - 2:47pm
DWP may allow recording of ESA Medical Assessments (Climb down?) - copy of email from benefitsandwork	0	1042	by John 06/10/2010 - 5:26pm	n/a
ESA - Employment and support allowance 2011	0	1017	by kevin 05/10/2010 - 1:22pm	n/a
128 per cent increase in ESA appeals for first quarter of 2010/2011	0	621	by John 04/10/2010 - 2:55pm	n/a
ESA Appeals in England - a freedom of information request to the Tribunal Service	0	686	by kevin 25/09/2010 - 11:45am	n/a