ESA assessment

I am looking for anyone that had an esa assesment at Colchester on 22nd May 2017, I was there with my son, there were 4 other people in the waiting room.

Hi,

May i ask the reason why you're asking this? I wasn't there i'm afraid. You maybe looking for a needle in a hay stack though, sadly.

As i dont think there could be hundreds that had an assessment on that day i dont agree, what does i matter what the reason is if you were not there. Sorry if this sounds rude, but dont see the conection to my question.

Well i was just trying help. Sorry if i sounded rude but i won't ask again. Good luck in finding what you want.

I did not say you sounded rude, i said sorry if i sound rude, but saying why do you you want to know, and you wont find anyone anyway, is not being helpfull, yes that also sounds rude, i would not be asking if it was not inportant to me, the reason, and question, is for the people in the waiting room.

Like i said i was TRYING to help! I also said SORRY if i was being rude! First you say i wasn't being rude then you say i was. Seriously, i try to help people then get it thrown back in my face! This is an internet forum and you will get people asking the reason why you're asking this....

Hi Joan, No I wasn't there, and I agree with Denise that your chance of finding someone this way seems a bit remote, good luck, but if you explained what it was about other people might be able to help you!

Hello Joan,

I do think that Denise had a point asking for the reason why you were looking for someone from that assessment.  I wasn't there, but to be honest, if I had been I probably wouldn't admit to it unless I knew the reason you were asking.

Thank you Newbury! I didn't actually say she wouldn't find anyone, like she stated. I said it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. There's most likely 1000's or even millions of people claiming ESA and to find 4 people well it seems like it's an imposible task.

Thanks sukes for your support! I geniunely wasn't being rude. xx

I know weren't, you are always genuinely trying to help people.  

I meant to say I know you weren't, I really wish we could edit things 

I totally agree, it's very frustrating!

Oh my god, i did not say anyone was being rude exept me. I have a trust insue, I dont want to tell everyone and enyone that was not there, i want the people that was there on the 22nd July 2017 about 9 oclock am, it is not anything bad, i want to ask a question that only they could answer.

I think it's a needle in a haystack job to be honest, but I hope you get lucky and find them.  Having said that, I stick to what I said before that  if I had been there, I probably wouldn't admit to it unless I knew the reason you were asking.  

I agree with you sukes, i wouldn't admit to being there either unless i knew the reasons why. Joan i know you said you have trust issues but with an internet forum no one is going to actually know who you are. Did you or your son get found fit for work because of something that happened in the waiting room? I know they watch you from the minute you arrive at these assessments.

Hi Joan, one of the main problems you will encounter is that this forum will consist of maybe 5% of people claiming ESA, so that basically leaves the 95% left who don't come on the forum so your four people in the waiting room that day if they had no problems with there claim would consider coming on a forum that caters for people struggling to sort out there claim, as Denise said asking why is a normal practice on hear and could get you help that you didn't realise was available, also yoy have to remember that if one of them were on here and you didn't disclose the reason you are looking to contact them they could imagine you were doing it to stalk them, I'm not saying you are, but you admit yourself you have trust issues, would you openly say you were and let a stranger contact you.

I would because they do not know me, i have no idea of there names or where they live, and i would  not ask them. Just as jou have answered me, i do not know you.change of descution.

How do you go about having you assessment recorded.

You need to ring the assessment providers to arrange for this to be done. If you want to record it, you have to ask permission. You need to make 2 recordings, 1 for yourself and one for them which you must hand in straighter after the assessment. You must use the appropriate recording equipment phones are not acceptable. If you don't ring and ask for permission and just record it you risk having your assessment stopped immediately and your file returned to DWP with a possible refusal for benefits.

Ok, so you phone ask for it to be recorded, they say yes that is fine, it will be recorded. Do you then have to write to them?, or get a letter confurming you want it recorded?, do you have to phone the assessment centre that you have been assined to, to tell them you want it recorded, and when you get there, do you have to ask again in writting or verbaly to have it recorded before the assessment starts. sorry about spelling, dislexic.