DLA is paid for Jack so it shouldnt affect any other benefits and will actually increase some like child tax credits if they get high rates. if the paed is being unhelpful can you ask your gp to do a report as he will have copies of all the details of your appointments or a social worker any professional should be able to write a supporting report especially as its taken this long and you are losing money from tax credits while this is going on as they probably wont be able to back date that. they will have to backdate the dla though as you sent it in within the 4 weeks of stamped date and its them that are not rushing it through
corinne

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thanks corrine
they wrote to the gp at the start and so far so many times they have given DLA a day they will fax report then havent i asked today an they said they are sorting it
jack only got see pead few weeks ago so i thought i might be able to photo copy report along with salt report in hope of speeding it along a little, hopefully they will arrive here by friday as she was typing it yesterday
Gp i havent a clue when they will finally send one

im not so worried about the money it would be handy tho as jack has broken his bed an ripped matress up oh an now have whole middle floor needing new carpet due to him peeing on it

you might have better luck with the receptionists than the actual doctor (true at mine anyhow hehe)get chatting with them when you go and they can be lovely
i gave up on carpets while matt was peeing everywhere and had laminate and put rugs over to keep warmth, easier to replace/clean but it should be a nice lump sum when it comes a bit like u have been saving for a while hehehe

il give that a try there is one receptionist who is lovely, the other 2 are so grumpy even asking for appoinment is hard work

a lump sum would be lovely really dont want to spend a fortune here as a town house just not suitable with jack, will just replace carpet so next tenant dont have to an hopefully swap to a nice house

before you put new carpets down for new tenants speak to your council, it might be different at your council but when my friend moved out of council house after not long having new carpets put in she had to have an inspection because they take all carpets out and charge you for doing it as its up to the new tenants to put carpets in (you can get a grant for that and decoration), if you do have to leave carpets go to one of these places that will fit a house for under £200 you wont care about the colour of them