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Date: 05.02.2012
From: Macca

Subject: Disabled persons travel pass in the Mersey region

Hi all, i've recently helped my wife to apply for a Merseytravel Disabled Persons Travel Pass. She did have one of these when she first had a hip replacement due to OA, so around 1997/98. When that expired however she applied to have it renewed and was unsuccessful, she applied again some time later, but yet again was unsuccessful. Finding the experience quite degrading she gave up at at that time.

Spurred on by getting an ESA kick in the teeth recently, and having to deal with all the nonesense that brings, I encouraged her to try for the travel pass again, i.e. 'don't let the system grind you down'. She saw that the application form had changed significantly since the last time she applied and this current application form has a section that is completed by her GP, where he effectively certifies that her claims of disability are medically diagnosed.

Interestingly the application form encourages the applicant to evidence that they are in receipt of the Higher Rate Mobility Component of DLA, which she curently is, as they suggest this 'may' have an impact on their decision. They also ask if she has a Merseytunnels concessionary fast tag, which again she does. Doing some reading on the subject it would also appear that posessing a blue parking badge can also have a positive effect on the decision.

As is usual with things like this you take nothing for granted but the process does seem much more common sense these days. Her application is in and it can take upto 6 weeks now for an outcome so we wait.

I just thought I'd throw this out there and see of there are any mersey based forum members that have been through this application, and if so was were your circumstances/outcome

Cheers,
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