Help with letter to GP & Psychologist please

[flutterby butterfly]

I want to write a letter to my GP, as I recently applied for DLA, got rejected & realised that actually my GP knows nothing about me or what’s wrong (mentally). I also really need them to understand the severity of the pain that I’m in & of my physical conditions. Can anyone help? I have no idea how to write it and I don’t want to sound like I'm attacking them, I'm just desperate to be heard & understood.

I also want to say to my psychologist that I don’t agree with what he wrote on my DLA forms & that he answered questions I don’t feel he is fit to answer e.g. about self-neglect etc. as he is not in my life on a daily basis.

Would really appreciate some advice

[tiptoes]

Firstly, I'd write a list of areas you want to talk about in the letter and possibly in what order you want to put them.

I would then start the letter about the situation which has lead to you to be writing to her/him. Something like, "I am writing to you following being rejected for DLA. I am trying to understand the reasons behind the rejection and whether I should appeal the decision." Then move into the points you want to make.

Best of luck

[~Grace~]

Can I ask why your doctor and psychologist were involved in completing your form? I completed mine with the help of my cpn and then normally the DLA get intouch with your doctor if they need more information.

I really hope your appeal goes through and its successful and that you doc and psychologist listen to you and are helpful xx

[startingagain]

I'd write notes and talk to them personally. I assume that you see the psychologist on a private basis as if your GP had refered you then they would know that you were having difficulties?