Hi
Does anyone know if I would be entitled to pip even though I work 30 hours a week and have MS.
Thanks
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PIP is for the needs that you may have dealing with MS - nothing to do with work at all - ask your local benefits advisor & it’s how you feel on your worse days - go for it
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Yes you are.
“You can get PIP even if you’re working, have savings or are getting most other benefits.”
Personal Independence Payment (PIP): What PIP is for - GOV.UK
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Yes you are entitled to PIP, even though you work, it’s not means tested.
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As per @whammel, to the letter PIP isn’t means tested, but you do have to be impaired enough to be going through hardship. PIP is awarded on operational difficulties rather than a label or diagnosis.
I have no idea what kind of work you do but if you are capable enough to do 30hrs/wk, you may be too healthy for PIP currently. Also, it’s quite hard to qualify if you have RRMS because contrary to @Redman they tend to judge you on best case (remitting) rather than worst (relapsing). MS is hard to pigeonhole and unfairly or otherwise, if you get one bad day a year, they can’t assess you on that. Any award would depend heavily on the reports they get back from your MS Team and GP.
Just apply, be honest with how ms is effecting you day to day.
I was diagnosed in December 2023 with RRMS, but because my first neurologist said he wouldn’t recommend treatment with a DMT I had 4 relapses from December till August have been left with foot drop, have to use a walking stick, self catheterise 3 times daily, Trigeminal neuralgia and have lost feeling in parts of my head/ face and mouth burns constantly. I applied for pip, had my telephone consultation I was awarded the lower rate and she said it wasn’t unreasonable that I could walk the distance. I currently am only able to work one day a week. Due to the constant fatigue, and I’m unable to cope with the cold weather, or really hot temperatures.
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Hey, sorry to hear all what’s been happening to you, and that you can only work one day a week, due to constant fatigue, I am actually so tired, today was hard to get through, I work 6 hours a day on my feet, and on really bad days I can be in so much pain but I carry on as I have rent and bills to pay and working helps me mentally. The reason why I put it through to the forum about pip as a woman in my work does 32 hours a week and she has a illness and gets pip, and she asked if I got it. I doubt I will apply for it, as it seems to be a hassle. But thank you for your advice.
I really hope you feel better soon 
LG
Nothing ventured nothing gained! You can go to the CAB and they can help you fill it in. Don’t be put off because it’s a hassle , there is help out there . Thank you, just had a review with the ms nurses and my blood tests results were good which mean kesimpta is doing a good job.
Hey that is really good news, I am sure you are relieved. I have a review next week, I presume it will be about my MRI scan and probably to start meds, I have no idea, it’s all fairly new to me, but that’s amazing news for you, and may it continue
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Thank you so much. Hopefully you’ll hear about starting your DMT soon,
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Hi sorry I don’t agree with @GCCK , I knew a lady who worked full time and got PIP, she didn’t have MS, can’t remember her condition, but she got both components, in fact it was her who told me about it when I volunteered at my local hospice.
Jean
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Hi, I actually know people who get pip and they work, actually I know a woman who works as a health care assistant in the hospital and she has MS, I am going to talk to my MS doctor next week at my review, I hope you are keeping well.
LG
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Just to add my thoughts. Yeah, I think I would try / make an application. Nothing ventured nothing gained etc.
I’ve never applied - my pension is pretty good and I’m not sure but I think older folk have to go down a different route.
I get the impression from previous posts on the forum that you do have to be honest with yourself when answering questions I.e don’t be tempted to think ‘well it’s only occasionally that I can’t do that so I will say no I don’t have problems’.
As mentioned by @animali , do talk with Citizens Advice and also the MS Society Help line and their benefits advice service (they will be very familiar with the process of applying for PIP and as they say on the Helpline page ‘navigating the benefits system can be a challenge’)
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So @Hank Dogs, I think when you get to pension age and you haven’t got PIP, you have to apply for Attendance allowance, I’m not sure who qualifies for this, you’d have to check, so might be worth a look.
Jean x
Yes that’s correct greenhouse, attendance allowance use to be different stages depending on how much your illness affected you. The paperwork is worse than pip, but you can get help from cab, and when we got help for my mum someone came to her doctors to help fill in the paperwork from an organisation in Lowestoft.
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Hey Hank, thank you for your advice, I don’t think I will apply for it, I don’t get any benefits, I just work, I hope you are keeping well.
LG