PIP Process

Everyday living
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BRILLIANT NEWS!

Merry Christmas!

Fay

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This may be due to this report:

'Thousands of disability benefit assessments deemed ‘unacceptable’ by the Government’s own quality audits

New government figures reveal private contractors Atos and Capita are failing to meet required performance targets.’

http://www.welfareweekly.com/thousands-of-disability-benefit-assessments-deemed-unacceptable-by-the-governments-own-quality-audits/

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I have just been assessed for PIP. they came to my house which was weird and I felt a little intimidated. I had no medical evidence and he said that it looks like I will be awarded the basic daily living but no mobility. this is going from the higher rate of both with DLA. The thing is, I did the assessment twice on two separate websites and both times it said I would get the higher rate of daily living and the lower rate of mobility. Do I get the supporting evidence first before they make their decision, or wait until they have made their decision then contest it with the medical evidence. I don’t know which option is the best one to do. The assessor kept saying that the MS assessments are the ones he dreads! charming! Please help guys xxx

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PIP is an NHS paper trail:

Yes, send medical evidence now. You should have sent it with the PIP form to stop the assessor coming to see you.

Send a GP’s letter on what you can and can’t do.

Letters - statements from carers on how they help you with washing, cooking, dressing, driving you etc.,.

A Care Plan from your GP or MS Nurse or Adult Social Care OT, physio or social worker.

Reports from NHS Wheelchair Services - plus ramp and rail details.

So yes - they expect to see all these mobility and social care reports, otherwise they make their own assessment of you

which might be wrong.

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Thank you so much for your reply…that realy helps.

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Everyone gets stressed about the length of times you have to wait for decisions i had my face to face assessment on February 21st I received a letter on March 14th saying that they now had a;; the information but waiting to hear about a decision is really making me feel ill I HAVE HAD ms NOW FOR OVER 40 years and have officially retired I have used a wheelchair for many years Will they ever give me an answer Dodi

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My PIP process took 12 weeks.