Positive Experiences of P.I.P. Assessment

[BigFishy]

Please, please share your positive experiences of P.I.P. assessments. I don't need an negative ones right now.

Have got my assessment coming up soon, and am so worried about it. I feel so frightened. I badly need reassurance.

TIA

Hello I had a positive assessment. The person who assessed me was a MH professional and he listened to everything I said. I was award High Care and Standard mobility for three years.

The only downside to the assessment was the fire alarm going off and having to evacuate the building.

Hi,

I've always had good experiences with DWP tbh. My last face to face went really well, I needed one at home and requested a woman, so she turned up and came in. We sat down, and basically went through the form again gaining more information with me expanding on things. It's fine to be nervous. Just be factual, when they ask if you can do something just explain, no I can't do that because of my [add condition]. Will you have someone with you?

Do you have much professional support and evidence?

I recently received a form from pip asking if things Had changed, I filled out the form of a few things that had got worse, and she phoned me, we talked about them, then I received a letter saying she was extending my pip to another 3 years.

They are just normal people, if you go with the attitude of having to fight them then there's already tension. If you're polite, and want to work with them then hopefully it will go well. Obviously there's some bad apples. But if you have evidence and you're being honest it should go well.

Good luck

I was on DLA lifetime high mobility and medium care. Got the dreaded transfer to PIP letter. Filled out form and sent a few doctors letters. I asked for a home visit.
Had assessment at home and she was very fair. We spent ages going through everything. Received Pip for ten years and both care and mobility enhanced so more than DLA

Thanks, everyone.

I have cerebral palsy. I was on DLA lifetime high mobility and medium care, same as you clairethewitch. It's a home visit, and dh will be with me.

Glad you had positive experiences. I hope I have one as well. Thanks so much for answering my thread.

Always remember you are much moreblikely to see online negative rather than positive experiences.

There are lots of people who have a positive experience that you never hear about.

Are you recording it?

No, I wasn't planning to record it.

I have epilepsy and filled my form in focusing on my care needs eg DH has to sit with me whilst I have a bath in case of a seizure. Anyway, I got the grand total of 4 points. Weirdly, I got higher rate mobility 🤷‍♀️ I hadn’t even written much about that. Very strange how it works. I just made sure to say ‘on a good day xxxx on a bad day xxxx’ Helped to highlight the difference.

My BIL went for one recently accompanied by MIL. He has severe ADHD, dyslexia and another 'moderate learning difficulty'.
MIL said the women was very nice and suggested that MIL also look into an autism diagnoses for BIL as she could see some traits (they're all medical professionals afaik)

Good luck

I just made sure to say ‘on a good day xxxx on a bad day xxxx’ Helped to highlight the difference.

Actually I'd only give answers based on a bad day.

Thanks everyone

Yeah I'd focus just on the bad days hope it goes well

I had a positive experience, it was quite distressing to talk about the negatives of how my conditions effect me but she was very nice and listened to me.

Can I ask how do you even go about getting assessed. I can't work due to sciatica and depression. My life just consists of making it from morning to night with as little pain as possible. I haven't started the ball rolling as I'm frightened. Not of them saying no but having to speak to anyone about myself. What do I do first please? (I'm pathetic. I'm jumpy just writing this)

Hello OP, I had a positive assessment.

My examiner was extremely knowledgable about my conditions, even gave me suggestions for things to maybe try and make my life easier (O/T type things, different kettle, pans etc). She wouldn’t let me do the physical part of my assessment as she knew I couldn’t do it and it would have left me in agony for days if I’d tried it).

She really was lovely, as was the lady who did my ESA assessment, she behaved in a similar manner to my PIP assessor. She even made DH go out and get the car from the NCP where we’d parked and brought it round to the staff car park at the back of the centre so so wouldn’t have to hobble!

I’m sure there are baddies out there but there are also good ones too

Baron google pip and you’ll have to phone and ask for a pack. It’s not a work related benefit though.

Thanks lets get.

You can request to record it
You need to provide your equipment
That way if you go to tribunal there’s an accurate record of everything you’ve said
It lets them know that you would be determined to take it to tribunal if not happy with the result and it puts the brake on any assessor who unrecorded might try to be rude or unhelpful
Two cassette recorders and tapes are about £50 or less

Oh get help to fill the form in
It’s not about your condition but how your condition affects daily life.
Needs assistance with..is a good phrase
As in needs assistance with putting shoes on as can’t reach feet
Need assistance with Washing hair as I can’t get hands over head because of arthritic pain
Break down every little task
Cab can fill in forms. Dial. Welfare agencies. Charities for specific conditions l our mind fill them in.
You get points for different aids
You get three points if you have can’t get into bath without assistance either another person or bath lift
If you can’t lift a kettle a mini boiler would be classed as an aid

No advice but good luck!

My mum got pip after being really worried about it. She went through how having autism affects every part of her day. Good luck.

Baron you aren't pathetic. If you've never dealt with this before then I can see how it might worry you. Start the ball rolling. What's the worst that could happen? If they say no then you carry on coping as you have been doing. Ive read your previous posts and think you deserve to be kinder to yourself. Good luck

Thank you Red I don't know what to say. How very very kind of you.

I had a really positive one.

The nurse who was doing it had had to give up nursing due to back problems, but had been moved to a lighter ward initially, in the hope of carrying on. She asked me when my anxiety and depression had started and I told her it was when I was bullied as a student nurse, turns out the same ward she had been moved to and she had had a similar experience.

She also had similar back problems to me.

She was genuinely lovely and kept reminding me to describe my worst day.....

Good luck, OP!

I was on lifetime higher rate mobility and low rate care on dla. I knew my condition had worsened but because of the fight I had to get dla in the first place, and all the worrying stories about pip, I didn't apply to be reassessed.

My pip assessment was actually fine: my assessor was an ex physio and explained everything clearly. He examined me the same was as my neurologist does, so obviously knew what he was doing. I was awarded higher rate mobility and higher rate care, so more money, which is obviously nice.

My sister also has cp. I went to the assessment with her, the assessor was very sympathetic and my sisters award was very fair. On the whole it was a good experience, we had a lovely lunch after. Good luck op