I’m a PIP assessor - is there anything I can help you with?

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Please let me know if I can help

I'm exactly the reason oh OK then. And I'd say I had more of the take of the people I know than you and yes they do play the system, obviously the people that don't have invisible disabilities that make then eligible. But when I physically can't move because my joints have seized up that much and when I've been stuck on painkillers for years I guess you know I get frustrated at being a previously active person who now wets herself on a regular basis in her 40s because I cannot physically move , but it must be great judging people just by what you read lol

Oh and yes they do get full whack due to being too anxious to leave their house but go to the pub it's called playing the system, and as someone who has always worked its frustrating

the ole 'I'm too anxious to plan and journey or leave the house' golden ticket.

I can walk with a walking stick and insoles in my shoes but I have regular falls. I also have pain a fatigue so can do things like making a meal some days but not others. How will this be seen by PIP could I claim if I had supporting evidence.

@MyRedBear claimants who cannot undertake any journey because it would cause overwhelming psychological distress score 10 points, therefore get standard rate mobility not enhanced. Unless, of course, they score points on the moving around activity as well.

@Rh0dedenr0n by all means apply and describe a worst day, but you must say how often a worst day is. You must not portray that every day is/most days are a worst day if that is not the case.

All of that should give some points (and hopefully enough to get PIP).
As explained you need to be able to do things safely, repeadily, reliably, in a timely manner and at an acceptable standard.

If you have regular falls + pain, you’re not walking safely.
Your best bet here is a record of times when you’ve fallen and someone saw it, you had to go to A&E, see your GP due to bruising etc…
If you had the chance to see an OT, have their report
or contact social services, they can make an assessment in your house (you tell them what your issues are) and they can provide aids (eg handle bars to get in the house, perching stool etc etc….)
Same with using a walking stick.

Youll have your prescription from your GP, reviews with them showing painkillers you’re taking aren’t doing much or that some of the ones they suggested you can’t take.

Also anyth7ng from work that shows adaptations they’ve made for you, however little.

The best is to look at this website. You need to pay for the guides but Theyre a gold mine
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
Also this FB page is full of reliable information
https://www.facebook.com/groups/278260135547189

Fir a first application, I’d start by looking at all the info, gathering as much as you can, look at stuff you’ve never asked for (because you didn’t know it existed or thought you could do without) etc…
and then start the claim.

Also remember, PIP isn’t an out of work benefit. You can get PIP even if you’re working full time

If you do nothing, nothing changes. Apply, and see what happens.

by all means apply and describe a worst day, but you must say how often a worst day is. You must not portray that every day is/most days are a worst day if that is not the case.

That’s totally true.
Butbthere is a good reason why people say that. It’s because it’s extremely hard to accept how limited you are. Most people describe a normal day when thry think they’re describing their worst. It’s just thinking about the worst day actually highlights all the adaptations they’ve made.

Nonsense. If it was a case of just doing that, then why are most people who apply not just parroting that phrase? Job done, money in the bank. Why aren't you? There has to be medical evidence that supports what a claimant is saying, in their forms.

Thank you so much. This is really helpful. I think I have underplayed my disability to myself but I am getting more help now. I will try and get an OT assessment because that might make a difference.

@LionME that isn’t just why people say it. Some say it because it is a myth perpetuated about how the forms should be completed.

Yes
But my point was, it’s likely to reflect what’s happening on a daily basis. Not the really properly bad days.

@LionME that isn’t the case all the time. Some people describe the worst days when those days they describe aren’t most days.

Is it often you grant enhanced mobility and living ? I just heard today I have been awarded both 🥹

Fraud is less than 0.04%. Your statement suggests that you know more than one person playing a system that is incredibly hard to play. These people have to provide a great deal of medical evidence, usually not just from the GP. Anecdata isn’t data.
I volunteer as a helper for people filling in PiP forms.
As for being disabled, I’m sorry, it’s fucking hard, I know. Up until a few years ago, I could walk. I have a stoma, I have psoriatic arthritis and Ehlers Danlos. I feel for you and if you need help with forms, feel free to message me.

🎉🎉🎉
Thats excellent news @cultkid
Im really happy for you.
Hopefully this will help you make your life easier/more comfortable.

I got a text on Friday and called them today
I wept when I found out
I can spend some money on private medical care that really helps my life
🥹🥹

My son has autism plus other related conditions- dyslexia, discalculia, dyspraxia and OCD. He’s 33 and received DLA all his life until he transferred to PIP. He was awarded zero points initially, but at 2nd appeal awarded middle rate care and lower rate mobility for 5 years. He’s now just been reviewed and awarded the same but for 10 years. I’m pleasantly surprised but is this longer award due to high levels of work at DWP or have they accepted his disability is lifelong and unlikely to improve significantly over the years?

With all these reforms that DWP are bringing in, I wanted to understand with the govt wanting disabled people to get back into the workplace how does that affect someone who has been medically retired is now in receipt of their workplace pension and receives full pip.

Is that person going to be expected to get into work or will the PIP Reform not affect them because they are medically retired??

Thanks for any light you can shed on this.

Fraud is less than 0.04%

This is frequently quoted but I always wonder where it comes from / what it means? Is it from a sample that were checked hard? Does it include people who simply lie / vastly exaggerate to HCPs and assessors? How do they know?

You can claim pip and work

government figures

I think you haven’t read my post properly.

I am Medically Retired because I cannot work anymore!

That’s why I now receive my workplace pension & pip.

How long after getting a letter stating they have everything they need for my sons pip will I know the outcome, i had the letter at the beginning of Feb!

Thankyou 🌻

I have read your post properly. As pip has nothing to do with work, they can't force you back into work if they strip you of your pip

I suspect it's the media as usual mixing things up