Pip assessment help scared

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My Pip renewal is due November 2026. It says on my letter after November 2025 they will get in contact. When can I expect to recieve the forms?

I don’t feel I have much more evidence except I’m now awarded LCWRA, I have had a knee surgery with a potential of another needed as I have ongoing issues from it and I feel my mobility is worse because of it. Do I resend all my old evidence and all my new doctors records? I am also being tested for sleep apnea alongside my diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. My medications have changed and actually increased. Would sending my cleaner and gardeners invoices help to show I cannot do these things myself? Also copies of my bank showing me paying people to do my food shopping?

I am stressing as cannot afford to lose my HRC and LRM.

I would recommend having a look at two sites:

Benefits and Work
Fightback4justice

Both are non profit groups who give excellent up to date advice on Pip assessments and renewals. You can look at a lot of their stuff for free or for a small fee get access to their very extensive guides to completion and get specific personal advice. Benefits and Work has a free discussion forum too. Fightback has a legal team and can even complete your forms with/for you or actually represent you at a tribunal if that was ever needed.

I believe the Pip renewal form has changed recently but the last time I had to do one I would say the more evidence and detail you can give the better.

If you qualified before and are now even more disabled why wouldn’t you qualify again?

Send your new letters. Not your invoices. You can state those needs on the renewal form.

I was terrified when I had my renewal assessment in September last year, a year after the forms arrived. Just be honest. If things are worse then state them factually. My claim was renewed.

@Ohthatsabitshitread too many people who were awarded high before have had claims stopped at renewal. Just worries me

I had my review last year. Letter came around ten months before my claim was to end. My condition had worsened slightly. So I listed all new medication. Sent in any new consultant letters and my occupational therapy report. I received a text saying my review was complete six months later. They had assessed me based on my paper evidence. My award stayed the same but for a longer period of time. Try not to stress too much. I found scope were great for advice and support.

@bloomchampthank you. Yes my knee is no better after the operation, mediation is worse, I have also now been seen by OT who have given me house aids and the council have put me on the wait list for a bungalow rather than my house

There’s always a chance that a claim won’t be renewed, but it doesn’t sound very likely that would happen to you if your needs are actually higher than they were. Nothing in life is sure but I don’t think you should worry about something that is unlikely and you can do nothing about.

You should receive the forms in the next few months.

Send your up to date evidence. If you don’t have up to date evidence to support any of your points, send the older evidence relating to that. I wouldn’t send the cleaner and gardening invoices or bank statements.

If you qualified before and are now even more disabled why wouldn’t you qualify again?

Some people have their award reduced/denied at review despite still meeting the eligibility criteria and despite their condition worsening. Not most, but some. It is why some have to go down the MR/appeal route and are successful.

That’s all evidence to send in with your review x