P.I.P Application & "Face to Face Assessment": Information to Assist our Fellow Cmt Sufferer's !

[John1945]

HISTORY: "Isn't' Hindsight" is a wonderful thing" ?

Incredibly it was the Labour Party (Tony Blair + Gordon Brown) who started this most deliberate, 'Pre-planned', and cynical attack on the UK's disabled citizens: When the Tories where elected they could not believe their luck, up stepped Ian Duncan Smith saying "not a problem" we will insist on a 20% reduction on Disability Living Allowance DLA, either by "hook or crook": No excuses, a minimum reduction 20% is our intention: They then paid a French Company £13 million a year to manage this on behalf of our Department of War and Pensions (DWP): This organisation then carried out some of the most "cunning & underhand" tactics all in the name of our UK Government: In certain locations they installed undercover CCTV cameras to record UK claimants walking from the car park into main entrance door(s) of their chosen location:

Ah ! So let us now eradicate DLA for ever, and we will introduce a new state benefit called Personal Independent Plan (PIP): However, we must also make it so difficult for an claimant who gives "honest" answers to qualify for PIP Benefit:

So the new PIP application form was most "sneakily" laid out: It comes with all it's pages bound together, why ? So that if you decide to change your answer by 'scribbling' it out, they then know that you have changed your mind: >THE FORM COMES WITH A "STERN" WARNING, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO RETURN IT: >YOU MUST ALSO ENCLOSE ALL LETTER FROM CONSULTANTS/DOCTORS ETC: >DWP KNOW 30 DAYS IN FAR TOO SHORT A TIME TO COLLECT SUPPORT LETTERS: >DO NOT FILL IN THE PIP FORM UNAIDED ! SEEK AID FROM CITIZENS ADVICE, OR YOUR COUNCILS WELFARE AND BENEFITS OFFICERS:

IMPORTANT INFO: NEW TACTIC PHONE YOU< AND TELL YOU YOU WILL HAVE A "FACE-TO-FACE" AT YOUR HOME IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS ?

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ACCEPT THIS "MOST-SPEEDY-TACTIC" INSIST ON MORE TIME TO GET READY A LOCAL OFFICE SUITABLE TO YOU: ARRIVE WITH A COMPANION DO NOT MAKE IT LOOK EASY< AND BRING YOU STICK/CRUTCH?WHEELCHAIR ETC, AND ACT "THE-DAFT-MAN": SORRY HONESTY GETS YOU NIL?NOUT:

>"NOTE-CAREFULLY" ! WHEN DWP DECISION LETTER ARRIVES, IF NOT SUCCESSFUL GET CAB, OR COUNCIL'S WELFARE & BENEFITS OFFICER TO TO REQUEST A MANDATORY REVIEW, ie DWP TO "LOOK AGAIN AT THEIR DECISION ? ": THIS LETTER MUST ASK THE DWP TO LOOK AT ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES: NOT JUST A SINGLE ONE:

NOTE: PAGE 4/7, DWP DECISIONS FOLLOWING "FACE TO FACE ASSESSMENT"

*PROBLEMS COOKING MEAL ? YES FINGERS POWER WEAK, BUT BOTH ARMS POWER WERE NORMAL ?

*YOU REPORTED THAT YOU DRIVE A MANUAL CAR, TO WORK AND BACK:

*DWP QUOTE ? THE ACTIVITY OF DRIVING A MANUAL CAR IS IN ITSELF A MULTITASKING ACTIVITY REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN TERMS OF GRIP, POWER AND UPPER AND LOWER JOINT MOVEMENTS: (Heaven help us all)? ?

* YOU WERE SEEN TO LIFT YOUR PURSE AND RETRIEVE YOUR DRIVING LICENCE FROM A SMALL COMPARTMENT ?:

Well all claiment's the Dwp and its appointed face--face re-assessment team are clearly using the book of "sneaky tricks" to disqualify you from getting PIP, and especially on your mobility issues, in which you will lose your Motability vehicle?

[Glantz]

Having now experienced Atos, Capita, and Maximus first hand it is advisable to push for a paper based assessment (to side step a face-to-face entirely) on the grounds that you have presented more than adequate supporting evidence and your symptoms are consummate with a CMT diagnosis.