Had my assessment at the end of January (video call) & a payment from PIP has gone into my bank today to clear tomorrow 👍🏻 I have no idea atm what my weekly amount will be or if it’s for the daily living/mobility part, I’ll have to wait for the paperwork to come through, anyone know how long this is likely to take?
I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I would say to anybody out there thinking of applying for it, do it!
Just my ESA assessment to do now which is booked for this Thursday (face 2 face… nervous) and after that I’m done with these assessments for a while 😊
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Hi...I applied online 16th Nov and had telephone assessment 29th Jan (after original date cancelled by them), got a text 7th Feb saying I'd been awarded PIP but a letter to follow explaining award. Money in on Monday 12th but still awaiting letter....Good luck xx
That's great news. I first applied back in May last year and am still waiting for a tribunal date. My area seems terrible for PIP application, I'm so down with it all. I'm down to 4 days a week at work and they're not supportive and believe this is all made up and struggling with PIP. So glad you got yours.
Oh Marieg1270 that’s so sad to read that your work are unsupportive… that's the last thing you need when dealing with so much already! PIP is definitely in a league of its own, the whole process is so mentally exhausting and very slow in dealing with claims, I hope you get a date very soon 🤞🏻 because having this constantly on your mind will be doing your health no favours what so ever. Sending gentle hugs tc
can I ask how did you deal with the claim because you work? I am currently working full time and it’s killing me, am going to apply for pip and hopefully can cut my hours if I get it
Hi, it isn't based on if you work. I know people that are working and receiving PIP. Like yourself I'm really struggling and have had to drop to 4 days. I don't think I did mine right but base everything on your worst day.
hi 👋 Thats great news! Congratulations 🥂 I got a letter with the award details a day or two after money arrived in my bank. You should hear soon. Good luck with the ESA 🤞 x
Hi...I applied online 16th Nov and had telephone assessment 29th Jan (after original date cancelled by them), got a text 7th Feb saying I'd been awarded PIP but a letter to follow explaining award. Money in on Monday 12th but still awaiting letter....Good luck xx
👋🏻 Just a quick post… so as I put yesterday PIP done just had my ESA assessment to do! This has been done today & have to say that was a doddle compared to the PIP assessment 😊 so to any of you out there that have this one to do, don’t be afraid just be yourself & say it how it is 👍🏻
Hi summertimeshine, just wondering are you working and applied for ESA. I'm thinking of leaving my job due to cfs and fibro which I get pip for standard daily living. What sort of questions do they ask on your esa assessment.? X
Hello 👋🏻 sorry for the late reply had a funeral yesterday 🥲 and along with the assessments I was totally wiped out!
I claimed ESA back in October when my SSP finished from my employment (as 6 months had gone by) they checked if I had paid enough NI contributions to see if I was eligible and I had so I was put straight onto the assessment rate and told I would have an assessment to see what group I would be put in! On the 31st January my employment was terminated on the grounds of ill health so I have informed ESA of this and I just need to send my P45 when I receive it.
The form is very similar to PIP just not as many pages! On the assessment day itself I had a lovely lady who only wanted to talk about my fibromyalgia in depth as she said this is the one the decision maker will not really know/understand (I have 4 long life conditions) we only talked very briefly about my other conditions & all in all it took about an hour. She thinks I should get my letter in around 2-4 weeks time.
When mine plopped on the doormat, I was worried they would take my enhanced mobility off me, (kind of get used to having it) Hubby opened it for me, The relief was.... Well relived! That 1 was in 2021 and expires in 2027, So fingers crossed the next 1 will be like my Hubby got,
No future assessment required unless circumstances change,😂
I could have jumped with joy, If I could jump with joy,
I thought they were getting rid of ESA, Well that's what the woman behind the glass said, We were already on it? I think because Hubby started getting his pension, They stopped our housing and council tax and the only way we could continue is if we started claiming UC, And I had to go on his UC
Sneaky bunch of bar stewards! Anyway what's done is done
Hi Debs, yes I have also heard about ESA being scraped but I’m not sure what would happen to me as my husband works full time so we wouldn’t be eligible for UC!
It is lovely like you say when the money drops in the bank & letter on the doormat (I received mine 2 days after I noticed the money in the bank) my PIP award is for 5 years 👍🏻 just glad my assessments are done as I felt so consumed by it all, it was so exhausting! Have a nice weekend 😊
ESA comes in 2 forms, Contribution based ESA based on your NI contributions and Income based ESA which is means-tested against income. Both are becoming part of the UC framework, and are called limited capability for work. There is still a NI contribution based payment available as well as an income related component. ESA/limited capability for work payments cease when you start receiving a State Pension.
He was on the contribution based, Then found out I had to move across too,
There was a phone call and we answered some questions (Hubby answers for me, I don't do speaking on the phone or to a stranger, Bloody mental health, anxiety) It was as we found out via letter it was from the DWP😰 The letter said i was incapable to work, so don't have any more trips to the job centre, (Thank goodness) I am in what they used to call the support group,(not sure if it's still called that still?
I was going to go to a job centre in my power chair, but then thought better of it,
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