Dwp pip

[Princess61]

Good day everyone x I keep hearing in the news about some conditions for pip entitlement been stopped. Do you think fibromyalgia is on the list, classed as all over chronic pain? I've got osteoarthritis to and I've read that might be to. I wonder what will happen if you currently get pip for these conditions if it will be taken off you at reviews. Xx

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee]

Conditions are not what are assessed. It is peoples ability to meet the "descriptors" i.e. their ability to carry out certain tasks. So your inability to brush your hair or wash your self due to crippling hand and body pain would apply to arthritis as well as fibromyalgia.

[Dinkie]

As Des says it’s not the condition you have it’s the ability or not to function day to day and how that impacts on your life.

There is much scare mongering going on in the press at the moment. There’s no point worrying about something that may not happen and if the goalposts do move it won’t be an overnight implementation.

[Princess61 in reply to Dinkie]

Fibromyalgia anxiety😊❤️x

[Prettywings]

good morning

I don’t really watch the news as it always seems to install fear into people , but I have heard some changes are being made to pip if they are thinking about taking it if certain conditions then surely they have to replace it with something 🤷🏻‍♀️!! Can’t just make thousands of people be worse off and possibly get into duet or maybe give people jobs they can actually do and earns them enough money so they don’t need pip 🤷🏻‍♀️, try not to worry to much 🤗

[Flowerinbloom]

in Scotland pip has been replaced with adult disability benefit but the conditions are exactly the same as pip

[Fibrooh]

There is no PIP for conditions. PIP is based on how you are affected not what your condition is.

[Farmerboy]

PIP is about your abilities not your illness, medication or disability. Reading the PIP application form you have to focus on the descriptors and give several examples for each descriptor that applies to you as to why you are unable to do, complete each of the descriptors in a safely, repeatable and timely manner. Sending in medical evidence will comfirm your diagnosis, illnesses or disability but not disclosing how they affect you in relation to the PIP descriptors.

[TanzT]

I got declined on my 1st attempt but got it awarded on the 2nd go, I have the minimum award though which is 290 per month.