PIP Assessment a joke

[Adidrive]

I just saw a post saying that the DWP have lost a PIP form, which doesn’t surprise me as a letter from some PIP assessment company turned up yesterday.

The claim form was filled in by the other half’s team on the unit, OT, Physio, SLT l, Social Worker and Neurologist, so it would have been worded much better than had I done it.

The letter stated, that after looking at her claim they require her to have a face to face meeting next Thursday at Haverhill. That may only be half hour from where we live, but at the moment she’s 60 miles away in Homerton.

What really makes me angry is that this someone who’s had the right and front of her brain damaged and the temporal lobe damaged leaving her with very poor left side mobility and shocking short term memory loss and the inability to plan new tasks........what do they think the form said? What do they think a face to face meeting will achieve? Do they think they’re going to get a coherent conversation? Do they think that the form is full of lies?

I’ve filled these forms out for people with a mild learning disability and only one of them as ever had to have a face to face meeting.

Fortunately I was able to email it to the units social worker who’s told this bunch of cowboys that if they want a pointless face to face meeting then they will have to travel to Homerton for it.

If I wasn’t crying I’d be laughing at the stupidity of the whole situation

[Lynd]

Yes I totally agree. I had to take my husband to a PIP assessment and I felt totally humiliated on his behalf. Answering stupid questions when it was all documented by health professionals.

They had a document that stated he couldn't pick out his own house on a home vist from rehab. It Beggars belief that they have to go through this charade.

They disagreed that he couldn't pick out his own clothes? I pointed out he wouldn't change his clothes without me prompting but that doesn't count.

Luckily I was able to intervene and he got his PIP but I dread the reassessment.

[Hidden]

They are imbecilic at best, I requested a home visit which they refused yet my mate who works daily automatically gets a home visit. A system which denies claims for fun and loses over 70 percent of appeals must be flawed and any job I have had to get decisions wrong 70 percent of the time is gross negligence at best. Unfit for purpose.

[Jacacc]

Go to your MP to complain about this and get their support it certainly worked for us when I had the same thing happen to my husband when he switched from DLA to PIP.

Also the more MP'S this is brought to then the more chance of something getting changed at some point. Absolutely terrible that they are putting you both through this and so unjust when you have more than enough to cope with each and everyday. Good luck to you and your other half and I hope you get the right decisions.