Focus group research on PIP and WCA assessments

[Chanpreet_Walia]

Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences of both the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) AND Personal Independence Payments (PIP) assessments. They want your ideas for how to make the ‘claim journey’ for both benefits easier and fairer for disabled people with energy-limiting conditions. They are conducting online focus groups on behalf of the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments, a company contracted by the DWP to handle claims and carry out assessments. The research will help them plan improvements for the future.

WHAT

These focus groups are about improving the experience of claiming disability benefits and undergoing assessments, and considering how you were treated. They are not about improvements to government policy, such as the level of disability benefits, the 'descriptors' used in assessments, or benefit rules like sanctions.

WHO

The purpose of this short screening questionnaire is to help us select participants for the focus groups. They want to include a range of different energy-limiting conditions, and they need to recruit people who have undergone assessments in the last four years. Priority will be given to people who have gone through BOTH PIP and WCA in this period. As a 'Thank You' we will offer either shopping vouchers or an involvement payment to participants.

WHEN AND WHERE

The focus groups will be held on 6th December and 8th December. Both will be held online via Zoom.

PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

CII is hosting these sessions independently of CHDA or DWP, to ensure that the voices of people with energy-limiting chronic illness are heard within a safe space. They understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality of all information shared in the focus groups. They guarantee that your personal information will not be shared with the CHDA and participants will undertake not to share each others’ information outside the focus group.

QUERIES

If you would like any more information about this research please contact [e-mail]

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST AT (Deadline Friday 26th November 2021)- forms.gle/TVe4z6HraCoCL46W9