Help need Filling out PIP REVIEW form

[LilyMistri2]

Can anyone recommend a service that helps you fill out your PIP Review form? The CAB can’t help me. Mine is tricky, as my case was won on tribunal, not the contents of my original PIP form, so I can’t just copy my original answers. Thanks.

[SleepyWolf]

Hi, I don't have experience of the tribunal process but for my PIP forms I've used the guides from benefitsandwork.co.uk. They also have a forum to ask for specific advice.Best of luck with the horrible thing.

[Bowenlady in reply to SleepyWolf]

Have you checked if the Local Authority in your area has a welfare rights group? They are marvellous , I have heard, and even go to tribunals with people

[LilyMistri2 in reply to Bowenlady]

I’ve spoken to Scope. They seemed helpful.

[LilyMistri2 in reply to Bowenlady]

Thank you. Some options have come up. X

[LilyMistri2 in reply to SleepyWolf]

Thanks! X

[LilyMistri2 in reply to SleepyWolf]

Thank you! X

[kt11]

Hi, yes benefitsandwork is really good. All the best xx

[LilyMistri2 in reply to kt11]

Thanks KT x

[CecilyParsley]

Hi Lily I cannot recommend the Benefits and Work site enough. It literally walks you through the questions and what you need to put in. It does cost £20 a year but worth every penny. It really helped me decide what I needed to put in about my condition and how it affects me. Good luck xx

[LilyMistri2 in reply to CecilyParsley]

Thanks for this Cecily. X

[heatherevans28]

Fightback for justice. They have a service that does it all for you & are so thorough. The people who run it are so lovely and I couldn't recommend them enough. If you want to do this option just email them and they will send you a link to book as they use a sister site for it. You book when suits you. They ask you lots of questions over the phone and then send you the completed forms. They know how to ask things to get the information needed, how to word it for DWP and the extra things I would never have thought to include.

I've tried benefits for work before as well after my local CAB weren't the best. The guides are brilliant but it is still a lot of work & time so it just depends how much mental energy you have to do it at the moment, or whether you have someone to help you.

All the best x

[LilyMistri2 in reply to heatherevans28]

I did try and get hold of this organisation but couldn’t get through or find their email. I will look again. Meanwhile Scope have said they can help me. But I will look into your option again. X

[LilyMistri2 in reply to heatherevans28]

Hi Heather, could you please give me the email? I’ve just been back on the site and can’t see it. All I can see is the options of paying monthly, but I’m not sure if that’s for people training to be advisors or people like me who need forms filling. Please help! X

[heatherevans28 in reply to LilyMistri2]

No, the monthly option is similar to benefits & work. It gives you all the information and examples to do it yourself. They work under disability forms UK for the form completion side of the charity. All the details and bookings are made via: disabilityforms.co.uk

Any issues, their email is: [e-mail]

Hope that scope help but there you go if not x

[LilyMistri2 in reply to heatherevans28]

Thanks very much Heather. I have sent them a message and have got a reply. Btw how many sessions did you need with them? And did you get the correct tier of PIP in the end? Thanks for your help! X

[heatherevans28 in reply to LilyMistri2]

Just one appointment for the PIP review form (which is basically the PIP form all over again) and another one for ESA when I had to do that for the first time. Yes I got the correct levels for both straight away without appeals etc. I also used the second copy of the completed form at my assessment to help with my answers (they are all over the phone just now due to covid). It made sure I covered everything as I often forget things at appointments, let alone DWP assessments.

The first time I applied for PIP I had to go through numerous appeals and was still unsuccessful. I then reapplied with CAB but had to rewrite lots of sections myself using advice from benefits and work before submitting. I was successful but on a lower rate. My health deteriorated rapidly two years ago so fightback was helping me do my change of circumstance review. I will be using them for all my reviews from now on.

All the best with it xx

[LilyMistri2 in reply to heatherevans28]

Thanks for all this information Heather. It’s good to know the whole process you went through and how you used them to help you get the result you deserved. I am worried about the info I have to give them is spread over my initial PIP form, my mandatory reconsideration appeal letter and my tribunal letter as well as all the new info I have because my health deteriorated and I have 3 more new conditions. Will they be able to handle all that or do they have their own way of doing things? X

[heatherevans28 in reply to LilyMistri2]

I really doubt that would be an issue. They get you to fill out some basic information before your appointment so that they know where you are in the process etc. I had loads of information to give them & multiple new diagnoses (one wasn't officially diagnosed due to covid but we knew what it was) as well as existing conditions. Nothing was an issue and they had so much experience to draw on. I sound like I'm promoting them but the process was honestly just so easy x

[LilyMistri2 in reply to heatherevans28]

Thank you Heather for these details. I will contact them properly tomorrow and get all my paperwork together. I’m actually ill with a cold at the moment which is making me feel rubbish, so not the greatest time. But to know there are people out there who want to help us takes the edge off the stress. Thanks again for all your help. I really appreciate you taking the time to write back to all my messages. Xx

[trixibell1953]

Age uk are exelent worth a call,so long as you are a silver surfer ☺️

[LilyMistri2]

Thank you so much. Whilst I managed to get through to Scope and they said they could help. X

[steve61]

Hi Lily, sorry to jump on your post but while the topic is PIP I thought I'd asked a question aa a good chance of getting the answer 😊 Ok guys......when filling a PIP form in can you only put one illness down? As my wife might have 2 so wondered what you do? Cheers steve

[LilyMistri2 in reply to steve61]

I’m so pleased you asked this question Steve as the answer is crucial! You must put down all illnesses, absolutely all! This is because the DWP want every reason to turn an application down. Don’t give them the chance. PIP is there to help sick and disabled people! So write down in minutiae how every aspect of the illnesses affect your wife using extra pages if necessary. There are a number of organisations that can help you over the phone to fill in the form CAB, Scope, Fightback4justice (im currently using their paid form filling service £72). The form filling is tricky, so if you haven’t done it before, contact these organisations first to understand what it is really asking and get their help.