Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m a few months into a pip claim, I’ve had acknowledgment but no assessment yet. I’ve sent proof of diagnosis dated 12th Dec.. July I made the claim, maybe June
anyways I’ve just had capability work assessment. Shall I send a copy of there decision as pip evidence? The decision is supportive, even thou I work.
Steve
You should really get support filling in the form, honestly.. don’t risk filling in the form yourself. The support worker will make short work of it as they do it for a living.
I would also pay for evidence if the opportunity is there.. I paid for a detailed supporting letter from GP
Join the club sister.
Yep - chronic migraine treated with tablets and injections for 17 years and counting....
In my experience, you will want to go to a charity like equal lives who can assist you in filling out the form as their is a certain way in which individuals with autism have to word their responses in order to score enough points. If not worded correctly or if you use words that can be interpreted differently the decision maker will use that against you.
You'll also need a doctor's letter explaining your sensory processing difficulties as the Autism diagnosis isn't supporting evidence for sensory difficulties and their are currently limited pathways for adults diagnosis of sensory processing disorder.
If your like me and have been waiting years waiting for an additional diagnosis like ADHD you'll need your doctor to include that in your supporting letter as well as a letter from a phyciatrist, mental health professional or a social worker to explain that it most likely that you have the long awaited diagnosis and that its not your fault it's taken so long.
If you suffer from headaches, Migraine, Pain, Fatigue you'll also need a doctors letter to contain information supporting the likelihood of it being something like CFS, Fibromyalgia, Chronic daily migraine or POTS & to be seeing a medical professional about these conditions such as a specialist nurse.
The problem with the DWP getting information from you General practitioner is that they send a form to you Doctors for someone in the doctors surgery, often the secretary will fill it out this form, that person chooses what they put on that form. often they write as little as they can because you know most humans do the bare minimum. Some doctors also fail to record what been discussed in appointment so nothing has been recorded for the secretary to include in the form.
The form the DWP sends doctors to fill out doesn't ask for personal incidence like self harm or behavioural issues. it often focuses on what the doctor has diagnosed and other formal diagnoses the NHS have obtained on you and the medication your taking.
Cute doggo.
Oh I see. She did ask me if I needed help with filling out forms - I said I only had trouble if the questions were really long and wordy but other than that I should be fine. By the sounds of it they're sending me a redacted version - but she also gave me a phone number if I get stuck.
Zeus 5yr old shepherd :-)
recommend getting support filling in the form. Citizens advice.. I can’t stress that anymore
Best of luck with it. I'm expecting my own forms in a few days' time to kick-start the process. Love the picture of your doggo - German Shep?
Citizens advice have told me to send it off,. So I have anyways
Caelus said:how many items they have to scan per second
There's a hilarious meme about that somewhere on the wide web. I've got it saved on my laptop but can't upload it.
Three items a second, I believe is the target. I wonder how many jars of bolognese sauce end up on the floor.
aye they have sanction targets too, gov sets each dwp advisor a target of how many people they have to sanction each week and they have to meet that, just like a aldi worker has a scanning target of how many items they have to scan per second.
That's definitely the experience I've had with the Jobcentre in the past. I remember watching a documentary a few years ago where someone had gone undercover, worked there for a bit, and recorded conversations. They had competitions to see how many people they could sanction - with relish. For those not in the know, a sanction stops benefit payments which can be the difference, for some people, between heating or eating. I'm going to see what happens with this PIP.
my doctor does, hell one time i went and they brought up minor things from the past that i totally forgot and in my opinion wasnt worthy of keeping on record as it wasnt a long term thing, something like getting my hand trapped in a door when i was a kid lol
lol i wouldnt bother with DWP ever again in my life even if i needed them badly. its not worth the hassle. they will only stress you and demonise you and try make you out to be a criminal. they are actually harmful to mental health, which is funny because they supposed to be helping not harming.
Called again just now - totally different experience. Forms are in the post.
I tried looking into PIP. In the past, I've spent months off work due to severe burnout. I spent about 40minutes going round in circles with the robot menu on the phone, only to be asked by a complete oaf on the phone, "are your legs broken and/or do you have a service dog" and then ended the call when I said no. Are there any other contact details other than the Gov website?
The DWP share a system. If you received that decision by someone at the department of work and pension they'll already know.
Evidence that they are looking for to support your PIP is doctors letters, Phycologist letters, Formal diagnoses, Doctors records of current medications and treatment. Evidence that you require additional support like support workers such as letter from the organisation they work for. Social worker. witness statements of big events like if you've been arrested for having a meltdown. letters from school in the last so many years explain your expulsion because of behavioural issues. Evidence that you have tried and failed because of your disability such as a letter from a formal employer explaining that they could not put minor adjustments or issue integrating with co- workers,
you may have given them ability to contact your doctors surgery and request your medical information about your medicine and prescriptions and sometimes this can be wrong. Also some bad doctors do not record stuff properly on the computer system in notes so a lot of evidence may not be recorded.