Published on 12, July, 2020
My 19 year old son who has been receiving dla then pip since he was 3 was sent letter to see if his condition had changed. In fact it had not, if anything it was worse. He had fallen through the system at the end if the education, he was statemented with an iq of 67, but unfortunately got lost in the system and we were almost at the stage of catching up with ourselves. He was on waiting lists to see aporopriate professionals including ADLT. Anyway, they sent form to see if any changes. I returned saying no. His renewal was not due for another 10 months, so I was stupid enough to think they were honourable people. They gave us 3 weeks notice to say an assessor was visiting and we still had no up to date evidence, so guess what, no more pip. I have had to pay for private reports from ot and psychologist as I can no longer wait for NHS apointments, I am hopeful for a reinstatement. Has anybody else had an appointment sprung on them, is this the way they are operating?
That's awful. It sounds denying payments on the basis of administrative mistake or trickery rather than need. They say there are no official targets but it makes you wonder.
I don't have any experience of this, but besides some quick pointers that come up here occasionally:
will you be contacting your MP?
Our GP has contacted our MP, unfortunately he likes to pass the buck, and my GP dispairs of him. We are lacking in so many areas in our county for autism and mental health services