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DLA Information for Parents and Carers
This information only applies to England and Wales. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) helps with the extra costs of raising a disabled child. You can claim DLA for each disabled child under 16 who.. • has difficulty with mobility • needs more care than a non-disabled child of the same age Your child does not need a formal…
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Read me: How do I claim PIP and where can I get help filling the form in?
How do
I claim PIP? The initial claim is made by calling 0800 917
2222. You need your National Insurance Number, your bank details, and your GP
and other medical professionals’ contact details to hand. Someone can call on
your behalf, but you need to be with them when they call. A claim form is then sent out to you, and…
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Read me: What is Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and who is eligible?
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit
designed to help with the extra costs resulting from disability or long-term
ill health. PIP rates range from £21.80 to £139.75 per week, depending on how
your condition affects you. To quote from the official government website, “you
must have a long-term condition or…
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Confused about my award results
hi everyone, I’m hoping someone will be able to shed some light on my pip award that’s given to me and if this is the norm for DWP, I had my review recently I’m glad it was only a paper based review and not a horrid telephone assessment, I recieved my award letter last week and it states the following dates I’m awarded…
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DLA backdated payment
Hello everyone , From this month payment statement from Universal credit including disable child element and carer element as we are only receiving of this month but its not backdated or recalculated yet since october 2025 when the DLA was awarded to my child . Is anyone can tell please is it take time to process backdated…
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PIP review is complete text
Hi all, Received the PIP review is complete text this morning after waiting 9 months, however I wasn't sent for a any medical assessment either F2F or phone call and didn't even get a text saying Capita are managing your claim or nothing like that, just sounds like the Department for communities (I'm in Northern Ireland)…
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PIP Review Decision-should I be concerned?
Hello-my first post. I have recently received my new PIP decision following a review by a health assessor. Only been ongoing since February! The telephone assessment lasted for over 2 hours and was very thorough. Exhausted afterwards! In short the new decision is living increased to higher rate and mobility also increased…
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Can I send more information for DLA MR
hi I submitted a mr for my sons dla claim which was rejected he gets about 3-4 nosebleeds every day since he was 4 he is now 9 and still not got better Evan after countless times of having his nose cauterised he gets sent home from school a lot because they can not manage the bleeds he also has tight Achilles tendons which…
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SDP
what is SDP
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Pip review.
My pip runs out sept 2026. It was reinstated via MR for five years. Will they send me a review form before the end ? I know they can send one a year before current award ends,but its 9 months before its ends now. Does it make any difference it was awarded via MR or will I just get a normal review form? I know there's…
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Pip review
Hi Does anybody have any ideas what the wait time is for a pip review? I sent my hubby's review off last January is award was due to finish August 25 and had it extended for 12 maths. He's getting so stressed I've contacted them only to be told it's a waiting game.
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PIP Assessment
A question and bit of a rant. So I had a txt from pip/DWP nearly 3 weeks ago saying that a Health professional was looking at my claim, they would contact me with an appointment if they need to, this is the same message my friend got on the exact same day but with 24 hours she was given appointment for the week after so…
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Supporting evidence
Hello, I am currently doing my pip review and I'm not sure whether to include certain letters. One of my letters talks about how my symptoms come on after 10 mins of light exercise. However this was under test conditions and I do not normally manage anywhere near that. I scored 8 points for mobility last time 20-50 metres.…
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Pip change in circumstances
so tomorrow I want to call up pip as my mobility part is worse than what my claim suggests, when it comes to familiar and unfamiliar journeys they said I can go to familiar journeys, which is wrong as I need support with familiar journeys as well as unfamiliar, so I just wondered what the process is like, is it just a…
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Mixed feelings
It has taken 13 months for my pip review to be completed I received a standard text message saying we have made a decision wait two weeks for letter do not contact us .Well that set my anxiety through the roof asd sensory overload ect soo called them today and waited 55 minutes for them to answer I told them I have been…
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Avascular necrosis
anybody been successful claiming for AVN of the ankle
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PIP Tribunal
Hi all This is the first step I'm taking in asking for support and hand holding for my PIP Tribunal. I have been through appeal and mandatory reconsideration, both were denied so I requested Tribunal. I then had another person phone me saying they were going through to see if they could make any changes to prevent it going…
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Worried about losing PIP at 66 after knee replacement
This discussion was created from comments split from: Pip change of circumstances.
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Indefinite Period Award
I was told that I would be contacted after 28th September 2025 to see if anything has changed, my award end date is September 2026. I was checking my upcoming pension payment online and at the same time I downloaded my PIP statement of entitlement and found that I have been awarded PIP for an indefinite period! No text…
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PIP review paperwork arrived
Sorry this isn't my usual type of post and I don't know why I'm freaking out so bad about this PIP review but I really really am. It's due back on 26th December, so already I'm worried about when exactly to send it as December post is awful, I think by 18th to be on the safe side but that gives me less than 2 weeks??? My…
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Finally got a date for my Tribunal Hearing, 3 years later.. HELP!
So as the title said I have received a letter after nearly 3 years after my initial application for PIP. I had no idea this was coming and thought it was dismissed (stupid I know but I hadn’t heard anything in so long I just assumed) I am a 25 year old living with fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety (to name a few) and I…
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Indefinate award 10 year review
Hi all. I was awarded PIP in 2018 and received enhanced rate for both daily living and mobility, with an indefinite/ongoing award.i jave rhumetoid Arthrtis since i was 25 im 43 now I’ve since read that this usually means a light-touch review after around 10 years, and as I’m getting closer to that time I’m starting to feel…
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Lost entitlement letter
I have lost my PIP entitlement letter with the point breakdown. How can I find out what it said or get a copy of it?