Remote risk

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bluefox

Does anybody have information on how PIP deals with remote risk? I’m part of an NEAD support group and one of the members wants me to find this out and I’m curious too as most of the descriptors they picked for me do not include supervision. So they picked my descriptors based on my mental health, not my seizures. 

How is remote risk defined?

calcotti

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-the-assessment-criteria#applying-the-criteria

Risk and safety

2.1.15 When considering whether an activity can be undertaken safely, it is necessary to consider the likelihood of harm occurring and the severity of the harm that might occur. It is a common sense approach that when the severity of harm is high a lower risk is acceptable. When the harm is minor it may be acceptable for the likelihood of that harm occurring to be higher.

2.2.5 When considering whether an activity can be undertaken safely, it is necessary to consider the likelihood of harm occurring and the severity of the harm that might occur. We can use common sense to assess the balance between the risk of harm (likelihood of it occurring) and the severity of harm, in determining whether an activity can be done safely.

• where the severity of the harm is very high, then there will be a lower frequency of risk of harm for that claimant to be deemed unsafe carrying out the activity

• however, if the severity of harm is quite low, then the frequency of risk of harm must be higher (they need to be at risk for more of the time if the outcome would be less severe) for the claimant to be deemed unsafe in carrying out the activity

There are several more paragraphs that follow on from 2.2.5 in the document I have referenced.