PIP review & automatic extention

moonshadow_

Apologies, I know there is already a thread about this. I am struggling to process information and relate to my situation. I had a 2 year enhanced (both) pip award  which is due to end March 2023. Growing anxiety about review and extension.. am I supposed to request a form ? I havnt heard anything no letters or text. Scared to do something incase triggers them to do an assessment or something. Will I get an automatic extention ? Confused if it's for 3 or 12 months. Also what actually happens for the review process, how likely is it they will want to do an assessment ? If things havnt changed and have recent medical evidence ie drs notes, pain clinic consultant letter etc. Also if they do an assessment how likely is it to be in person. My original assessment was during covid so was able to do telephone. 

Also I had a mini stroke in Oct but hasn't made things worce in mobility or daily living just more medical stuff to manage.. am I right in thinking this didn't need reporting ? 


Thanks so much.. sorry long winded 

poppy123456

As your award is ending soon i would have expected you to have received your review forms by now, unless they've extended your award due to the backlogs. You will need to ring them to ask.

As you already have the highest award possible then there's no need to report any changes unless your conditions have improved.

L_Volunteer

I want to add a warm welcome @moonshadow_. It is great to see you have joined us.

Please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything else we can do to support you. We are all here for you and listening to you 

moonshadow_

poppy123456 said:

As your award is ending soon i would have expected you to have received your review forms by now, unless they've extended your award due to the backlogs. You will need to ring them to ask.

As you already have the highest award possible then there's no need to report any changes unless your conditions have improved.

Thanks I'm checking now because I also thought it was odd. OK just checked. It actually finishes 2024. What a relief. How likely are they to actually get in touch before then. I read somewhere a year? Is that a thing.

poppy123456

It's usually 6 months before but with the length of the backlogs it could be sooner than that.

janer1967

Just to add the review process is very similar to when you applied 

You submit forms then most likely have an assessment they are still doing phone assessments which you can request 

kitkat23

@moonshadow_ my award was due to end March 23...I got my review papers in August22...retired them in sep 22....got a phone call from DM in December to clarify a couple of things...got my decision letter in Jan 23....award the same for both parts...DM said they are trying to not send as many reviews to assessment due to big back logs 

moonshadow_

Thank you to everyone's responses. Wish would have known about this space years ago. 

moonshadow_

janer1967 said:

Just to add the review process is very similar to when you applied 

You submit forms then most likely have an assessment they are still doing phone assessments which you can request 

I had no idea you could request telephone. Is it horrific to request? Good to know they are still doing them.

moonshadow_

kitkat23 said:

@moonshadow_ my award was due to end March 23...I got my review papers in August22...retired them in sep 22....got a phone call from DM in December to clarify a couple of things...got my decision letter in Jan 23....award the same for both parts...DM said they are trying to not send as many reviews to assessment due to big back logs 

Thanks for letting me know your exp really helpful.. it makes sense that they would be putting off review assessments with backlog if they can. My aunt filled in the form and didn't even get contacted.

janer1967

Telephone assessments started mainly during lockdown but they have continued when you complete your form request it then