Telephone help Scope

Palmtree125

I'm urgent need to get advice about a PIP refusal I got recently, is there any telephone number I can call to talk to Scope, I have about 8 days to reply to PIP MR, sorry not much time but I received my letter late. Thanks

calcotti

Although you are expected to request an MR within a month you actually have 13 months in which to do it. You will simply need to give a reason for being late - post came late is good enough. In the unlikely event that DWP reject to accept the MR because it is late you can appeal straight to tribunal service.

https://www.scope.org.uk/helpline/

Cher_Alumni

Hi @Palmtree125 Did you manage to get through to our helpline team?

Please keep us posted with how you get on and good luck with the mandatory reconsideration. 

Palmtree125

@Cher_Scope Hi, no I haven't as yet due to a lot going in my life just feeling over loaded, but aiming call them over the weekend. Thank you

Palmtree125

@calcotti Hi thank you very much for the info and the link.

Thanks

L_Volunteer

Have you been able to contact them this weekend yet @Palmtree125 and, if so, would you like to tell us a little more about how you are currently doing?

Please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything else we can do to support you with this.

I can hear you have a lot going on in your life at the moment and you are feeling overloaded.

We are all here for you and listening to you. You don't have to go through this alone if you don't want to 

Palmtree125

@Cher_Scope, Hi sorry for the late reply, yes I rang the help line they was very helpful. Right now I am so worn out with this Fibromyalgia and Trigeminal Neuralgia I'm suffering with along with long term depression and anxiety but was rejected for my PIP claim, I have asked for them for a MR, but not holding any hopes of getting it. 

Cher_Alumni

@Palmtree125 Oh dear, that sounds hard. I'm sorry things are tiring for you right now. Are you getting support to help you manage your conditions?

And, please don't lose faith if your MR is unsuccessful, there are other avenues of appeal that you can pursue that tend to have higher success rates. Do you have any support with your PIP claim from a welfare representative? If not, and it's something you'd like to look into in the future, then please visit the Advice Local website (enter your postcode and select Welfare benefits from the drop down list, and organisations are at the bottom of the next screen).

Good luck and wishing you a lovely Thursday.