Hi, my name is Harts46! PIP telephone assessment

Harts46
Harts46 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited April 2023 in PIP, DLA, and AA
I have a face to face pip assessment on 24.2.23 but I suffer from depression and severe anxiety,can I change this to a phone assessment 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,179 Championing
    24/2/23? i think that's a typo because we are already in April. Either way, you can ring the number on the letter to ask.
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello there @Harts46 and welcome :) As Poppy has advised, you can call the PIP enquiry line to request a telephone assessment. 

    Can I check what date it is? If you need any support in the meantime, please ask, and we'll do what we can to support you. PIP can be a stressful process, and you're not alone here. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,179 Championing
    Alex_Scope said: I
    Hello there @Harts46 and welcome :) As Poppy has advised, you can call the PIP enquiry line to request a telephone assessment. 

     Not the PIP helpline because they have nothing to do with the assessment. It will be the assessment providers they will need to ring. 
    When I mentioned the letter, that would be the assessment letter which will be from the assessment providers and not DWP. 
  • rebel11
    rebel11 Online Community Member Posts: 1,669 Pioneering
    edited April 2023
    It will be either IAS or Capita PIP who do the assessments, that you need to contact, geographically there cover different parts of the country.