How long from assessment to decision?

GeorgiaCF97

Hi all, I had my PIP assessment last Thursday, claiming due to fibro, CFS and ill mental health. How long have people who had assessments recently wait for a decision? They've gave me a time scale of 4 weeks but waiting to hear back is causing a lot of distress and anxiety.

poppy123456

Once the report is returned to DWP a decision can take up to 12 weeks.

Jimm_Alumni

hi @GeorgiaCF97, welcome to  our community I hope you're doing okay, the waiting can be very anxiety inducing can't it?

As Poppy says it can take up to 12 weeks with how processing times are just now. I know it's a long wait! Let us know what decision you get, fingers crossed for you

Edit: I've just moved this to our PIP category, even though it's already answered you can come back into this discussion to add any other questions you have

Jimm_Alumni

Thank you for that @noman, I do wonder if we could set up some anonymous reporting system to help us understand the current timelines better!

GeorgiaCF97

noman said:

I've just joined the forum after browsing for awhile and have seen this question asked a number of times,so will share my timeline of how it went for me.

Applied for pip on 14/7/2023

Recieved form on 26/7/2023

Sent form back 27/7/2023

Had assessment on 29/9/2023

Text message written report received 2/10/2023

Received text this morning 8.05am saying i have been awarded pip! (6 days after assessment!)

So mine has taken around 10/11 weeks from start to finish.

Thank you. Your assessment will have been day after mine

malice88

@GeorgiaCF97 hey, here's my timeline if it helps:

04/09/23 form submitted
22/09/23 telephone assessment 
25/09/23 capita report received by DWP
04/10/23 outcome confirmed by text advising up to 2 weeks for decision letter to arrive explaining my reward.

I'm now waiting for my letter.

At least in my case I've found the process much smoother and quicker than I expected, essentially 1 month from application to decision.

JW2604

Noman can I ask what your conditions are to get better insight as I have seen a couple of people have had a quick turnaround from assessment to decision thanks