Hi, my name is PaulBravo!

PaulBravo

I suffer from invisible disabilities which are managed by medication treatment reviews etc and the last time that I applied for PIP and having to go through that horrendous process and on each occasion despite sufficient evidence from myself family Drs medical and associated medical areas on each occasion I had to face for the 3rd time the panel comprising if a Judge,Dr and disability specialist which led me to been awarded enhanced in both care and mobility with an award of a light touch review which is not until Sept 2030?

My questions are:

1)What does light touch mean in terms for the process of reassessment?

2) How will the current reforms affect me as I retire in Feb 2025?

3) Will my wife still receive Carers Allowance or does this change and how?

Thanks PB

poppy123456

1/ A light touch review means you will receive a much shorter form (AR2) when it's time for a review. You can see a sample of that form here. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6602b15965ca2fa78e7da86b/ar2-award-review-how-your-disability-affects-you.pdf

How you fill out that form remains to be seen because very few people have reached that stage and there's not been much feed back. By the time you have your review there will be a lot more information we can give.

2/ Reforms in 2025? what reforms? what has been said up to now are just proposals and nothing more. We have a General Election in 6 weeks time and whether we will have the same Government remains to be seen so changes may not even happen.

3/ Question not answered because no changes have happened.

PaulBravo

Thanks poppy123456

Well hopefully there will be not as it will "destroy" a lot of people's lives as maybe they should cut down on the MPS and House of Lords and put all their wages from second jobs money fron Family wealth tax exiles pop stars sport stars etc the utilities etc and then we'd not be facing vouchers waiting lists etc?

Jimm_Scope

Welcome @PaulBravo , I hope we can help you with any further questions you have!

There are no current changes to Carers allowance and the suggested PIP changes are still going through a consultation, but we won't hear if any changes will be going forward until after both it and the election are done.

Jimm_Scope

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/867190#Comment_867190

Since it has started the consultation will continue. I guess from my point of view though nothing can move forward until the election is sorted, so it's effectively on hold. I realise my words were quite ambiguous there!

Jimm_Scope

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/867251#Comment_867251

I'm sorry about that. I can see why it was at first misleading, I've clarified and edited it now. I'll try to be more precise with my language in future.

There is still washup, but washup is really only for passing bills that are very close to being finished anyway. That is why bills such as the smoking ban, one of Sunak's flaship pieces of policy had to be dropped. Given the way legislation has to be passed they would need to propose it, give it a first reading, a second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading in the Commons and that is before it even reaches the House of Lords. It's quite interesting just how many stages must be done, I think learning more about the process helps ease my mind on it a little! You can read about it on the Parliament site here.