Can we have a new board for Scotland's ADP please?

anisty

Hi,

Just thought it would be handy to pull all the ADP stuff together and have a section for ADP which is going a different way from pip with regards how it's administered.

Also the new carer's allowance in Scotland (which i forget the name of even though i'm on it!!)

Make things easier to find for folks wanting info re these new benefits?

Albus_Scope

Thanks for the feedback @anisty I'll be sure to pass it on to the powers that be. 😊

poppy123456

Wouldn't ADP come under the section for PIP/DLA and AA as they are all disability benefits.

Carers allowance in Scotland is now called Carers Support Payment. We don't have a section on carers allowance itself either.

anisty

Well it could do but then it would be helpful to have it listed. When i went over to the board as my son is due to complete the transfer from pip to ADP this month and just wanted to see how others had found it - i could not find anything on ADP.

Plus, i was put off starting a thread there as the board is full of posters understandably worried about potential changes to pip. As i don't think these changes will affect ADP, it did not seem appropriate for me to pop in there in the midsts of the panic!

Ah - yes, thanks - Carer's support Payment!

I wasn't actually thinking of a separate area for that as a standalone - i thought maybe it could be a 'Scottish section' where folks could discuss ADP or CSP specifically.

As things currently are, i didn't find it too obvious where to look for or post about ADP. But that might just be me . . . .

lola20

hi,

I applied for ADP in Dec 24 and have called this morning to see whether any further information was required as I have a visit with my GP today. They told me a decision has been made but weren’t able to disclose what that decision is, they haven’t contacted my GP and my husband I both submitted a letter as supporting information. I’m thinking it was so quick that it will be a decline…. My claim is for anxiety and fibromyalgia

anisty

Hmmm. I received notification a few months ago to say the transfer process for my son's move from pip to ADP had started and would complete in January.

So - was expecting the first payment of ADP this month - but, no - still seems that my son is on pip.

Maybe next month . . .

Good luck to you @lola20 🤞

anisty

Well - mixed news: my son has transferred to ADP same payment.

But his award will be reviewed in August 2025.

Whereas his pip was november 2026 (pushed on a year due to covid)

Still, there's no reason why he shouldn't qualify again so hopefully it will be plain sailing🤞

Jimm_Alumni

Hope it all goes well later this year @anisty Glad your son has at least finally been moved over to ADP.

anisty

It WAS plain sailing - much less stressful than pip. 8 weeks and he got 5 years award of double enhanced again.

I still think a seperate board would work better for ADP as it's quite difficult to find ADP threads amongst all the pip ones!

Rosie_Scope

Hi @anisty, glad it was less stressful than the PIP process! I'll pass on your feedback about the separate category.

In the meantime, we have a tag set for ADP and we try to be consistent in tagging any discussions that fit. There may be a few gaps here and there but hopefully most of them are there. You can view any discussions tagged as ADP using this link: https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussions?tagID=772

anisty

That tag is brilliant @Rosie_Scope - cheers!

anisty

@Rosie_Scope - i have scanned through a few threads on that link and i think they make a good case for a seperate ADP board!

First - a few posts about ADP are unanswered altogether - i think this might be because members with knowledge of ADP have missed those posts.

Also - other posts are cluttered with people saying they've never heard of ADP or advising the poster about PIP/starting to move the thread to a PIP discussion. This is just confusing.

I think a board headed something like ADP (Scotland) would make things much clearer and help members from Scotland find and support each other.

Rosie_Scope

Thanks @anisty, I'll raise it with the team. I can't make any promises at the moment but we'll see what we can do ☺️