PIP review/assessment

SJM2023

My PIP award ends January 2026 and so I'm expecting a review (my first) maybe around April or so (8 months before the award ends). I get daily living/standard PIP.

I've been waiting for this review to add/inform them of a significant new health condition, so i have a couple of questions:

Does informing them of a new health condition in the review form automatically trigger an assessment?

If so, what is the process with this? Is there the PIP review form, then an assessment form that follows, then the actual assessment? I'm unclear of how this unfolds.

What sort of timeframe should i roughly expect from sending the review form to an actual phone assessment?

Thanks.

poppy123456

You could have another assessment whether you inform them of another health condition or not. Please don’t just assume you wont have one if you just report no changes.

You should treat all claims as a new claim and give as much information as possible.

Waiting times for review decisions are up to a year, sometimes longer. Your existing award will continue until a new decision is made.

SJM2023

Thanks

Yes, i understand its possible to have an assessment without any changes to health conditions, but when adding a significant new health condition in a review form, is an assessment very likely or certain?

You say 1 year or longer for a review decision, but would that timescale include the assessment process/decision?

Or would i have to wait that long just for a review decision then start the assessment process?

poppy123456

You are making this more complicated than it is. The review is the assessment but whether an actual assessment is needed will depend on what information you include with your form.

Once a decision is made on the review you wouldn’t then start the assessment process, that makes no sense.

For reviews your file is sent to a decision maker first. From there they look at your claim to see if a decision can be made without sending the file to the assessment provider. If it can’t it will be sent across and an assessment maybe needed.

As I advised above, another assessment maybe needed whether you report a new condition or not. When filling out any form you should always include all of your conditions and explain in full detail exactly how your conditions affect you. If you miss out information or you don’t tell them about all of your conditions how can they assess you correctly?