Pip review

Mlau

Hi all I just had assessment last week for pip review. Can't stop thinking about it. I think it went okay the assessor was nice and said I answered the questions well. I'm so worried about it. On one hand I think I did well describing the problems I have daily with y mental health but on other hand think that the dwp will say because I work every day 3 hours a day cleaning after hours that they will discredit everything I have said. I said that I have had no time off sick. I turn up every day. The assessor contacted my gp as I spoke about self harm. I gave permission. It was a 2 hour assessment. I get standard daily living and felt in some way that the assessor was on my side and helping me out with answering.

luvpink

@Mlau

Hi welcome to the community.

yellowpineapple84

Hi Mlau, thanks for sharing your experience. I also have PIP and will have my first review in the near future. I am heartened to read that your assessor treated you kindly and I hope they will help encourage the DWP to continue helping you with PIP support. I can understand you feel worried, I felt so worried applying and having assessment. I do find talking to DWP scary, you’ve done amazing in your review and you deserve to be supported. I really hope you get the result you want :)

Mlau

Thank you for the welcome luvPink and thank you for your kind words yellow pineapple. Why would anyone put themselves through this assessment if they didn't need it. The whole process is disabling in itself. The whole thing causes so much stress. I was doing okay and now I feel I've fallen into a black hole and can think of nothing else apart from this bloody pip. I will survive it but it's all consuming and very unpleasant (to put it politely)

Mlau

BTW for people's info I had my pip review forms in November 2023 and my assessment Feb 2025 so from handing the review forms back that was 14 months wait. I was still getting pip. And just had a text from dwp every few months saying "we still have your pip form..." . I don't know whether that wait list will come down now they have new assessment providers. I am in the south west so it was serco that the the assessment.

Holly_Scope

Hi @Mlau and welcome to the community 😊 Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you're feeling a bit better today.

Mlau

Thank you Holly. It's just the waiting now!! I called to request the assessors report. Really didn't want to do it but it may put my mind at ease or maybe not?! At least I know that it will come in 7-10days time and it's thanks to reading this forum that I found out I could do this. Many thanks to you for the welcome

Mlau

Update.. I got the assessors report scored 4 points on the socialising f2f but the rest was 0 points. The assessors notes were accurate in the main. But on the descriptors.. Basically you work on most of days there fore you can do the activity blah bah copy paste. I suspect the decision will be no award. So I'm planning MR and trying to gather evidence. Emailed Citizens Advice

luvpink

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/991403#Comment_991403

Hi

If the decision maker agrees with the assessors report scores then yes that would be no award unfortunately.

Holly_Scope

@Mlau thank you so much for keeping up updated, although I wish it was better news. Hope the MR goes ok. It's good you're getting support from Citizen's advice.

Best wishes,

Ray212

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/991403#Comment_991403

What did you get on your original award?

Mlau

Just had standard daily living

Mlau

Had 10 points lost all the ones for preparing food 4 washing and bathing 2 dressing 2 had 2 for socialising f2f

Ray212

You lost all that just because you are working a few days :(

Mlau

Just doing 15 hours a week

Mlau

So I went to a charity to look over my health assessment. I don't have a decision maker answer award/no award yet!! What doesn't make sense is that the health assessment is accurate and shows how my mental health affects me and what I can and can't do. The scoring on the descriptors of zero don't make sense and don't tally with the information in the assessment. Could it be possible that 1 health care professional did the assessment and a different health care professional scored it against the descriptors???? The lady from the charity agreed with me.

Now I have some help with this I am calming down a bit now after weeks of being out of my mind.

Mlau

BTW I'm being very polite on this thread and what I really want to say about all this I am managing to keep to my self but dwp are a bunch of absolute #£%*s

honeyhoney

@Mlau

I see that this is some new tactic. Now they write what you said during the assessment. e.g. "You reported... (according to what you said) so as not to accuse them of lying.

Then it goes on: "There are no verbal signs of anxiety" … joke ? and of course for this reason every descriptor "0"

… aside from the official diagnosis of PTSD, severe depression and anxiety,

… during his work he witnessed a suicide and he lacked a few seconds to stop it. Unfortunately now he blames himself for it and I'm afraid his career is over but does anyone care?

… and detailed application supported by real-life examples that illustrate the difficulties he faces with each of the descriptors.

What will you do to them? I'm sorry, be realistic and prepare for MR.

Mlau

@honeyhoney@honeyhoney

Oh yes I am very much preparing for MR already. You know I was really ready to give it all up. This whole process is mental torture. But knowing others have gone through it and it's not just me really helps thanks for your reply

Holly_Scope

Hi @Mlau seems like you're on to something with the assessment and scoring being done by 2 different people. Hope the MR prep is going ok! Keep strong. Hopefully it'll all be worth it. The storm before the rainbow ☺️

Thanks again for sharing your updates.