PIP change of circumstances

DepressedAnxious

Hi All

Upon advice from my consultant, I put in a change of circumstances with PIP.

This was done in February.

I sent off all my consultant paperwork and list of medication and I have now received the following text message:

‘Hello from Health Assessment Advisory Service. We conduct Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments for the Department for Work and Pensions DWP. This is for information purposes only, to let you know that we are managing your PIP assessment. We will look at the available evidence and will contact you with an appointment if we need to have a consultation with you. You can find information about the service we provide at https://www.haas.ingeus.co.uk. You do not need to contact us.’

I’ve never received a text like this previously, is this normal especially for review?

I presume I just hang tight for my assessment time and date now?

I was a nervous wreck going through this the first time, if it wasn’t on advice of my consultant, I wouldn’t have put through a CoC as I honestly feel anxious and keep having intrusive thoughts

Kimi87

Yes this is normal.

DWP have passed your case to the health assessment agency.

They may do a paper based assessment, which requires minimal or no further input from you.

They are quite rare so expect to be contacted with an appointment for full assessment.

DepressedAnxious

Thanks Kimi.

Definitely not holding out hope for a paper based assessment.

I guess I’ll have to wait it out and then deal with appointment anxiety when I get the date.