Pip working in pharmacy

hi1983

Hi, I get pip daily living element since 2023 but a year ago started working in a pharmacy dealing with medicines etc at time on my pip application I said I need prompting to bath cook. Would this be classed as benefit fraud?

Ranald

Not if you need prompting to bathe and cook.

hi1983

So you think its not fraud in working in a top job in pharmacy and getting pip daily living element where I said due to my mentel health and need prompting to bath and cook

Kiki23

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1042419#Comment_1042419

Good morning…You say you started claiming PIP in 2023. You say in 2023 you "needed help/prompting to bathe and cook" Do you still need prompting to bathe and cook now in 2025???? Your answer to this question may perhaps answer your own question

OverlyAnxious

If your health has improved to the point where you no longer need prompting to cook and bathe then you should have notified PIP.

Being able to focus on work in a work environment doesn't necessarily mean that you can manage tasks at home. Only you know whether you can manage those tasks or not.

Legwax

Hi @hi1983 If you said in your PIP assessment that you cannot dispense medicines; read a computer or respond to a colleague then yes, you're a fraudster! I am not being sarcastic. I hear you, it's a worry. I receive PIP, I work but not doing what I used to do as I can't. It's like we're in a trap, DWP says work or be penalised, we try and there is the rumbling threat that we might be putting ourselves at risk of losing a benefit that we deserve.

I never understood how people can claim "Disability Benefits" and work. PIP is about what you can do or not on a daily basis/over time and if your health impacts this. Being prompted to bathe and cook while being in a home environment is different. It is not necessarily a cause and effect that because you are able to do your job that you can do everything. Maybe at work you are prompted a lot and or prompted to follow a task list. If you're not, ok. But maybe you are. Just because we receive PIP doesn't mean we don't have skills or abilities either. Access to Work, that might be something that you need or maybe not but here is a link so you can have a look. There is a lonnnnnng waiting list though but have a look: https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work

At some point, your PIP will be reviewed. If your health impacts you in the same way it did in 2023, then tell them.

Legwax

https://www.gov.uk/looking-for-work-if-disabled

Maybe of interest, or not. I know it isn't directly answering your question but maybe it will help you locate where you are at in the bigger picture of the system a bit.