Timms review of PIP - is anyone involved?

warby54
warby54 Posts: 9 Listener
edited January 19 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

I am a new member and wondered if anyone is involved in the Timms Review into PIP?

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,308 Online Community Team

    Hi @warby54, welcome to the community. Are you looking for people who are in the Steering Group for the Timms Review? The last thing I heard about it was that people were being appointed to the group quite recently. I'm not sure how much they'd be able to say about it but it would be interesting to hear!

    Hope you'll enjoy being part of the community ☺️

  • warby54
    warby54 Posts: 9 Listener

    Hi

    Thanks for your reply. Yes I would like to get in touch with anyone who is on the Steering Group for the Timms Review - do you know anyone on it?

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 5,614 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @warby54 and a warm welcome to the community from me!

    The co-chairs for the group are Sir Stephen Timms, Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE and  Sharon Brennan. I'm not sure if we will find out the people in the steering group as they will be disabled people, carers and charity representatives.

  • warby54
    warby54 Posts: 9 Listener

    Thank you for your reply. I am aware of the co-chairs of the Timms Review, its terms of reference etc. I believe there are going to be contributions from a number of organisations with named individuals and I am trying to find out if anyone from our organisation is one of these people. Does anyone know and if so I’d really appreciate their contact details? Many thanks in anticipation.

  • warby54
    warby54 Posts: 9 Listener

    Hi

    The 12 Steering Group members for the Timms Review have been published, and I have now discovered that there is also a collective group of charities (I can't remember their name, which is frustrating - anyone know?) whose views are being sought with regard to their client group members. This latter group comprises a large range of constituent charities, and Scope is included. I think that the group is chaired by someone from the MS Society, and this chap is I believe feeding back to the Steering Group. Does anyone know who represents Scope on this latter group please?

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Posts: 1,469 Championing

    Saw a clip of one mp asking Timms about uc , then Timms didn't answer and just said pip was outdated, They don't know what's going on .

  • sben
    sben Posts: 152 Empowering

    What will happen to the Timms Review?

    Would PIP be better or worse?

    How would an MP feel if they had a disability?

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Posts: 1,848 Championing

    Maybe some MPs do have a disability?

  • warby54
    warby54 Posts: 9 Listener

    Yes ChrisR777 you are correct, quite a few MPs do indeed have disabilities, as do a number of peers who sit in the House of Lords. Both groups have inputted directly to the Timms Review of PIP, as well as a range of charities (of which SCOPE is one), a variety of other bodies, focus groups and a range of disabled people and others in the general public. In reply to you sben The Timms Review published its interim findings a number of weeks ago - end of June or early July - and you can find this on their government website. It has highlighted a lot of concerns regarding the current PIP system, which many people agree is no longer fit for purpose, however further work is on-going and the final report is not due until November, so we have to wait and see what that says and what its recommendations for change are going forward. From the interim report it is evident that change is needed, but they won't set out what changes they deem are necessary until the final report is published. Hope this is helpful.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,308 Online Community Team

    Just popping in to say we have a post about the interim report here:

    Timms Review on PIP - Interim Report (Links Included) — Scope | Online Community

    It has all the links to where you can read it in case you're interested. There are some positive parts to it so far, but we will have to see what the final report says when it comes out in the next few months.

  • warby54
    warby54 Posts: 9 Listener

    Hi Rosie, thanks for enclosing that useful link for people. I have read the whole interim report (tough going at times!) and yes there are a lot of positives. I sent something in directly to them as both a disabled person myself and as a professional (I am a retired Head of Physiotherapy Services). I am really pleased to see that so many do agree that PIP is currently not fit for purpose, so we'll just have to see what the final report says and what the Government are doing to do to fix this not-fit-for-purpose benefit!

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