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PIP points reduced as shopping trolley classed as aid

I've applied for p i p I've been awarded the care component 8 points but only 4 points for mobility this is based on the decision I can use a shopping trolley which is classed as an aid my physio said this is not classed as an aid I also need to use walking sticks as I'm in constant pain as I've had major back surgery over the past 3 years and I find everyday tasks difficult
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If you need help then the "Ask a benefits advisor" section is the place to go.
It has to be how far you can walk before you stop. It also depends on the speed you walk and whether you can repeat the activity in a safe and timely manner.
As others have said, I suggest you re-post in Ask a benefits advisor.
It would be sensible for people who use walking aids on wheels not to disclose this on PIP forms and not to take them to assessments! Use a stick - at least it won't disqualify you from PIP mobility.
Will anyone in authority ever realise what a farce the PIP process is?
Steps are ignored for mobility.
Its STUPID!
It isnt even worth engaging with them. If they can keep a straight face when citing this sort of ****....It sounds Like writing from a Blackadder or Fawlty Towers scene.
These people are idiots if they think were are going to swallow this nonsense.
Read more at https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/32900/is-pip-fit-for-purpose-a-welfare-process-that-negatively-affects-health#MItUH2VbIKzTcV36.99
Im trying to gather evidence proposing that PIP ISNT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
My argumant is that if its making people Ill then surely its time to review the whole process? Especially in light of all the incompetence and corruption that is comming to light.
Take a look at the thread pasted above. Please contribute information if you can.
That in a war zone somebody walking 20 metres in agony might be a hero and be awarded a medal for their services to the Nation.
The PIP process expects that this heroic effort would disqualify you for what you would automatically have received after a medical diagnosis under the DLA? People are walking 20 metres sometimes in agony and are finding that this disqualifies them from PIP!
You couldn't make this nonsense up.
I've just asked for my tribunal hearing venue to be changed because the first one was in a building where the hearings are on the 4th floor - so I couldn't evacuate the building in an emergency. Great planning to hold PIP hearings on the 4th floor.
Please copy and paste this to my thread.
"Is PIP fit for purpose"? A welfare process that negatively affects health?
Read more at https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/32900/is-pip-fit-for-purpose-a-welfare-process-that-negatively-affects-health#MItUH2VbIKzTcV36.99
Its too priceless not to be presented as a glaring example of their rank incompetence.
If the situation wasnt so criminal it would be worthy of laughter.
"Is PIP fit for purpose"? A welfare process that negatively affects health?
Read more at https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/32900/is-pip-fit-for-purpose-a-welfare-process-that-negatively-affects-health#MItUH2VbIKzTcV36.99
Could you please paste your story to my thread. If its in that thread, when I come to doccument evidence in a presentable format It will all be in one place.
Im going to be hard pressed to do anything other wise.