PIP - Northern Ireland

sdoc94

Hello,

I am in Northern Ireland and had my home assessment 5 days ago. Does anyone know how long it should be before I receive my decision?

Thanks

dee4848

@sdoc94  You can now ring them and ask for your report this will give you an idea of what you are going to get it will take a week to get report and  3 weeks for desion

sdoc94

They haven't received my report so I phoned Capita and they sent it yesterday so they reckon DWP will have it within a day or so.

dee4848

@sdoc94 oh good and your desion should take 3 weeks from them receiving the report .GoodLuck

sdoc94

Is this standard for Northern Ireland? As my timescale seems to be very quick compared to a lot of those I have seen from England:

Jan 29th - sent PIP2 form back to DWP
Feb 2nd - letter from Capita stating I will need an assessment
Feb 3rd - appointment letter for home assessment 12 days later
Feb 15th - home assessment took place
Feb 19th - assessment dispatched by Capita to DWP

dee4848

Yes seems right scale mine was same @sdoc94

sdoc94

Great thanks - I hope you had a positive outcome!

sdoc94

@dee4848

Still waiting - I hate this! Did you receive a copy of your assessors report before the decision?

dee4848

@sdoc94 Hi yes I did that' how I knew what I was getting some times DWP depending which one takes your call tell you your decision over the phone ..you could just say the stress is not good for you , you need to know .

dee4848

@sdoc94 if you don' mind me asking is your claim anything to do with your mental health if so tell them it' not good for your mental health 

sdoc94

@dee4848

No it's all physical, riddled with arthritis. They keep telling me I can't get my assessors report until a decision is made. They told me they got my report on the 19th so I don't know if it's worth calling them yet.

Did you receive back pay before your decision - I keep checking my bank out of desperation haha.

dee4848

@sdoc94 Hi I went from DLA so no back pay and I was awarded high on both for arthritis..I would still ring them for derision they told me mine 

sdoc94

That is great news for us arthritic folk! lol

Do you mind me asking what part of the North you're from? I wish I could just know the outcome!

dee4848

@sdoc94 I'm from north Yorkshire 

sdoc94

@dee4848 Ah sorry I thought you were from Northern Ireland!!

dee4848

@sdoc94 please keep us informed when you do get to know your desion 

sdoc94

@dee4848 I will do!



Here's hoping!

mayfair

Hi @sdoc94 have you had any word on your decision

sdoc94

@mayfair

Hi, I phoned the DWP/DfC on Wednesday to get an update. The woman told me they were still waiting on my report from Capita. This was odd as I had rang a week before and was told they received it 19/02/2018. I kept telling her that I was definitely told it had been received. 

Eventually she found a file on my 'account' which was incorrectly named as "direction letter" rather than "assessment report".

In any case I was told that it has been with a decision maker since 19th Feb.

Don't know when to phone back, cannot get a copy of report anyway.

dee4848

I' be phoning today .

dee4848

I think they owe you that one , otherwise your going to go all weekend wishing you had phoned , good Luck