Asked to attend PIP review help!

britsportscar

My partner's brother has been receiving PIP since Feb 2015. He was awarded it after suffering from extreme depression following the death of his Son. He recently received a letter from DWP requesting him to attend an interview ro review the PIP. He is now distraught, and has asked us for help as he says this is bringing all of his memories back and does not want t revisit that traumatic experience.

From reports in the press we understood that no-one would be required to attend a second interview ? Is this correct ? Please if anyone can offer advice we are desperate. Thanks in advance.

steve51

Hi @britsportscar

Welcome it’s great to meet you this evening.

Here’s some info for you below on “pip” 

https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fpip&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fpip&auth=OdCmUepX8Eu01lD6Q10Fhg&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Pip


https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fservices%2Finformation&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fservices%2Finformation&auth=4RxMuZJo7ufNgzuZI7Ixsg&profile=_default&rank=3&query=Pip


https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fmoney%2Fpip%2Ffaqs&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fmoney%2Fpip%2Ffaqs&auth=LmnqDzzXazyTWKotZZO%2B3A&profile=_default&rank=7&query=Pip

Please please let me know if I can help you further?????

Richard_Scope

Hi @britsportscar

Welcome to the community and sorry to read that your brother is experiencing a stressful time. I will move your question to our PIP discussions. We have many knowledgeable members who will be happy to advise you.

Yadnad

britsportscar said:

My partner's brother has been receiving PIP since Feb 2015. He was awarded it after suffering from extreme depression following the death of his Son. He recently received a letter from DWP requesting him to attend an interview ro review the PIP. He is now distraught, and has asked us for help as he says this is bringing all of his memories back and does not want t revisit that traumatic experience.

From reports in the press we understood that no-one would be required to attend a second interview ? Is this correct ? Please if anyone can offer advice we are desperate. Thanks in advance.

I have no idea why you would think that.
The only time that you may not need a face to face assessment is if you are awarded the enhanced rate for both components AND have a 10 year award period.
Only then, and it is limited to certain types of illnesses would you have a 'light touch' review at the 10 year point.

For everyone else the review normally goes along the same lines as would a new claim.

poppy123456

Hi,

Most people need to attend another face to face assessment when going through a review, it's very rare to have a paper based assessment.

I'm not sure what you read about no one having to attend a 2nd assessment because that's not true. There are ongoing awards given with a light review but this has only been in place since the summer of this year so this won't apply to your brother.

If he's unable to attend the assessment centre then he could ask for a home assessment but a letter from his GP maybe needed for this, stating the reasons why he can't attend the centre.

britsportscar

Thanks for the info.

We were obviously given incorrect information at the start, hence the reason for my posting.

All is clear now, and we will prepare him for his interview.

He had a real bad experience with his first interview . His doctor diagnosed PTSD after he watched his son die, but the interviewer who was ex-army told him that PTSD only applies to servicemen who had a traumatic experience whilst in the forces, and that civilians just have no idea what that is like.

He came home crying.

Waylay

That ex-army assessor was completely wrong. One can get PTSD from all kinds of things, and watching his son die is definitely one of them!

Yadnad

Waylay said:

That ex-army assessor was completely wrong. One can get PTSD from all kinds of things, and watching his son die is definitely one of them!

Pity that I didn't have this ex forces guy to do my assessments on that basis.
Ending up being shot and brain damaged would have sounded common. As it was my assessors thought that I was just pulling their leg about my PTSD issues even though I have another lifetime disability benefit award for that reason - as per a DWP doctors report!