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PIP Assessor
gypsy
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Hi not sure if anyone can help or if it's happened to anyone else , I had my PIP assessment in Jan which i failed full of lies of course i got a short report with the assessors name on before i asked for my MR when i failed that i received the full report with the date of assessment ,time of arrival and time left along with the name of the assessor which is totally different to the one on the short report not only that but my friend who was with me has actually met the assessor on the full report twice and said its deffo NOT the one i saw .
I got my daughter to phone DWP and Capita about it all they say is " your mum was assessed it doesn't matter about the name of the assessor who she saw on the report " is this right....
There was so many lies and contradictions on both reports one stating that i lip read then about 3 lines down stating i had good eye contact hmm... the assessor who came here asked if i went for physio i asked her what for her reply was for RLS of course i asked her if she knew what RLS was she said yes of course cos i have it too lol in which case she would know its a neurological disorder and not muscle duh! the assessor i saw was so rude and had no deaf awareness either .
Anyway both reports differ and contradict each other as if written by two different people one i saw one i didn't two different names on reports yet no one seems concerned about this surely it's wrong.
I got my daughter to phone DWP and Capita about it all they say is " your mum was assessed it doesn't matter about the name of the assessor who she saw on the report " is this right....
There was so many lies and contradictions on both reports one stating that i lip read then about 3 lines down stating i had good eye contact hmm... the assessor who came here asked if i went for physio i asked her what for her reply was for RLS of course i asked her if she knew what RLS was she said yes of course cos i have it too lol in which case she would know its a neurological disorder and not muscle duh! the assessor i saw was so rude and had no deaf awareness either .
Anyway both reports differ and contradict each other as if written by two different people one i saw one i didn't two different names on reports yet no one seems concerned about this surely it's wrong.
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Yes i requested an appeal tribunal i've had a letter from the courts just waiting for a date now, what i'm confused about more is why there's two names of assessor the main one on the full report of assessment with the assessors name isn't the one i saw it states that she's the one that came here my friend had her assessment with her as did her sister and it was deffo not her as said she'd met her . All the assessment provider said was oh well doesn't matter who's name it is on it i got assessed anyway ppfftt!
It does sort of matter because who actually wrote the report then?! The person you saw or the person who's name is on the report? lol. The person on the report didn't assess you so I see why you are concerned.
I'll be putting in a complaint myself once I get the decision from the DWP, 11 weeks later and still waiting.
Those that relate to the assessor being rude, not identifying herself, not knowing about RLS etc are annoying and upsetting - but they don't have any bearing on your claim.
Concentrate on the reasons why you believe that you should have been awarded PIP. Give examples of why you can't carry out the daily living tasks, and how you overcome the difficulties you have, and whether you need assistance.
If you have difficulty communicating then this would be Activity 7 and possibly Activity 9 "Engaging with people face to face"
I don't know how lip-reading fits in here - perhaps someone else might assist?
I had my assessment back in January woman came to my home babbled that fast i didn't catch her name neither did my friend ask her slow down as I'm hearing impaired to which she replied of course i read your hearing impaired she didn't repeat what she said ggrr obviously she's had no deaf awareness training as she shouted ggrr which makes the face look angry and harder to lip read i asked her not to shout and so continued doing the assessment , The woman was rude and ignorant and aggressive in tone after she went my friend said to me that i was rather aggressive i only react to how I'm spoken to , I failed my assessment only got 2 points for my hearing loss felt really guilty as in the report it more or less said i don't help myself because i don;t wear hearing aids ( they make no difference they just make things louder I'm deaf in speech i don't hear words with or without hearing aids) she said she got me to do 4 different things i only did two stand on one leg to which i lost my balance then ask me put my arms up my back something i've never been able to do due to shoulder restriction she asked how did i clean myself when i went to the loo told her like anybody else her reply was then you can put your arm up your back hmm slight difference from going up to going down i'd have thought . In the report it states i lip read then a few lines down said i had good eye contact lol and made a good rapport with the assessor haha! and the report stated that i chose not to wear hearing aids and that i Learnt sign language as if i learnt it myself ( i went to deaf school) and that i don't use sign language daily hmm i live in a really small village no one here that uses sign language nor in the town near by the report also stated that i walk alone to go have coffee with friends uh-huh 8 miles away! i don't think sooo, i suffer with other disorders but non was took into account i have a sleep disorder too on the report it states i sleep 6 to 7 hr a night when it should be 6 to 7 hrs a week so of course that causes lots of other things too , Annnnnnnyway get to the point i got the small assessment report stating the assessor's name on it then a few days later i got the full report which states time of arrival , time she was here , time she left and her name this is where it confuses me as the name is different to the short report and..... the name on the full report my friend has met her twice once when her sister was assessed and second time whe she herself was assessed most deffo NOT the woman that came here whos name is on the report surly that's given false info or something as it wasn't the woman that i saw . now im awaiting an appeal date
as for lip reading im hearing impaired and have to lip read other wise i don;t catch whats been said if its someone that English isn't their first language then im totallly lost or if they're north of here im damned too in the report she put that i mix well with people haha lie..... i go out socilalising lie..... i hate being in groups i can;t keep up in the convo i got 2 points for deafness that's the whole report is lies both reports are different they contradict each other does read like two different people wrote them . as i said on one line it states i lip read then few lines down states i had good eye contact of course i did i lip read . . the report states i sleep 6 to 7 hrs a night it should read i sleep 6 to 7 hrs a week i have sleep disorder which in turn causes other problems specially mental health and anxiety having a sleep disorder isn't something i'd wish on anyone i even gave up ironing as i fall asleep doing it i even fall asleep eating then wake up choking no mention of that in either reports apart from the ironing it states ironing not being took into account no metion of my eating so it's ok to choke , anyway in the full report its full of lies including the name of the assessor .
I think you might be better concentrating on the reasons why you should be given PIP, examples of why you are unable to carry out the descriptors and how you manage. I don't believe that who the assessor was is relevant to this.