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DuffersMum

I’ve lodged my appeal online and have now received a letter saying it will be dealt with at a tribunal centre.

i have not sent anything in yet apart from what I filled in online...should I now be sending in evidence and copy of MR ETC? Or do I wait until I have received the written response from DWP?

Thanks

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LP004

Yes, send in as much evidence as you can as soon as you can

nanook

Did you send in hospital diagnosis letters, a letter from your gp saying how your illness or disability affects you day to day, and ask any other people who have input if they can do the same? Are you able to get someone to go with you or an advocate to help on the day?
I filled in my form using the benefits and work website guides which helped a lot

DuffersMum

Thank you, I’ll get things sorted and posted off.

poppy123456

Letters from a GP aren't the best evidence to send because they will very rarely know how your conditions affect you against the PIP descriptors. They will only know the basics such as diagnosis and medication and PIP isn't about a diagnosis.

Liz2012

@nanook what is the web site was it you used, only as my head is going round it what to do should I go for appeal, if not I will loose my way of getting out, might still loose everything or don’t appeal keep what I’ve got but don’t get out to hospital appointments.

Thanks Liz

poppy123456

Liz2012 said:

@nanook what is the web site was it you used, only as my head is going round it what to do should I go for appeal, if not I will loose my way of getting out, might still loose everything or don’t appeal keep what I’ve got but don’t get out to hospital appointments.
Thanks Liz

Benefits and work costs £19.95 to join for a year, unfortunately, the guides available on there are not free.

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/join-us

nanook

My letters from my consultants list my various diagnosis and how my illnesses affect me, they are no longer allowed by the NHS to write supporting letters to help patients with benefits, so mine put my issues into the diagnosis letters to my gp and send me a copy. The letters are useful evidence, as are letters from physios, social workers, mental health services etc.
The benefits and work website does charge you to join, they have a newsletter you can sign up for than usually gives you a voucher for money off membership, their guides give you help with descriptors and how to navigate the whole farcical system.
For example if you need to use a "navigational aid" aka satnav while out, to avoid getting lost for example due to poor memory, mental distress, anxiety etc you automatically score enough points for the higher rate and a blue badge?

nanook

poppy123456 said:

Liz2012 said:

@nanook what is the web site was it you used, only as my head is going round it what to do should I go for appeal, if not I will loose my way of getting out, might still loose everything or don’t appeal keep what I’ve got but don’t get out to hospital appointments.
Thanks Liz

Benefits and work costs £19.95 to join for a year, unfortunately, the guides available on there are not free.
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/join-us

The guides may not be free, I've found people more than happy to share and explain how to use them tho

poppy123456

@Username_removed absolutely fantastic information, thank you for that

Merry Christmas to you and your family

cristobal

@Username_removed - GPs writing 'supporting' letters isn't part of their NHS contract so they can choose whether they do it, or not, on a private basis and charge a fee.

I fully agree with your comment about consultants "being ignored" which seems to be a common misunderstanding.

Doctors write reports about medical stuff because that's what they're trained to do - diagnose and treat illnesses, not help with benefits applications.

I read through about about 200 pages of medical reports etc before concluding that only 4 were relevant to my PIP application - and these were all written by an Occupational Health consultant who I saw before being medically retired from my job.He made no mention of diagnosis, or symptoms but just commented on what I could do and what I couldn't.
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Adrian_Scope

Hi @Username_removed. Thanks for all your comments here.
To echo @Cressida and @poppy123456, they've made for some interesting reading.
I'm sorry you're not keen on the title Disability Game Changer ⁠— these titles are given automatically, based on the number of posts a member has made, rather than it being something we assign to particular members. With regards to editing posts ⁠— we now leave a note within a post that's been edited for its content to make this clear, although it has been quite a while since we edited any of your posts.