Pip telephone consultation times

snoopy1

How long are people waiting to have their initial telephone consultations.
been waiting 11 weeks! Maybe I will sit tight because of the corona pandemic

katho31

hi, I applied early feb and not had any consultation yet. I managed to speak to dwp last week, woman said my application for pip was with assessor so a waiting game

Brumboy68

I applied April 1 had phone assesment may 13 it lasted 25 minutes

Brumboy68

Maybe if it's with assessor they aren't bothering with a phone call.

snoopy1

Guess so
Thank you 

katho31

maybe, thank you and hope im successful

snoopy1

Fingers crossed 

Brumboy68

If haven't had a text by Wednesday I'm gonna call them and ask for report

Brumboy68

Ok I wil definitely ring them on Wednesday then. I'm not expecting much the assessor didn't seemed to have much idea what she was talking about. I'm pretty sure she hadn't read notes either. But hey we will see. I still don't think she will factor the risk and safety of completing the tasks into the scores. I will be amazed if I don't get mobility.  I have at least two to three Toni clinic seizures a week with many falls obviously . When I'm outside that means more danger of course. She asked how do you get on shopping . I said I had a cluster of seizures in Sainsbury's in the main shopping centre in town requiring paramedics and 13 nights in hospital I fall regularly .I  said it was in the paperwork. Im  writing all of this but maybe all of this will not have been needed by later in week  if good news arrives. 

 

daisy80

I applied in Dec and had a tel assessment 2 weeks ago. 2 days after my tel assessment dwp text to say they had the report and would take up to 6 weeks to make a decision. I'm with Independent Assessment services (atos)

Brumboy68

No text for me

daisy80

I set my contact preference as text when I made my claim so maybe that's why? They seem to follow it up with a letter to but the text is much quicker 

Brumboy68

I think I did too . I got letter about my phone appointment followed by two texts and then a letter who knows?

Brumboy68

Just rang dwp spent 30 mins on phone no report has arrived with them yet. They will send text  when it arrives and post it will just have to wait .

Chloe_Alumni

I hope you don't have to wait much longer @Brumboy68! 

avakarlsson

Hi

I have been dismissed from work due to ill health grounds, do I need to let the pip department know or not?

Thank you 

snoopy1

I'm not sure if pip need to know about your work, as I dont think its calculated that way!

avakarlsson

Thank you for your reply 

oh ok, I just thought they might need to know but if you are saying it’s not calculated that way, then I won’t phone them. 

Could my payments go higher if I phoned or not?

daisy80

Pip asked me about work during my assessment for example if I had got any warnings etc. It didn't mention it on the form but they did ask me a few questions about it during my tel assessment 

avakarlsson

Oh do you think I should phone them? 

snoopy1

It's not based on ur work.
So doesn't matter 
You can work and still claim I understood