PIP Mandatory Reconsideration

SJH20
SJH20 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
Hi everyone. I’m my husband’s carer who suffers from COPD. I’m thinking of doing a Mandatory Reconsideration on the basis that I feel he deserves more points on the daily living than what was given him. However I need help with the wording and explaining of his issues. Has anyone gone through this successfully and can help me please? Thanks in anticipation. 

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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi there 

    If you feel you need help cobra t welfare rights or Cab 

    There is no special wording required jydt go through each descriptor you think deserve more points and give a couple of real examples of what happened when he tried to do the task 

    What happens,  who helod him or any aids , if he can't do it why not , can he do if safely   reliably and repeatedly.  Are there any consequences of doing  task eg fatigue,  pain , can't do it again and so on
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    It is only worth doing this if you think there should be enough extra points to make a difference to the award. So if he got 8 points there is no point asking for an MR if you think there are only 2 or 3 more points to gain as this would not change the award.
  • SJH20
    SJH20 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
    hello @woodbine, he scored 9 points for daily living but there is untruth in the managing treatment and medication and making budgeting  decisions. He scored 0 on both. I have to prompt him to take his medication, give him his dosette box which I prepare, set up his CPAP machine at night, test his blood sugar everyday with a glucometer and I deal fully with all budgeting decisions and bills payment in the household. 
  • SJH20
    SJH20 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
    Oh and thank you for your responses. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited May 2021
    So for medication you are potentially looking at 1 extra point, or possibly 4 (I'm not sure if the CPAP machine counts as a therapy, if it is point score would depend on how long you spend dealing with it).
    For budgeting have a look at page 111 - 112
    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/918329/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-assessment-criteria.pdf
  • anxiousbird
    anxiousbird Community member Posts: 165 Empowering
    I think I’ve read somewhere that any needs during the night time are not considered for PIP. So CPAP wouldn’t count. I myself have trouble sleeping (sort of similar to sleep apneoa) so I looked it up when I was first applying for PIP. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can shed some light on it. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    I think I’ve read somewhere that any needs during the night time are not considered for PIP. 
    I don't know where you would have got that from. Unlike DLA or AA it doesn't look at night time needs separately but that doesn't mean they are ignored.