PIP CIRCUMSTANCES HELP PLEASE

unoitsrong

Hi Guys, I have received PIP for some years now. I’ve had a fresh diagnoses after being hospitalised 6 months ago. But the issue started 2 years before, this has been ongoing with various medications being prescribed, trips to the doctors and A&E before finally being, as I said, hospitalised with this issue. I’ve been severely poorly since the hospital visit with myself unable to walk for months at a time. It’s been really really hard to cope with and i just don’t know what to do from here. I was informed about doing a change of circumstances form but I also read I have to do a claim as if it was new. Im just a little confused and flustered with it all. So any help is much appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance guys 🙏🏻

poppy123456

A diagnosis is not classed as a change of circumstances in itself because PIP isn't about a diagnosis. Whether you can score more points for a higher award will totally depend on how your conditions affect you against the 12 activities.

If you report a change of circumstances then you will be sent more forms to fill in and return and another assessment is most likely. So yes, you should treat it as a new claim.

We can't tell you whether you should go ahead and report changes because we don't know anything about your conditions.

There's always a risk when doing this and the outcome could either be your award will stay the same, be reduce or increased.

Before doing anything else you should get some expert advice from an agency near you. Start here. https://advicelocal.uk/

unoitsrong

poppy123456 said:

A diagnosis is not classed as a change of circumstances in itself because PIP isn't about a diagnosis. Whether you can score more points for a higher award will totally depend on how your conditions affect you against the 12 activities.

If you report a change of circumstances then you will be sent more forms to fill in and return and another assessment is most likely. So yes, you should treat it as a new claim.

We can't tell you whether you should go ahead and report changes because we don't know anything about your conditions.

There's always a risk when doing this and the outcome could either be your award will stay the same, be reduce or increased.

Before doing anything else you should get some expert advice from an agency near you. Start here. https://advicelocal.uk/

Thanks for the reply, yes as I said above it’s severely effected me and my ability to walk which has dramatically changed my circumstances. This started two years ago but only had the diagnoses in the past few months. So how do I go about it from here?

I waited for the diagnoses before even thinking of apply for change of circumstance. Was this the wrong thing to do? 

Thanks once again. 

poppy123456

As i said, PIP isn't about a diagnosis. For a change of circumstances you ring DWP and report the changes and you'll be sent more PIP2 forms to fill in and return. A worsening of condition doesn't mean you're automatically entitled to a high award. Please use the link i posted above to get some expert advice.

unoitsrong

Thanks poppy