Hi, my name is ElGreco15081! Would love to hear from others who found the assessment demoralising

ElGreco15081

Hello Scope Community.
I am new to your community and have landed here by fate. I saw an article about PIP reassessment as a result of new DWP rules and clicked on it to find out more. My son went through the assessment on Wednesday with the DWP representative on the phone. I would love to hear from others in your community who went through the assessment and felt totally demoralised after the process. 2 hours and 40 minutes it took, not the 60 minutes we were told.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Kind regards,

ElG.

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @ElGreco15081 I'm glad you stumbled across us!

Your son certainly isn't the only one to feel demoralised after the assessment. Unfortunately, many people feel this way. I've moved your post into our PIP category. If you take a look through there, you'll be able to find lots of people in a similar position.

The length of assessments can vary quite a lot, and doesn't really indicate how successful it was. 

Would you mind sharing a little more about what in particular your son found demoralising about the assessment? 

PIP reassessment as a result of new DWP rules

Is this in reference to the way the DWP changed how they view how overwhelming psychological distress can affect someone's ability to plan and follow a journey?

SueHeath

Hi @ElGreco15081 welcome to our great group 
Sorry i can't help with your experience with PIP.
Hopefully you will find help i the  PIP category that Tori pointed you towards.

K5T

Recently had my assessment via phone call. Found it to be the exact same, almost like they where questioning everything i has said but not in a "I want to understand you better" kind of way. 

The whole process has caused me significant distress and regardless of my outcome I won't be appealing or reapplying. 

Think I'll wait for the decision before I see the report, too much pressure already. Hope yours goes okay 🤍

SueHeath

Yep the best way I feel @K5T try and put it all to the back of your mind and keep yourselves busy - good luck all.

L_Volunteer

How is everyone doing today? I hope you are all well. If you do need anything though, we are all here for each other