Support with face-to-face pip assessments

Kitty56

I don't have any one to attend the pip assessment with me, I really need some support, which organisations can provide a person to support me please? my assessment is in two weeks' time....

poppy123456

I'm not aware of any advice agencies that attend assessments with people. This is because they very often just don't have the funding to be able to do this. You can of course ring some agencies to ask, for this start here. https://advicelocal.uk/

Kitty56

Thank you @poppy123456  I will check them out.

Kitty56

Thank you @Oddball I will check them out

Kitty56

@poppy123456 Thank you very much, I'll check them out

Kitty56

My doctors request for a telephone assessment was ignored by the dwp since April this year, today I received a text message informing me of a face-to-face assessment which sent my mind reeling with pure anxiety, I phoned the number provided for the assessors and made my request again, it has now been changed to a phone appointment, when will we be treated as humans??

poppy123456

DWP don’t arrange the assessments, the health assessment providers are responsible for that.

poppy123456

Deppi said:

Kitty56 said:

My doctors request for a telephone assessment was ignored 

Of course physical conditions may require an observation, but there are home visits for that.

They no longer do home assessments and haven't since Covid began. Telephone and video assessments have replaced them. They are unlikely to start back anytime in the future either.