Pip and pregnancy

hhad1

Hello my friend is currently pregnant and wishes to seek advice but struggles with online forums and how it all works so thought I'd ask for her. Basically she gets standard rate of £61.85 and at the time of this award worked full time in person at the office, since being pregnant she has struggled with fatigue, sickness and her thyroid disorder has gotten worse, she also recently got told by her Dr she needs to slow down as she appears to be stressed and she's struggling a bit with daily life at the moment and has had to switch to working from home. She was wondering whether its worth notifying/she legally has to notify pip of this change / pregnancy as she is wondering if shell get a higher rate or whether its more likely she could end up getting it taken away altogether. Thank you 

bg844

Pregnancy has nothing to do with PIP. If her Daily Living and Mobility activities have significantly changed (taking away her being pregnant) then a change of circumstances could be considered although I recommend you get expert advice on this beforehand because her award could be taken away all together even if she isn’t due a review yet:

https://advicelocal.uk/

calcotti

For a condition to be taken into account for PIP the condition has to have lasted for three months and be expected to continue for another 9 months. Pregnancy clearly can't fit within this timeframe so the impact of pregnancy itself cannot be taken into account.

hhad1

calcotti said:

For a condition to be taken into account for PIP the condition has to have lasted for three months and be expected to continue for another 9 months. Pregnancy clearly can't fit within this timeframe so the impact of pregnancy itself cannot be taken into account.

Thank you, I did assume that pregnancy itself would not make any difference but I did not want to risk giving her the wrong advice so thanks for the clarification 

hhad1

bg844 said:

Pregnancy has nothing to do with PIP. If her Daily Living and Mobility activities have significantly changed (taking away her being pregnant) then a change of circumstances could be considered although I recommend you get expert advice on this beforehand because her award could be taken away all together even if she isn’t due a review yet:

https://advicelocal.uk/

I thought as much but wanted to double check as I didn't want to steer her in the wrong direction but thank you for confirming what I already told her would likely be the case

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