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I think every PIP claim is individual which is one of the issues of blanket advice.

I've seen a lot of advice on here given just generally over PIP claims and tribunals, such as "don't address what the DWP said that was incorrect" and you "don't need medical evidence"…but those two things ultimately won me my case at tribunal, because I had extensive evidence the DWP had basically ignored, and my breakdown of all the places they'd made mistakes helped to focus the judge and panel on the real issues of my claim.

But that was my case in my area in 2018. I feel like I can't assume that everyone else's case would be the same as mine. And ultimately, the person giving the points is the decision assessor/MR assessor/Tribunal. Not a person on a SCOPE forum. At the end of the day it always comes down to how well you convey your needs and (mostly) how much they listen/understand/believe those issues exist.

I have four points in preparing food because I can't cook, and it is actually dangerous for me to use the oven unsupervised because of my executive function. In my tribunal one of the panel basically insulted my parents for not teaching me to cook and implied I was lazy and a liar, and I was awarded only 2 points for food prep. Three years later, I got the 4 points at my PIP review without having to go through any appeal process.

This shows how arbitrary it is, based on the same person and the same evidence, but different people making the decisions. And this is probably where we're going to see mass chaos when reassessments begin for people who are potentially going to lose everything.

I'll also add I have zero points in several daily living categories. That fact alone makes me feel guilty because my 4 points in food prep means I still qualify, while those with 2 or 3 points in nearly everything will not. This, too, is arbitrary, and shows how little disability is understood.

@sarah_lea12

Yes…..Absolutely, the impact on carers , especially with vulnerable people potentially becoming ineligible for PIP(due to the stricter criteria), is definitely something to include. There are also several other repercussions that I might not have listed in-depth , as this was just a strategy I quickly drafted based on how I’m structuring my own email. Feel free to adapt it to your personal experience as you see fit.

The key thing is that we target all these concerns and stand up against these benefit cuts by sending this strategic email by June

Our voices carry immense strength.

In solidarity ✊

Thanks for that, Iv'e emailed my responses, and did as you suggested with my own personal touch and how it will affect me etc. The more people we can get to email the bogus consultation, the better as they then can't just say we agreed with them or opposed them.

Received my review form today , called MacMillan and they are going to guide me through it tomorrow .

Thanks I thought that,saw my Dr today she writing me a letter to ask for paper assessment if needed too.disgrace if they use health care so called professional over a Dr.

Benefits and Work has obtained details of the conditions which have the highest number of awards with no 4-point or higher descriptors.

The list, provided under the Freedom of Information Act,  shows that almost eight out of ten awards where back pain is the primary disabling condition are at risk under the proposed 4-point or higher rule

This is closely followed by arthritis, where more than three quarters of awards are threatened.

The conditions least likely to lose out are learning disabilities, where only 3% are at risk and autistic spectrum disorders at 6%

These figures only cover working age claimants.  There is a lack of clarity from the DWP about what will happen to pension age claimants from November 2026.

Notes

Health condition category is based on primary health condition as recorded on the PIP Computer System at time of latest assessment. Many claimants have multiple health conditions but only primary condition is available for analysis.

Only the 18 disabling condition groups which make up the highest proportions of the PIP caseload are displayed in this table.

Other disabling condition groups which cover smaller proportions of the PIP caseload are covered in the "Other Conditions" category. This includes:

• Visual Diseases
• Other General Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Endocrine Diseases
• Hearing Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Genitourinary Diseases
• Skin Diseases
• Autoimmune Diseases (Connective Tissue Disorders)
• Infectious Diseases
• Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder or Biliary Tract
• Haematological Diseases
• Metabolic Diseases
• Multisystem and Extremes of Age
• Diseases of the Immune System

Anxiety and Depression includes the following conditions recorded in the PIP Stat Xplore data:

• Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known
• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known
• Generalised anxiety disorder
• Phobia - Specific
• Phobia - Social
• Agoraphobia
• Panic disorder
• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed
• Conversion disorder (hysteria)
• Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
• Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known
• Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known
• Depressive disorder
• Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)
• Mood disorders - Other / type not known