Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.

I guess I’m worried that I can’t get any recent letters from my consultant as there isn’t treatment so you get discharged. But I have several letters from the past that I’ll send again. I’m not leaving anything up to them . Thank you chiaried

I know I kept wondering when is it coming. They always send them months before your awards up so it’s normal. Just got to get it filled out and my info together. I’d really love a paper based assessment for a change so fingers crossed 🤞

It isn't for for purpose and absolutely useless for assessing LCWRA claimants. It also fails to assess pain and fatigue so it's terrible as it is.

I constantly come back to the same thought I had when this bill first came, that their only intention is to cut claims no matter how they have to do it, and once they get the bill through how can anybody fight it?

I've always thought that at least some of the descriptors can also cover people with mental health issues.

I know that the descriptors 'Managing My Treatments', 'Talking, Listening and Understanding', 'Mixing With Other People', and 'Planning and Following a Journey' are all things I have serious trouble with because of mental health issues.

Yes phone is better for me personally as I have invisible conditions so I look fine unless my sciatica plays up then I’m screaming in pain . Same as the pain from my arthritis. But my fibromyalgia pain is a pain that throbs constantly and my reaction to it is different so you wouldn’t know what I’m feeling. My first assessor was face to face and absolutely nasty . Lied , disagreed with everything I said , ignored all medical evidence. So I don’t want a face to face . I’m praying for paper based , just to get a break for once

I agree with your post! This has been going on years and how to claim PIP etc. And the numbers of working age claiming ill health benefits has gone up 2/3 since lockdown - this is fact. PIP claimants have risen 1.7m in the same period from 2m in 2020. Absolutely sure UC and PIP are being gamed (fleeced) at a time face to face appointments I went through were stopped!! It's obvious when you look at averages on PIP alone. There were a 1/4m applications for PIP in the first 3 months of this year, so as you say clogged up! I said all this when I first joined this forum and I am sure it is the cause of all the upset for genuine disabled people.

Same concern which I mentioned in an earlier post, this is a win, anything that gives us progress is a win, but of course there is still a battle for new claimants, and these later descriptor changes which I have a sneaky feeling may not be included in these concessions. But we wont know until more is revealed, apparently these concessions havent even being put in the written bill yet, so MPs dont know what they voting on.