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  • Tess50
    Tess50 Community member Posts: 21 Listener
    Iv triggered the MR; but i am being forced to have the other assessment otherwise my claim/award will be withdrawn . 
  • wildlife
    wildlife Community member Posts: 1,293 Pioneering
    @Tess50 Surely you can't do both because if your MR changes the award and the assessment comes up with a different result which one counts. It should be the MR as that will be completed first. You need more clarity on this. Have you tried contacting your MP? When is your assessment supposed to be?
  • Tess50
    Tess50 Community member Posts: 21 Listener
    @wildlife its on Friday , apparently even though i triggered the MR I would still have to have assessment, i was sobbing on the phone, to them, so i have to put myself through it again i starting to think i dhould have kept my mouth shut now, my stress level is through the roof and my bp had gone that high im calssed as having hyperytensive crisis and i received a letter with her blatant lies which has really **** me off, my son is fuming 
  • Tess50
    Tess50 Community member Posts: 21 Listener
    Im going to ring the town hall now, as iv only just calmed down slightly see what happens, should i ring DWP back? X 
  • wildlife
    wildlife Community member Posts: 1,293 Pioneering
    @Tess50 I would ring the Scope helpline number and pour it all out to them and get some expert advice. If you'd kept quiet then that's giving in to them as you'd still have had to go through the 2nd assessment and would be feeling worse with not doing anything to stop this happening. At least you're using your anger in a pro active way. Sorry if you feel any advice was not helpful but we're here for you until this is sorted out. Keep posting.  
  • ShaunAshford
    ShaunAshford Community member Posts: 8 Listener
    From what I've gathered so far,each and every one of us are being bullied by these "medical professionals".
    It makes me wonder if they use these tactics in the hope of us getting so **** off with it all,that we give up.Therefore surrender to losing any entitlement.......are they on a bonus scheme?.........food for thought.
    @Tess50
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    From what I've gathered so far,each and every one of us are being bullied by these "medical professionals".
    It makes me wonder if they use these tactics in the hope of us getting so **** off with it all,that we give up.Therefore surrender to losing any entitlement.......are they on a bonus scheme?.........food for thought.
    @Tess50
    Only if you can get to the food bank
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  • Tess50
    Tess50 Community member Posts: 21 Listener
    Because my complaint is about the assessor i have to have this second assessment done
  • allergic2idiots
    allergic2idiots Community member Posts: 13 Connected
    edited June 2020
    Can nothing whatsoever be done to stop the lies these assessors habitually tell? What do they hope to achieve? They are very well paid indeed, by the way. Its becoming increasingly remote to actually get a truthful assessment. [Removed by moderator]
     Nursing & Midwifery Council now obliged to investigate nurses who are found to have lied whilst involved in benefit assessments.
  • allergic2idiots
    allergic2idiots Community member Posts: 13 Connected
    Try access Select Committee on benefits, chair by former M.P. Frank Field. Also N.A.W.R.A. , and find volume of M.R.s where claimants insist assessors lied in their Reports. I*ve sat in on a fair few myself, borderline-funny. One assessor claimed lady walked her dog each day - she lived in a flat, no pets allowed, one case where assessor reported claimant removed & donned her coat without visible difficulty - she had no coat with her, she wore trouser-suit. And the howler - how long has your son had Downs*?
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community member Posts: 16,007 Disability Gamechanger
    @allergic2idiots - As stated above, the system isn't perfect, but we have to work with it. The Down's Syndrome comment is well documented. I have a genetic disorder too, & was asked how long I'd had it at my first assessment. Thankfully a Case manager, I presume, stepped in, & rang me to ask further questions, particularly those the first assessor had queried.....for some reason she'd also queried that I had a wet room, which my son had emphatically stated I had. I was also asked further questions, I felt to better understand my neurological problems. The end result, another f2f PIP assessment 2 weeks later. The second HCP was more empathetic, & had read through my PIP claim form before I had my assessment.
    The end result, my PIP claim wasn't what I'd expected; 3 times it was mentioned in my decision letter that as as I didn't see a 'Pain management nor a Physiotherapist specialist' I could walk further than the 6 metres I'd been seen to walk in pain. Hmmm...well I happen to be a physiotherapist. My MR increased my award to the level I felt appropriate.
    If I can add further, people here are trying to advise with their knowledge, or, as in my case, a personal experience.
    Your experience has been poor, so concentrate on the fact you didn't actually have an assessment, & perhaps ask to have one. The assessors can report inaccurately, & they do tick boxes that may be inaccurate, but they don't 'habitually lie.'
  • allergic2idiots
    allergic2idiots Community member Posts: 13 Connected
     I beg to differ. Strong testimony obtained from whistle-blowers and programmes like * Dispatches * identify that very problem. You can*t for example expect an Occupational Therapist to assess a claimant who has complex mental health disorders. Poor training, incompetence aside, you will never persuade me that it is ever acceptable to lie and lie again. See Benefits & Work website, and Disability News Service.

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