DLA to PIP

janesandra said:

Hi I would just like to ask a question about this pip thing I have been on DLA for 26 years and just filled  in the form now as I was given it for life it worry's Me a bit why I  should have to go through all of this at nearly seventy its upsetting and I can't sleep because it worry s me so much 26 years I have been on it had a strict medical see a DR often but this is so unnecessary at my age why now why I am getting to the end of my life to they make me go through all this stress sorry but i don't know how much more worrying  Ican take 

I too am 70 (71 next April) and I have had three of these face to face assessments in the past five years. I was on DLA indefinitely High Care & Mobility since 1995 but each time I had a PIP re-assessment they gave me 0 points. I had to fight twice to get it reversed to Enhanced Care & Mobility. 
I gave up after the third decision of 0 points again.
I was on a 3 year award cycle that meant that a face to face  re-assessment had to be carried out every two years.
The thought of having to be re-assessed and having to fight for what I am entitled to every other year was too much to bear - I stopped the PIP claim earlier this year.

Good luck with your life on PIP!

dignifieddoll said:

i dont see why i should have to justfiy having RA ,fibromyalgia depression and anxiety to anyone 

Yet you are asking the government to make you a financial award?
If the DWP were to accept every claim as being genuine and true there would be no refusals.

dignifieddoll said:

I wasnt actually  meaning just myself when i said i shouldnt have to justify myself to anyone .i meant anyone that has to do the assessments sorry if you dont agree .

Almost everyone has to have a regular face to face assessments. One of the main reasons as to why PIP was brought out was to ensure that claimants are tested at regular intervals unlike how DLA was set up.

Personally I agree with this as to be honest with DLA my award was given to me (High Mobility & Care)  back in 1995 with little evidence and no assessment. 
The alternative is that if you are finding the PIP intrusive, as you appear to do, then close down your claim as I did.
 Everybody has a choice.

dignifieddoll said:

I am very willing to have the assessments as i have nothing to hide im just saying and im by far not the only person to say it to justify yourself and then for the assessor not to put the truth down or miss important information out is not righht and more stressful to people .and yes i know i have a choice .thank you .

Good. We now seem to be agreeing that having to justify yourself is the way forward. You are now moving away from your original post to criticising the assessor in not reporting what you say. In the main that is par for the course I'm afraid for most of us. I have had that happen to me three times in the past five years.. Getting annoyed or upset about it will not help you get the points you need for an award. As like I do, I treat anybody that works for the DWP in it's many guises as complete 'idiots'. Accept that and put your effort into evidencing why you are entitled to those points despite what the assessor has written is the way forward. .
I would mention in passing that within the Civil Service, no one that I know and have known would willingly want to work for that department. It sits at the bottom of the pile if career civil servants are given a choice. By contrast the Diplomatic Service along with the Foreign Office sit at the top of the pile. And if you are of the right calibre, the Security Service, who are always looking for the right persons, sits alongside the other two.