People wrongly assessed after high court rulings.
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cat_hug
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Hi everybody,
I was on the phone with Pip yesterday and asked how they are identifying people wrongly assessed under the PIP high court ruling who may have missed out.
I ask this not just for myself but I have a friend who is in an even more dire situation than myself.
The pip advisor told me this doesn't apply to me, as I was transitioned from DLA in 2018 and the high court ruling was in 2016.
My understanding however, is that MA case was heard in 2016 and another, known as RJ was in 2017.
My recollection of this news is that it didn't really become public knowledge about the possible numbers of people adversely affected who may be owed back pay as a result?
I find it impossible to believe that individuals have been assessed properly immediately following these rulings?
I'm not sure what year my friend was assessed but it was quite a while before me.
My question is, is it only people assessed in 2016 or earlier perhaps who may have missed out? Which is what the pip advisor tells me.
I just find it very hard to believe that all of the individual people assessed since that ruling, had their cases looked at by DWP with the MA ruling in mind.
What then of RJ case? Which unless I'm wrong was heard and decided in 2017?
Does it seem impossible that local DWP and ATOS or capita centres, won't have still made rulings that were based on guidelines before MA and RJ?
We still hear horror stories of the draconian treatment of people with disabilities in 2021.
I know my hearing didn't consider these rulings, as I made the huge mistake of citing them in my appeals, which really seemed to tick the judge off at my FTT. ( she virtually flung the pages across the table asking 'where did I get these?'
Any advice on this appreciated, if only to be able to help my friend or others, who scored zero points, despite 3 strokes, a serious back injury that left him unable to do his previous job as a mechanic, nor much else as he can't sit for too long and can't stand for long either as well as suffering severe right sided weakness from his strokes.
Thanks in advance if anyone can advise?
Cat xx
I was on the phone with Pip yesterday and asked how they are identifying people wrongly assessed under the PIP high court ruling who may have missed out.
I ask this not just for myself but I have a friend who is in an even more dire situation than myself.
The pip advisor told me this doesn't apply to me, as I was transitioned from DLA in 2018 and the high court ruling was in 2016.
My understanding however, is that MA case was heard in 2016 and another, known as RJ was in 2017.
My recollection of this news is that it didn't really become public knowledge about the possible numbers of people adversely affected who may be owed back pay as a result?
I find it impossible to believe that individuals have been assessed properly immediately following these rulings?
I'm not sure what year my friend was assessed but it was quite a while before me.
My question is, is it only people assessed in 2016 or earlier perhaps who may have missed out? Which is what the pip advisor tells me.
I just find it very hard to believe that all of the individual people assessed since that ruling, had their cases looked at by DWP with the MA ruling in mind.
What then of RJ case? Which unless I'm wrong was heard and decided in 2017?
Does it seem impossible that local DWP and ATOS or capita centres, won't have still made rulings that were based on guidelines before MA and RJ?
We still hear horror stories of the draconian treatment of people with disabilities in 2021.
I know my hearing didn't consider these rulings, as I made the huge mistake of citing them in my appeals, which really seemed to tick the judge off at my FTT. ( she virtually flung the pages across the table asking 'where did I get these?'
Any advice on this appreciated, if only to be able to help my friend or others, who scored zero points, despite 3 strokes, a serious back injury that left him unable to do his previous job as a mechanic, nor much else as he can't sit for too long and can't stand for long either as well as suffering severe right sided weakness from his strokes.
Thanks in advance if anyone can advise?
Cat xx
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I was getting interested until you said and I quote "We still hear horror stories of the draconian treatment of people with disabilities in 2021."
That isn't the experience of the majority of disabled people.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
@woodbine I'm glad that you haven't experienced adverse treatment and that you can 'beg to differ.
You must live in area where services and support of people with disabilities are exceptional.
In my opinion, that is the exception and not the rule. As @Username_removed said, read a few pages of Disability News Service and see if you still feel the same.
Mike has spent years working to support and advise people with disabilities and has seen first hand probably every horror scenario you could or could not imagine.
Best wishes and enjoy your day. We will agree to disagree ?
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Man knows his onions. Like I said ?
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I simply voiced my opinion based on my experience and the fact that out of millions of claimants many have a good experience of the system, but i'm close to giving up on here probably because i'm a glass half full sort of guy despite some of the low key bullying that's creeping into this forum (and i'm not particularly refering to this thread with that comment but other very recent ones).2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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cat_hug said:@Username_removed
Man knows his onions. Like I said ?
Cheers Mike. Another great source of info and help2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
I think there can be no doubt that there are many what we could describe as "horror stories" out there, but that there are also many untold positive stories as suggested by @woodbine, nobody is incorrect here and all opinions are relevant.
If you want to get in touch with us @woodbine about your feelings that there has been bullying on the community lately, please send us an email to community@scope.org.uk and let us know about your concerns. We'd be happy to discuss anything that's worrying you.
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@Ross_Scope nothing I can put my finger on, just the general tone of some threads where people have done their best to help but have had their input shot to pieces by people who claim to know better, We, that is many of us are only trying our best to help but are made to feel that others somehow are superior.
Doesn't help that some threads don't get shut down quickly enough.
Might just be my emotional state at the moment, but I do worry that the attitude of some (unnamed)posters might put newer members from joining in some discussions in case they are "shot"down in flames.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
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Thank you Jane, I was beginning to think it was just me2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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@woodbine
Hope everything goes OK for you and sm tomorrow you will be in my thoughts x -
janer1967 said:@woodbine
Hope everything goes OK for you and sm tomorrow you will be in my thoughts x2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
woodbine said:cat_hug said:@Username_removed
Man knows his onions. Like I said ?
Cheers Mike. Another great source of info and help
Best of luck for today. Sounds like you have something iimportant happening (reading between the lines of Jane's comments) so sending best wishes for a positive outcome. ? -
Hi @woodbine Thanks for explaining that. As I'm sure you can imagine, tone can be quite difficult to manage on an online community, as people will interpret written text in different ways, and different people also have different styles of communication. I'm also sorry to hear you don't feel as though threads are always shut down quickly enough. I've popped you over an email.
If anyone else has concerns over bullying, moderation, or any other community-related issues, please feel free to email us on community@scope.org.uk.
We're keeping this thread open for now in case anyone has any further thoughts on @cat_hug's question.
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