Pip Review - Waiting time for an assessment

Backlogs are huge at the moment, going by lots of other threads it could be several months. Most people have assessments, even for reviews so you should expect one of those.

In my case, it was a change of circumstances (but still a review of sorts I guess) and from submitting form to receiving decision was a mere 9 weeks, I wasn’t required to attend an assessment.

so although most seem to have very long waits, some can be done far quicker, guessing a lot depends on the amount of cases being dealt with in the area you live.

Hope you get to hear soon

Tagsta said:

I sent the questionnaire back in May, finally got a letter saying I would have a phone assessment, missed it as my phone does strange things and was on silent, once I realised I rang them, must have been some 10 minutes later as I was checking my phone constantly. This was back in Oct, rang them several times since and they are claiming they no longer send out letters to confirm but text you instead, they said they had done this 3 times since I missed the assessment. My phone though can go on silent but it doesn't miss phone calls or texts messages. Really frustrating as it definitely wasn't me they were contacting. If at all as can't help but be a little suspicious.

They are supposed to send out a letter to tell you that you have an appointment. Then the reminders are sent by text message.

@rayrar80 hope it was the right decision? Bet you're glad the wait is over.

Thanks for the replies, the chap I spoke to definitely said they weren't sending letters unless I'm already in the system or something. I was on DLA since 2006 until they changed it to PIP I was horrified by the new system. I decided to come off it as didn't feel I was in a vegetable state at that point LOL. Not worked since 2019 as just couldn't work full time anymore as it was literally sapping the life from me. I'm on ESA and at 64 it's highly unlikely I will be offered a job. What gets me is my wife worked in care till Jan 21 and she only handed in her notice because we were scaling down and moving. Been limping badly for over a year, covid left her not properly diagnosed. 2 slipped discs and a collapsing hip and rushed through from being seen by a specialist to being operated on 2 weeks later in March. Never claimed anything and by august was working part-time again bless her. So we have never taken advantage of the system. I have MS and Meniere's pretty bad and worked my whole life bar 2.5 years when I was struck down with this horrible disease. And that was only because we were unlucky and I went to a Chiropractor undiagnosed at the time but having a flare-up, turned out he was registered as none practising at the time and did 5 neck manipulations on me. he ignored all the signals that were presented at the time and I was actually waiting for an MRI on my spine and brain. That was pretty much it. I had my first neuropathic attack and my life was taken for the next 18 months of sheer hell. When I finally could walk again I was told it was a wonder he hadn't killed me. took me another year to return to work part-time. He was banned from the Chiropractors Council and had already fled the country as he hurt someone else as well. Never tracked him down, the case remains open some 14 years later So there you have it, feeling a bit peeved at the moment.