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Joanne99
Joanne99 Community member Posts: 20 Listener
in PIP, DLA, and AA
Evening  does anyone know  how long change in health  conditions  takes for pip if there was a time scale please
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi and welcome to the community 

    There are no fixed timescales and currently with huge backlogs it can be a long wait people are waiting for 6 months or longer for assessments 

    Depends on your area and the backlogs 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 53,985 Disability Gamechanger
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    The majority of people have assessments, which will be either telephone or face to face. Paper based assessments are rare but possible. If an assessment is needed you will be contacted once an appointment date becomes available.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • DuffersMum
    DuffersMum Community member Posts: 196 Pioneering
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    My experience was sent form off around 9th August..heard nothing so was going to ring to make they had received form in mid October when my pip payment suddenly increased, decision letter arrived a couple of days later...no assessment (thankfully)...so from sending form to decision letter was around 9 weeks..I might just have been lucky!
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  • Joanne99
    Joanne99 Community member Posts: 20 Listener
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    I've enclosed doctors letter about change too hopefully same sanario  then fingers crossed with evidence 
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  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,614 Disability Gamechanger
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    It should be noted that a change in "health"condition might not be relevant if it's for PIP as it's not about your health but your daily living and or mobility.
    A GP's letter also is not often that useful as they rarely know how your daily living is affected even though they may know what your medical condition is.
    However having said all that I hope it goes well.
    2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡

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