I’ve been waiting 3 months for a medical assessment for pip

Flowers1704
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Hi everyone, I put in a claim for pip on the 6th October and still haven’t heard anything for an assessment, does anyone know how long they’re taking?
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Hi there. That's really not long at all. It could be several months yet. I doubt it's even made it to the assessment provider. Roughly 24 weeks I've heard but some people are waiting 10 months. I applied in July and had assement on 16th Dec. Best of luck to you. Keep us updated.
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Hi there
As above most claims are taking around 10 months from start to finish and now dwp and assessors are back working from home it could be a long wait -
I rang them last week and they told me that my application was sent to the assessor on the 26th October but they did tell me that it takes 3 months from start to finish but obviously not from what you are telling me
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Flowers1704 said:I rang them last week and they told me that my application was sent to the assessor on the 26th October but they did tell me that it takes 3 months from start to finish but obviously not from what you are telling me
When ringing DWP you are ringing a call centre and not actually DWP their self. That timescales is very optimistic, even under normal times. Backlogs are huge so you could be waiting quite a while yet.
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