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

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Flowers1704
Flowers1704 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
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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  • sammyjoanne
    sammyjoanne Online Community Member Posts: 13 Listener
    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.  
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    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 
  • Flowers1704
    Flowers1704 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    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 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    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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