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Support with face-to-face pip assessments

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Kitty56
Kitty56 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
in PIP, DLA, and AA
I don't have any one to attend the pip assessment with me, I really need some support, which organisations can provide a person to support me please? my assessment is in two weeks' time....
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,366 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm not aware of any advice agencies that attend assessments with people. This is because they very often just don't have the funding to be able to do this. You can of course ring some agencies to ask, for this start here. https://advicelocal.uk/

    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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  • Kitty56
    Kitty56 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    edited October 2022
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    Thank you @poppy123456  I will check them out.
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    Kitty56 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
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    Thank you @Oddball I will check them out
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    Kitty56 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
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    @poppy123456 Thank you very much, I'll check them out
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  • Kitty56
    Kitty56 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
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    My doctors request for a telephone assessment was ignored by the dwp since April this year, today I received a text message informing me of a face-to-face assessment which sent my mind reeling with pure anxiety, I phoned the number provided for the assessors and made my request again, it has now been changed to a phone appointment, when will we be treated as humans??
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,366 Disability Gamechanger
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    DWP don’t arrange the assessments, the health assessment providers are responsible for that.
    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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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,366 Disability Gamechanger
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    Deppi said:
    Kitty56 said:
    My doctors request for a telephone assessment was ignored 
    Of course physical conditions may require an observation, but there are home visits for that.

    They no longer do home assessments and haven't since Covid began. Telephone and video assessments have replaced them. They are unlikely to start back anytime in the future either.
    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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