Hi, my name is JulieBlake! Had my PIP telephone consultation today!

JulieBlake
JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
edited August 2023 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
Hello,
Had my PIP telephone consultation today! Now, have to wait 6 long weeks for an outcome!

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    Dare I say it can be anything up to 12 weeks, but hope you're one of the ones that may hear earlier!
  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Oh dear! The text I received from DWP yesterday states 8 weeks. Guess i will round it off to 12 weeks. I mean the consultation itself took 40 mins and DWP received the report the following day. Hoping for the best, not sure whether the report was well-written
  • Superbetty
    Superbetty Online Community Member Posts: 453 Empowering
    JulieBlake said:
    Hello,
    Had my PIP telephone consultation today! Now, have to wait 6 long weeks for an outcome!
    All the best:-) I was very lucky to get PIP week after assesement, but I know people are waiting long. Good luck again:-)
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    JulieBlake said:
    Oh dear! The text I received from DWP yesterday states 8 weeks. Guess i will round it off to 12 weeks. I mean the consultation itself took 40 mins and DWP received the report the following day. Hoping for the best, not sure whether the report was well-written

    They tell everyone 8 weeks. We say allow up to 12 but the decision can be made within a couple of weeks, a few weeks, several weeks and even longer than 12 weeks. To be honest there's really no timescales.
  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Hello everyone! Quick query-whats your chance of getting PIP if you have a blue badge?
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    JulieBlake said:
    Hello everyone! Quick query-whats your chance of getting PIP if you have a blue badge?

    A BB doesn't automatically entitle anyone to PIP.
  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Thank you!
  • gsensicle
    gsensicle Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    does anyonew know if there is an age limit for Pip? I am 88.
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    edited August 2023
    Hi @gsensicle - Please see: https://www.gov.uk/pip/eligibility   You must also be under State Pension age if you’ve not received PIP before.



  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Thank you😊 
  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Hello Everyone! I have just received a text this morning to inform that I have been awarded PIP. It says I should receive a letter in 2 weeks but its Bank Holiday Monday! Does  anyone  know if the DWP opens on Bank Holidays? I think that I will await the letter
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Good news. Sometimes they work bank holidays due to backlogs but the helpines are not open until tomorrow.
  • JulieBlake
    JulieBlake Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener
    Thanks poppy123456!

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