Positive changes - we could make a wishlist

Cantilip
Cantilip Online Community Member Posts: 621 Empowering
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Obviously there's a lot of worry about changes for the worse but a lot of us know that one way or the other the existing system isn't fit for purpose, so which changes would we like to see?

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  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,713 Championing

    I can probably add a lot to this thread in a weeks time 😋

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  • Cantilip
    Cantilip Online Community Member Posts: 621 Empowering

    I haven't had any problems - well, there was an obvious and ridiculous downright lie in my assessment but it didn't change the points, don't know why he bothered writing it.

    As a for instance, Mobility descriptor, 0 points: a. Can stand and then move more than 200 metres,
    either aided or unaided.

    Yeah, I can do that. I can't stand up straight or walk unsupported, I am totally dependent on my rollator, anyone who saw me would say, "That lady has mobility problems." But not according to PIP. The icing on the cake is their recent concern, vouchers and so on, that PIP be used to enhance independence. And what is the single thing that most impedes my independence, why it is the mobility problems I don't have. Someone rational needs to contemplate these things.

    https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,400 Championing

    I think we have to be realistic

    Wanting more hard cash is understandable but ultimately a silly thing to ask for

    I don't think wanting a fair judgement system, where everyone is measured by the same set of goalposts rather than at the mercy of individuals who on a good day can make errors in judgement, and on a bad day just tell blatant lies, is out of order

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