PIP form - can you print off typed answers?

Thank you those were the answers I was hoping for, that's one less thing to have to worry about.

Not had any further updates since they confirmed they received the form back as above post.

I am debating whether I should try and post in more evidence. If I decide to do that, I guess it the same address the form went to? Do I need to include a covering letter with that or just the usual NI number and name on every page of whatever I might post in afterwards?

I think that may cause a further delay to them looking at my claim. I am confident I answered the form questions as best I could and went into detail.

In terms of evidence I only include a GP fit note. I know this may not help much but it was very recent and has a diagnosis mentioned by my GP at the very least, which corresponds with my daily living difficulties outlined in the form.

I do have a hospital report from a few years ago which I don’t really want to risk posting out as it discusses some sensitive issues which ai know would help to emphasise my mental health difficulties.

My thinking is PIP don’t need that, they only care about my daily living difficulties and if I fit into their points - the reasons why I struggle are not really relevant to them. Am I right in assuming this?

I am dreading a potential assessment and hope they will just do it paper based, in the pst years ago I have been very ill during ESA assessments. I also mentioned this in my PIP form and that this was also the main reason I a valid putting in a claim for so many years.

I saw my GP recently and he said if they ask him for a report that he will mention my communication difficulties in this.

The sensitive hospital report I referred to which I did not send in with the form, I am hoping that’s not needed because I would rather keep that private. I am feeling rather confused and flustered with this though.

My thought process right now is it’s best to just leave everything as is and continue to wait. If the decision does not go my way I can then do a mandatory reconsideration and then decide if I should add this evidence with that.

It’s difficult not to think about this though, then it knowing is making me feel rather sick and exhausted. It’s not so much the wait that is bothering me, but more the not knowing if they will want me to do an assessment or not.

Whether the hospital report is relevant or not, I don't really know. I just know that it has personal information that I am not entirely comfortable with being posting. My main reasons for applying are due to mental health issues, difficulties communicating and severe anxiety. The latter of which is mentioned in the included GP fit note. I do acknowledge that you are saying PIP won't consider this as evidence, but it at least contains a diagnosis from my GP - whether they factor it in or not, it can't hurt to include that either way.

I hadn't considered that the hospital report might assist me in potentially skipping an assessment. Perhaps I should send it in then. Do you think it's too late for them to factor this in?

At the time before posting the form off my printer ran out of ink after I finished printing my typed answers and including some print-offs of GP emails. But I wasn't feeling overly confident that the hospital report was totally relevant anyway, and I was pushing my deadline very close for returning the form. I do think the hospital report might explain the reasons why I have these mental health difficulties, but are PIP really interested in what I think has caused my difficulties. It's a rather sensitive matter and I was hoping to avoid needing to post it over to them, I explained my difficulties in the form of course in great detail. I suppose I didn't want to include the report because I was worried it might get lost or something.

I don't know, I'm so confused. I know you're trying your best to offer advice and I appreciate your help. I'm just paranoid about sharing too much sensitive info by post. I want them to have everything they need, but I don't want to go overboard and over share, if that makes sense.

I couldn’t find much googling about sending in evidence later. I think it would be the same address that I posted the form to? I presume it’s best to also include a letter of sorts to try to explain this.

I’ve got two hospital reports to hand that I can send in as evidence. I am just trying to type up a coherent covering letter to explain why I have decided to send these in late.

I couldn’t find much googling about sending in evidence later. I’m still unsure if these reports are relevant. The reports themselves refer to physical issues, but it’s more the impact this has on my mental health that is the primary difficulty - not the issues in reports.

They will have had my new claim form back for 4 weeks come this weekend. I was worried if I start sending in more evidence now that this might cause a delay.

I do vaguely recall listening to the phone conversation when family member called for me to start the claim process. I think I recall something being mentioned about PIP accessing my medical records and having to agree that they can do this. I think this might have been why I was initially less inclined to include evidence. Most of my focus was with explaining things in my form answers and sharing with PIP a few of my email exchanges with my GP, to show as examples of communication methods.

My GP phoned today regarding writing a report for PIP, they contacted him. I know from reading on here that this is not common. Is this something I should be concerned about?

I’m worried about possibly having to try and speak at an assessment. He did note that he will put my communication difficulties in his report but said they might still want to do an assessment.

Regarding evidence - I did manage to photocopy my hospital reports and write a difficult letter further explaining the impact of the content of those reports.

Thanks poppy for the push here, I think I needed to understand that posting in my own evidence is necessary, even if they implied they can access my records.

I tracked this delivery and it’s showing as delivered today. I have not had a text from PIP though like when they previously confirmed they received my claim form.

I’m a little worried that I may have left it too late and they may make a decision or potentially give me less points if they don’t have that evidence on their system at the time of making their decision.

I’m not sure if GP’s email their reports to PIP or post them, if sent by post then I probably have enough time for my evidence to be factored in.