ASSESSOR QUALIFICATIONS

PS jose2,

Unfortunately unless you had already turned 65 on 8 April 2013 you do get assessed for PIP, as has happened to you, and many other people in your situation. You've done the right thing in challenging the decision, as you do need the enhanced rate of the mobility component to use the Motability scheme.

The government have said that they want to help people keep their vehicles during the MR (mandatory reconsideration) and appeal process but this hasn't happened yet. So if you are affected by this I urge you to lobby your MP so that at least in the future, people who don't get the enhanced rate of the mobility component are allowed to keep their vehicles whilst they challenge the decision.

Will

sorry meant @wildlife
its about assessor

hello wildlife

I have just noticed that there are 2 strands to your post. I have made a brief post on the strand in regard to PIP mobility and psychological distress.  

As my colleague Will stated, it is worth keeping MP's involved, as although you may not feel they are helping they cannot plead ignorance about peoples' experience of ATOS when they are being told by their constituents about the stress caused by such assessment centers.

Maria

@johnny100 i totally agree with you.
even that so called 2nd review side stepped important issues.
i noticed nothing was said about these assessors lying bulling falsifying evidence.
need to sack these awful companys and look for proper qualified people to do the job.

At least the tribunals know that assessment companies are incompetent, lying oojiflips - which helps with appeals!

@BenefitsTrainingCo

You say that its realy important to keep MPs informed about the PIP thing not being fit for purpose?

Er, they all know that its not fit for purpose especially those that instigated it!

Thats why it was designed.

Are you under the impression that if everybody wrote to their MP saying that the PIP thing isn't fit for purpose that this, in some way would make some sort of a difference?   Writing to your MP is not he same as a letter to Father Christmas you know!

Writing to your MP makes no difference whatsoever.

The same needs to be done with this as was done about the poll tax.

In the case of the poll tax it was easy, people just withheld payment of the tax.

In this case it is a little more interesting because it is "they" that wish to withold a payment.

So, what is to be done?

In Saudi Arabia the government have to actually "pay the people" by means of "grants" (bribes to ensure public cooperation with the regime) to allow the corrupt Saud Family regime to function as a lawless oil cartell.  It seems that the Saudis know how to hold their government to ransom!

Incidentally the UK is big pals with the Sauds, despite their murdering and warmongering, the persecution of their neighbours and their women, Oh and a beheading programme that make ISIS look like the Teletubbies.

There are ways in which the British people can hold its government to ransom... Its been done in the past.... Despite the legislation thats been pushed through since Thatcher crossed the threshold of number 10,  there is nothing that the establishment and the state can do to stem a tide of protestation and revolt.   They try to behave very nonchalantley when their are mass protests in London etc.  But they HATE it......  This is why we should be doing more and more and more of it.  They cant tollerate too much of it because they know how close it comes to societal revolt which it pretty nearly did in 2011.

All the lessons are there in the history books.  The senate or the republic can only call so many games at the colleseum before they run out of gladiators or beasts to bleed.

It would seem that tossing the disabled to the lions is the sport of the moment!  Lets not allow this to continue any longer than it already has.

By the way?  Does anybody know if PIP payments afford NI contributions?  I'm not sure if they do!  This would that mean if you are on PIP but without work or any other Bennefits you might not be paying any NI!  Thus further bleeding the NHS and the Welfare State and denying you a pension payment in your old age if you havent paid enough Stamp.

Worth thinking about whilst your wasting your time writing to your MP.

God save our gracious queen
Long live our noble queen
God save the queen.....

Id be glad to join a mass protest of the "disabled at the Palace of westminster?  Or Better still outside the Queens Gaff?  Why not Buckingham Palace?  Sandringham?  Windsor Castle?  Ha ha ha!  That would be so funny!  What would they do?  Riot charge us?  Pepper spray us?  Kettle and water cannon us?  Perhaps she will toss us some MAUNDY MONEY!  Ha ha ha.

They are already killing us with bennefit cuts, let them do their worst, thats what I say.