Adult Disability Review

Yes, pip also accepted statements from family but i think i'd be nervous about that as your main or only support statement.

I think Catherine's idea is good - i did this for my son too and got his notes right back to his birth.

It is also handy to see the reports that are in there though in my son's case, some important ones were missing and they said, after a few years, they destroy full reports and just put a summary line on their records.

So - my son's 10 paged detailed autism and cognitive reports had been condensed into one word: autism!!!

I took my copies to the surgery and insisted the full report was kept there in case DWP called them up.

If you just ticked no change though - surely they would renew your award as is? (I don't recommend you do this as that would be risky but what basis would they have to reduce/cancel your award if you just tick no change?

Be interesting to know if anyone has ticked no change for all descriptors and what happened.

Like you, i will be putting in best evidence.

I have a pip award until Oct 2026 but I am so anxious now as have been changed to ADP and now received a letter to say my award will be reviewed in July 25 I feel this is very unfair and way too soon it's like my award has had 18 months taken off it . I called SS and was told it's because I'm now on a different system and it's happening to everyone who has been moved to SDP I'm very upset and my anxiety is through the roof and this is just doesn't seem right when my award is to Oct 26 I would have expected a review two ot three months before the end date .

Oh dear i do not like the sounds of that at all.

What i did with my son's last pip - because he keeps well physically and never goes to the GP - i sent a copy of my son's completed pip form (actually i took it to the surgery in person) and handed it over.

They weren't too happy to take it and a day or so later i got a call from the person who manages the records to say she didn't know what to do with it.

She was really friendly though and i explained my son never came to the GP and i was worried what a gp would say if DWP called them.

Well i don't know exactly what they did with what i handed in. Maybe it got shredded. Who knows.

All i know is that DWP DID call the practice for information and the gp did a good job of supporting the claim. So i don't regret doing what i did.

So - there's another possible - alert the practice to the review and present a summary sheet of what your responses have been on the form. I would think that if the GP is in disagreement with what you say, the practice would call you up and say so. And then you could explain further. Didn't harm my son's claim anyway.

@lynzbrown007 - so sorry I gave wrong advice earlier - i just found a thing here that, for ADP, a relative's evidence is given equal weight to a medical professional's

ADP has been designed to be a person-centred process, limiting what the claimant needs to source and provide. So a key difference is that people no longer need to tie themselves in knots collecting, and often paying for, additional medical information to support their claim. This removes a huge burden from the claimant, as Social Security Scotland will take the information provided and collect the additional information itself. And as all evidence will be treated equally, information from family or carers is given the same weight as that of a medical professional.