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Old 31-12-2016, 11:05
Tiger Rag
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Really do wish they'd update people with how their reconsideration is going. Been waiting 2 months and not heard a thing. Never mind. Doesn't matter that I've lost over £100 a week and now can't afford to give my mum any money to take me to my hospital appointments or shopping. Good thing I was able to purchase the £600 magnifier and £200 insoles to enable me to walk pain free before they decided I wasn't entitled any more.

I thought the idea of PIP was to help people like me who have long term health problems (odd how I qualified under pretty much the same criteria) to become independent.

Going to have to phone up on Tuesday if they're open to find out what's going on. And to see what their response to my complaint is. Probably the same as what Atos said to me.
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Old 31-12-2016, 13:38
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Really do wish they'd update people with how their reconsideration is going. Been waiting 2 months and not heard a thing. Never mind. Doesn't matter that I've lost over £100 a week and now can't afford to give my mum any money to take me to my hospital appointments or shopping. Good thing I was able to purchase the £600 magnifier and £200 insoles to enable me to walk pain free before they decided I wasn't entitled any more.

I thought the idea of PIP was to help people like me who have long term health problems (odd how I qualified under pretty much the same criteria) to become independent.

Going to have to phone up on Tuesday if they're open to find out what's going on. And to see what their response to my complaint is. Probably the same as what Atos said to me.
You could be pretty much be me as you are writing this- losing £100 per week with near enough the same criteria filling as before. I sent off my application yesterday for the third try at pip. First one I gained for 2 years and 2nd I ended up with 4 points only in care after a tribunal. They pretty much had decided before I had entered the room and I got grilled for over 90 minutes.
It really makes me cross as I am just as disabled as I was before but some Capita person getting a bonus to fail me means hardship. I wouldn't mind getting their 24k per year to fail people. But maybe not as I do care and they don't otherwise they wouldn't be doing a degrading job.
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Old 02-01-2017, 00:20
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You could be pretty much be me as you are writing this- losing £100 per week with near enough the same criteria filling as before. I sent off my application yesterday for the third try at pip. First one I gained for 2 years and 2nd I ended up with 4 points only in care after a tribunal. They pretty much had decided before I had entered the room and I got grilled for over 90 minutes.
It really makes me cross as I am just as disabled as I was before but some Capita person getting a bonus to fail me means hardship. I wouldn't mind getting their 24k per year to fail people. But maybe not as I do care and they don't otherwise they wouldn't be doing a degrading job.
Assessors do not get bonuses for 'failing' applicants , case managers maybe but not assessors.
Nurse Assessors with a conscience do not do the job for long as it compromises their NMC code of conduct
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Old 03-01-2017, 11:32
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Assessors do not get bonuses for 'failing' applicants , case managers maybe but not assessors.
Nurse Assessors with a conscience do not do the job for long as it compromises their NMC code of conduct
Well we shall just have to disagree on that. From my point of view arthritis (main problem) is progressive and that Capita woman said entire opposite on how it affects people. It seems strange for them to state that yet unless it is operated on (at 43 I am too young for that atm) it is only likely to get worse. I can only think I was one that was picked to fail. Either that or she got a bonus for failing me. The report was like a cut and paste report on another person.
I struggle to lift and carry even a can weight like soup. It is ridiculous to think I can do a meal etc repeatedly. I know Esa is a different criteria but I am in the support group on that alone (unable to carry 500ml item) And with the swelling that comes with it it would be impossible to do it repeatedly.

I know I shall be recording my next pip f-t-f, even at the cost it is worth it to ensure it is a correct interrogation.
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Old 03-01-2017, 11:54
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You could be pretty much be me as you are writing this- losing £100 per week with near enough the same criteria filling as before. I sent off my application yesterday for the third try at pip. First one I gained for 2 years and 2nd I ended up with 4 points only in care after a tribunal. They pretty much had decided before I had entered the room and I got grilled for over 90 minutes.
It really makes me cross as I am just as disabled as I was before but some Capita person getting a bonus to fail me means hardship. I wouldn't mind getting their 24k per year to fail people. But maybe not as I do care and they don't otherwise they wouldn't be doing a degrading job.
My assessment was 40 minutes. The person who made the final decision clearly can't read and neither can the assessor. She (assessor) wrote one thing and scored me differently. My non-medically trained friend (who has one of the conditions I have; but like me, it's mild) could tell you more about my conditions than those people. But he's spent enough time with me to generally know the problems they cause, despite like most people, probably not knowing a lot about them.

My disabilities have become worse since I was on DLA and I am in the crap situation of no-one knowing for the most part what the prognosis will be.

Finally got through to DWP. Just been awarded enhanced mobility and standard care. I was hoping it would be the other way around. But will leave it.
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:35
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Well done on the award, might it be worth seeing what the mobility scoring was to see if you could fight it to tribunal if you felt like doing it?
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:44
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Finally got through to DWP. Just been awarded enhanced mobility and standard care. I was hoping it would be the other way around. But will leave it.
Good result. Aren't you a bit better off with std/dlc + enhanced mobility? I thought it came to a few pounds more.

Anyway, you'll qualify for the severe disability premium if you live alone and no-one claims carer's for looking after you. That's another £61.85 pw. You'll need to ring them and get it added to your ESA, and it will be backdated to the date your PIP starts, so should be a good few quid.
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:49
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Well done on the award, might it be worth seeing what the mobility scoring was to see if you could fight it to tribunal if you felt like doing it?
If you mean care, not going to bother. It's more than what I got under DLA. I'm just happy I got something.
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Old Yesterday, 15:08
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In a small update I managed to get the 14 day extension on the PIP form, so now it doesn't have to be in until the later part of January. I explained to them that unfortunately my boiler packed up over Christmas and despite engineers coming out 3 days in a row, the fault comes back every so often, and with having the flu & my hydrocephalus playing up, I have been pretty much housebound. The landlord is no longer classing me as priority as I am getting heating every so often, and has booked an engineer for next week.

On the upside I have managed to find a local company that will not only fill out the form for me, but they will also attend any medicals with me if needed, so I do have a bit more hope than what I had when I first got the form through.
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