pip- looking at your pip payment again...

A question about : pip- looking at your pip payment again...

hi. I claimed pip in may 2013, finally got awarded october 2013, 2 years up till may 2015. Today I got a letter in the post titled Looking at your personal independance payment again. Im required to fill in the form, along with any supporting info and send it back to them by the 12th september! Now as part of my problems is servere anxiety im now panicking. I ended up really ill when i applied as it too so long and not knowing the outcome, and now it seems less than a year after they actually started paying out i have to go through it again? Has anyone else had this letter? do they stop paying it till its sorted? do i have to see someone like last time? is it just the same as applying in the begining? sorry for the rambled questions x

Best answers:

• i know it seems very early to be looking at your claim again, but the ides is that a new award will be made before your old award ends, so there is no break in payment.
  i assume they are asking this early because of the ridiculous amount of time it is taking to process PIP claims.
  if no decision is made before the current claim ens, then benefit would stop until a decision is made. so in the long run, it is better not to risl the award elapsing.
  they may require another f2f assessment, or they may not.
  it will depends on the evidence you supply plus the information they already hold on you
  
• As explained in earlier post, I had to submit my renewal claim 3 months ago - this is just an update post. I have received a letter from DWP confirming that my PIP award has been renewed until October 2017 without another medical assessment - they have removed the low mobility component but kept the care component at the enhanced rate. Not sure what their reasoning behind removing the mobility - but I do not have it in me to start a MR and would rather go without than suffer the stress, just grateful that it is over for a while and I can just concentrate on getting my life back together. For information - I packed out the renewal form with every medical letter I had, including psychiatric reports, medical appointment schedules, prescription information, absolutely everything I could lay my hands on. All I can say is that it obviously helped, and I hope that this information is of assistance to anybody else facing the renewal process. Fingers crossed for everybody. x
• I mentioned on the other PIP thread, I've had this as well about a month ago, sent back a couple of weeks ago with all my evidence. My award runs until October 2015 but I now have a more chronic and lifelong diagnosis than on my original application and I had more evidence to send this time so fingers crossed it won't be as horrific. I did also mention on my form the severe impact the application and assessment process had on my mental health first time round. We shall just have to wait and see what the outcome is.
• It really is outrageous how long it's still taking. The fact they send out renewals/reviews 12 months in advance shows they aren't on top of things at all, waiting times don't seem to have dropped at all.
  I had my Atos letter this morning just confirming they've been sent my paperwork from DWP. So at least I know nothing got lost in the post! Will be interesting to see how many are recalled for assessment and how many, like you, have it renewed purely on paper.
  Now, I just wait............
• I did not even get a letter from ATOS - so the interesting question will be 'How long will ATOS take?' because their delays assessments just seem to be getting longer for initial PIP claims (from appointments - reports - audit). Makes you wonder how on earth are they going to cope with DLA transfers. Good luck to you and hope it will be far less stressful (and quicker) than the first time. x
• I am totally confused by all the changes and I am posting to see if anyone can help. partner has been on DLA for approx 2 years come january and his original letter said it would be indefinite. I am now reading that all this could change and he will have to be re assesed under PIP. Is this correct please?
• thanks poppy - can I ask why up to 2017 though?
• the government say that by the end of 2017, all existing DLA claimants will have been assessed and transferred to PIP.
  dont hold your breath
  an indefinit/lifetime DLA award has always meant very little anyway.
  it doesnt mean that you would never be reassessed, just that no time scale has been given.
  in principle you can be asked to reapply at any time
  
• thanks - do they give you enough time advising you about the assessment interview date please?
• they will send you a form to complete and then , if necessary, an appointment for an assessment will be made.
  when i had my ESA assessment they phoned me and the first date they gave wasnt convenient and so they asked me when i could attend and an appointment was made for me.
  i havent transferred to PIP so am not sure if it is the same
  
• When they send you an appointment for the assessment if it's not convenient you can change it but you can only do this once.
• I have called Atos and then DWP this morning. Atos have decided not to call me for a face to face and have sent their paper based report back to the DWP on 14/01. Atos lady transferred me to DWP which was unusually helpful! No decision as yet.
  I know it used to be the case that no face to face generally was good news and you'd get an award but I'm sure I've seen the opposite being the case recently too?
  Hopefully I won't have too much longer to find out either way.
• Hey i was sent my review a few months back was told i would have a f2f before christmas but my doctor said no way and wrote a letter and explained if they wanted to see that they come to my home and put about why and the fact of the progressiveness of my illness. i found out my report had been wrote up and sent back to DWP on 19th of december i actually got a call on the 5th of jan saying that a decision would be made that day and i would get a letter in 7 days. never got any letter i rang up to be told decision not made and no that was not right on the 5th they were just giving it to a case manager it didnt mean he would be making a decision. i rang today as it is now 5 weeks since DWP got the report and they said 4 weeks today they are saying 4-8 weeks love how they change the goal posts , i just want to know what is happening do they not realise that some of us get this due to mental health as well as physical and it effects bother when going through the process
• just wanting everone to get peeved off with situtation and not follow through there claims