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[see thread (with petition) re-amalgamation of testing for both benefits] https://www.s4me.info/threads/dont-merge-the-assessments-for-pip-and-esa-april-2019.9032/ full debate here: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2019-04-24a.318.4&s=Myalgic+Encephalomyelitis#g324.0

Warning - this may be a programme that is upsetting for PIP claimants, or those awaiting a PIP assessment. On the other hand, it at least shows you how useless the assessors are. But that's really scary, since then you know how little chance to have to get PIP unless you're ready to go through...

UK Gov petition (ie at 10,000 Govt will respond) currently 3567 signatures (my addition: if you fail on the one test but were previously in receipt of both benefits, you would effectively be left with nothing, pending appeal.) link here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244329

Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings Benefits & Work 5 March 2019 Guidance: HMCTS tribunal reform event 26 February 2019 Held at Exeter Combined Court on 26 February 2019, this event discussed the future of the tribunals system. [PDF] Tribunal event slides 26...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47443955 Disabled pensioners will no longer face "unnecessary" repeat assessments to continue receiving benefits, the work and pensions secretary will announce. From this spring, about 270,000 people will not have personal independence payments (PIPs) regularly...

Less than 24 hours of being registered as a member, and I've already been awarded a Trophy! Anyway, that wasn't why I signed up: I joined here to ask if anyone had any pointers in relation to how to deal with a PIP appeal, since my caree has just had her mandatory reconsideration rejected...

If you didn't catch the 10 O'clock News tonight (and possibly the 6 pm one too) and can catch up with it (I think news is only available on iPlayer for up to 24 hours?), you might be interested to see the report on PIP, incorrect PIP decisions and the backlog of appeals resulting from it. More...

Twitter post from them Email that can be used: Appgsecretariat@disabilityrightsuk.org

https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2018/12/migrating-from-dla-to-pip-win-at-reconsideration-and-at-appeal-03-december-2018/

Hi! I was absolutely gobsmacked today to find out that the recording of my PIP assessment has not been used by the DM at the MR stage. This is because the DWP never request the recording from the IAS. This is because they need permission from the HCP to listen to it and also they don’t have the...

The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses MUS). As IAPT-employment adviser cross-referral may be of increasing relevance (due to roll out of IAPT-LTC and inclusion of CFS under MUS in the...

MATT MEETS BRAVE CONSTITUENT PENALISED BY GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM "A chronic and debilitating condition which, to the untrained eye, renders the sufferer as looking 'normal' has been the subject of a real battle between one of Matt Rodda's constituents and the Government benefits agencies...

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-pip-files-nearly-one-in-three-capita-assessments-were-flawed-reports-reveal/

Article in the Guardian Friday Feb 9th 2018 'Substantial minority' of disability claimants failed by system – MPs https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/09/disability-claimants-substantial-minority-failed-by-assessment-system-mps-committee

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-u-turns-on-pip-mobility-rules-that-were-based-on-unsupported-opinions/

Please take a moment to email Laura Pidcock MP at laura.pidcock.mp@parliament.uk with your experiences of claiming PIP before next Wednesday 31st January. I believe the system is cruel and short sighted, making sick people worse will inevitably lead to higher costs on the social care, health...

ATOS nurse continues PIP assessment as epileptic claimant bleeds from mouth after multiple seizures From the article: It's reassuring to know that ATOS does not discriminate among conditions, and that PWME are not being singled out for abuse. :rolleyes:

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/court-orders-atos-to-pay-disabled-woman-5000-over-dishonest-pip-assessment/

Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/pip-esa-assessments-17-19/