PIP Unplanned Intervention

Bene

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It's not entirely clear from your post whether you have requested a re-assessment of your claim because your conditions have worsened since you were originally awarded PIP or whether you think that the original award was insufficient given your problems?

I'll try and deal briefly with both scenarios.

If your conditions have worsened then you will need to provide medical evidence showing the decline and that it has occurred since your PIP award was made and then how you are affected by that change.

I would expect you to receive a new PIP2 form to complete and you will probably have to have a face to face assessment, the DWP will then decide whether a higher award is warranted.

You need to be aware that this will be a full re-assessment of your claim, if you were awarded both components (Daily Living and Mobility), then it may be possible to limit the review to just the one, assuming that this is the case, but the DWP can extend it to both if they feel justified and can make any Decision on your claim that they feel is appropriate, this include leaving it as it is or even removing one or both components, although this is rare, it does happen.

If you are saying that the original award is incorrect then you may have misinformed the DWP as to what you were hoping for. To challenge an existing award you need to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. A DWP Decision Maker will look again at your form, any evidence you supplied, the assessment report and any new evidence you supply to see whether they can change the Decision.

Again, this can result in your whole award being looked at and also runs the risk of your existing award being reduced or removed. Again the risk is small but it does happen. A challenge to the current award can only look at your conditions as they were at the time of the Decision and cannot take of any change since then.

Have a look at our PIP MR and Appeal for further details and our PIP Claim guide for a better understanding of the PIP Descriptors that claimants are assessed against. See the following link

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

With regard your question about aids and appliances, none of the devices you mention would be considered as an aid or appliance.

For cooking, aids might include tools that allow to peel and prepare vegetable, a stool that allows you to remain in the kitchen without standing, or aids that allow you to more easily deal with hot pans or liquids.

For washing they might include grab rails to help you get in and out of a bath or shower, a stool for you to sit on whilst showering or long handled "brushes" to allow you to wash areas that you cannot easily reach.

For the toilet it might be grab rails to help you rise from the toilet or a booster seat to make it easier for you to sit on it.

There are more complete lists in the Claim guide in context to each Descriptor.

If you need more assistance then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

Bene

I think you may have mis-interpreted what is meant by supervision and prompting in regard to PIP

You don't actually have to be receiving either in order to qualify for PIP, you just need to show that you need them to overcome the limitations you have with your daily living.

So as an example, a claimant might need Supervision in order for you to prepare and cook and meal, this could be because they do not understand the danger of hot pots and pans, or they may forget to light a gas or to turn it off after use.

They may need to be prompted to prepare a meal because they are so distracted by all of their day to day activities or they may feel that they don't need to eat on a regular basis and can support themselves just by eating snacks through out the day, perhaps they do not associate the need to shop for food in order to cook.

I hope this explains it better.

Gordon