PIP and ESA no support

gazzmg wrote: I am having my support cut from my mental health team so I wont have a cpn anymore to help with benefits they are sending me back to the gp not because I am well but because they say I dont do anything with my cpn such as going out for a coffee. They know I have agoraphobia but are still cutting my support.

Will this effect me with pip will a gp be supportive in claiming PIP/ESA when I still have proplems with my mental health.

The only reason why I am losing support is because I dont do nothing with them not because i'm better

Unfortunately as budgets become tighter the NHS is parking a lot of patients that it believes that it is unable to help, it certainly won't help any claim for PIP or ESA that you make, but it is impossible to say how much, if any, damage that it will do.

The first thing to do is to speak to your GP to see how supportive that they will be, it is also worth remembering that many NHS staff are restrained from offering assistance with benefit claims by local policy, so your care team may not have provided any help and their loss is of no consequence.

In addition to your GP, you can review your medical records at the practice and this may provide you with a wealth of information to support a claim.

Requesting your medical records

Charging for medical records

Gordon