Changing to PIP from DLA

princessworm wrote: After sending off all our forms we have since had some bad news about our sons condition ,his immune system is so low its at a level that it cannot fight off infections it means that he has started a strong anti biotic treatment and is going to have to have a course of immunoglobuins weekly administered at home at first by a nurse then after we have been trained my wife or I will have to administer the infusion ,would it be wise to send this new information straight in or wait until the nurse comes this week so we know how long the infusions will take thank you for any advice

princessworm wrote: Well my son attended his pip assessment with his mum as appointee and my self as well he found it hard to cope with and the questions came thick and fast with many leading questions asked and the same things asked in two or three different forms what struck me as unusual were firstly the assessor said I will look through your file and evidence later ,secondly when we explained about his thrombosis in his leg that causes it to swell in either hot or cold weather they took one look at his leg as he was sat down with tracksuit bottoms on and said yes I can see it is without asking to even look at it and thirdly we were asked at the end of the assessment what level DLA was my son on and what level mobility I will post the results when the letter arrives but there were some questions we were never asked about the assessment lasted 45 mins

princessworm wrote: Just after 3 weeks since our sons assessment and a letter drops through the door saying how sorry the DWP is that the decision is taking so long and that now they have all the relevant information and reports and they will contact us when a decision has been made is , this a regular letter that they send out at this stage .