Capita medical over 3 hours 20 minutes long!

DLA to PIP medical over 3 hours long!
Wet, and soiled myself and told if I wanted to stop I was threatened with another assessment at a later date and then told if I wanted to stop then it would take longer as more evadance would be sought!!! I feel so crap and now stuck in bed again...
What's the longest others have had for the medical?
My Insurance company for life and personal injury was so much shorter and after looking at the evidence, they decided to pay in full... Industrial injuries I was said and awarded for 93% disabled.
This is an awful thing to go through, and is this not a breach of human right the time, pain and discomfort, never mind the mental cruelty as well.
Rant over!

iamwhoiam wrote: DLA to PIP medical over 3 hours long!
Wet, and soiled myself and told if I wanted to stop I was threatened with another assessment at a later date and then told if I wanted to stop then it would take longer as more evadance would be sought!!! I feel so crap and now stuck in bed again...
What's the longest others have had for the medical?
My Insurance company for life and personal injury was so much shorter and after looking at the evidence, they decided to pay in full... Industrial injuries I was said and awarded for 93% disabled.
This is an awful thing to go through, and is this not a breach of human right the time, pain and discomfort, never mind the mental cruelty as well.
Rant over!

Hi iawia,

That is awful !!!

3 hours and 20 minutes !!!!! it's the longest PIP face to face that I have heard of !!!!

I would most certainly make a very stern complaint to Capita : E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I would also complain to my M.P., especially with all the adverse press regarding PIP this week :

Contacting your MP

You could even complain to The DWP as well : Complaining to The DWP

If you can find out what the PIP Assessor was before coming an Assessor, e.g.Nurse, G.P. etc, you could also complain about them personally to their governing body.

i.e NMC for a Nurse or Midwife

GMC for a Doctor , etc, etc !!!

In the mean time you could wait until after Easter, and then phone the PIP Helpline for an update :

PIP Helpline :

Telephone: 0345 850 3322
Textphone: 0345 601 6677
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Whilst on the phone you could also request copy of your PA4 Medical Report compiled by the Assessor at your face to face.

Good luck and please keep us updated !


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bro58

Wow that is utterly shocking! Can they do this? Please let us know what happens.

Hello. I read your post the day, and it's been on my mind ever since. I think the treatment you received was absolutely disgusting. I do hope you have managed to recover. Sending you best wishes!!

Reading your post yet again really bemused me.
Why you may say!!


I remember reading somewhere that if one has IIDB of over 90% and it is a Life time award, you are under the category of not requiring a F2F for either ESA/DLA/PIP and in fact are probably more likely to get a paper based assessment providing you with ESA/PIP enhanced rates.

IIDB over 75% under a Life time award hails a significant full disability.

Pretty certain you will find some of this in the legal law documents that are used to provide legislation in the courts, cannot think of the proper names, brain fog today.