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Hello again kind folks .The latest with me and my PIP claim is that my GP who is always extremely kind has written a superb supporting letter for me which I intend to send off to be included in my claim. She did explain that as GP's they are now extremely reluctant to write such letters of support and their policy is normally not to do so ,so I consider I have been very lucky indeed.
Should I also send a copy of the supporting letter to the DWP decision maker ? And would that person be based at my local job centre plus office?
Also, are PIP claims ever decided on paper evidence only without the need of a face to face visit? I realise that is a heck of a lot to hope for but hey, I just wondered.
Many thanks and good luck to all.

Hello folks , I have my PIP exam coming up soon. Most days I am terrible pain and cannot stand for more than a minute . When the health professional comes am I obliged to demonstrate how I walk or move around? Thing is if it is very bad day it will cause me horrific pan that I will be stuck with for days.
Thanks....I am dreading it .

Dougle wrote: Hello folks , I have my PIP exam coming up soon. Most days I am terrible pain and cannot stand for more than a minute . When the health professional comes am I obliged to demonstrate how I walk or move around? Thing is if it is very bad day it will cause me horrific pan that I will be stuck with for days.
Thanks....I am dreading it .

Hi D,

I notice Here that you have made several topics on the one issue , PIP.

Please keep all you future PIP related queries to this topic !

This Post from Yesterday should answer your query.

You should Bookmark/Favourite this page in your Internet Browser now. That way you can return to this topic easily to pose any further queries that you may have by replying to the topic.

Thanks in anticipation of your future co-operation in keeping all your PIP related queries to this topic !

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HELLO FOLKS, I think I am supposed to tag any posts about this topic to this thread so here goes ..
Anyhoo, I have just recently had a home visit regarding my new PIP claim ( I currently have DLA indefinitely and am in an ATOS area.) ..The lady that came to see me arrived on time nice and early and told me she is a physiotherapist .She was very polite, seemed kind and seemed to be on my side overall but who knows?
However, I was amazed and a bit unnerved that the assessment was extremely brief and cursory . She stayed only 20 minutes or so.
The lady did not examine me at all or ask me to do any movement whatsoever because she did not want to cause me any further pain. She said she had read my notes and could see that I had some nasty physical problems.
She only asked me perhaps five questions and did not write my answers down.(I think they write a report after they leave?) She did ask one or two questions about my medications and the name of my illness and said something along the lines of 'oh I do know a little bit about medical stuff but I am a physio '
She gave me a few words to remember and asked me to spell something backwards and a sum to do.I failed miserably.
A couple of times I felt she attempted to put words into my mouth by saying things like
' but you can manage to do so and so can't you' but I corrected her when needed.
The lady seemed as though she wanted to get away as soon as she possibly could.
I felt that she was intending to write her report based solely on what I had written on my claim form and the evidence i provided. and not on her meeting with me.( I included a very good letter of support from my GP)
I tried to point out that I have recently had some adaptions done here at home but she appeared to take no notice.
She told my wife to chase DWP up after about 6-8 weeks and that was it .She left.
Overall then ,it was not as scary as I had feared and as I say extremely brief. Who knows how it may go .All I can do is now is wait and hope.
So for anybody waiting for their assessment , try not to worry because it is likely to be just fine.
That is my experience. I used the guides and help available here to make my claim.
I will return once I have a decision on my claim and tell you all what that is.
If this may help others please print it.If not,bin it.
cheers

Hi folks,last week I called the DWP to ask if anything had been decided regarding my recent PIP claim and they couldn't see anything on my notes to indicate a decision and said they would 'get someone to call me back ...within a week '
Is this 'normal '?
Fed up waiting that's all.
Thanks again