DLA to PIP....... Disaster!

Hi, We have received a letter this morning addressed to my husband saying his carer allowance will be stopped in 2 weeks. The letter was dated the same day my letter was about my pip decision and it is the same date as my dla is due to stop.
Will this be because he is named as my carer as we have never claimed any other carer allowance!
I am presuming this will be the carer allowance I had with my DLA
Thank you
Cazza

Hi, I do not know if it is right to put this message on the forum as I have included a lot of detail. I don't mind if you don't, I just really need some help and guidance with this as I am struggling to read it let alone put the MR together.

I received my assessors report on Saturday. There are so many inaccuracies I have really struggled trying to work through all this and still am..

I don't want to call them to request the MR until I have some information together about the report as know I would not be able remember it all when they call me. My deadline is 23rd Dec I feel I need some info in front of me when they call especially about the inaccuracies. I have set myself a deadline for this Friday the 15th for completing the info and calling them. I could then post my response first class to be signed for on Monday 16th Jan which will still get to them to them before the 23rd. Would this be acceptable to them as I do not want to miss the deadline?

The evidence considered is about half of what I had submitted and there is no mention of any of them in the report anywhere. Do I give them a list of all the missing evididence? I did put a information sheet in listing all the additional info and other important info I had enclosed so I wondered if I should send that to them so they can see exactly what info I did send?

Do I give a detailed response to every inadequacy, there are so many of them but they need to be aware of.

Are there any guidelines or suggestions about how long my response should be re the MR? Here are some of he problems I am have to try and sort out.

The evidence considered is not accurate, so much info has not been noted.
The history of conditions is inaccurate, only a few listed.
The medication is inaccurate, they have not all been listed.
The treatments have not even been mentioned.
Social and occupational history is not accurate, some important info is wrong and most of the dates are wrong
The functional history contains inaccuracies.
It states here again about me navigating around the centre !independently" I cannot work this one out and I will be asking for an explanation into this too as this will have put huge doubt into my report.
There is no mention of the GP care plan.

I presume the decision makers response is based on the assessors report and his comments were extremely brief. I wonder if this is because he has read such a negative and incomplete report and had not read or seen any of the info which has not been commented on I the HP report.

I think the whole report has been based on me not receiving any specialist medical input, and being on first line medication. This has been noted on 8 pages out of 12 in the descriptor section. They do have a letter from the last pain specialist which explains everything in detail he clearly states the pain would never go away and was common after such surgery and I would have it for life.This has only been listed as evidence and has not been mentioned anywhere else in the HP report, along with my GP letter. They were not mentioned at the assessment either. How do I deal with this one? surely they must have to take into consideration that sometimes people cannot be helped and have to take different meds due to reactions to specialist medication.

The letter from the Pain Specialist also states all the specialist medication I was tried on but could not tolerate along with a few more.

I do not visit my GP with the problems which I have been left with as there is nothing they can do for me. The last pain specialist input was from 2007 which clearly states the problems I have with pain and my right leg. It also states he cannot do anything else to help me and he discharged me back into the care of my GP. They state the medication I use is not appropriate for the pain I report on but it is the only pain relief I can tolerate and I use this along with pain patches and a tens machine and rest. I have explained all this to them and told them the pain never goes away and the medication just takes the edge off it.

This is all taking is toll on my health I can understand why people give up and walk away defeated, too much stress.

Thank you
Cazza

Which one is the PIP claim guide TY