Waiting times

Applied 30/9/19. Assessment 23/12/19. Letter received 6/1/20 stating they had all info. Assessor said should hear in 6-8 weeks. Now in 9th week and nothing so far. Is this normal?

Hi
Had my F2F 19/12/19 finally received my award 16/02/20.
From receiving invite to move from DLA to PIP nearly 8 months.
I’m in South West. & had to wait quite sometime for home assessment.
Hope this helps.

Hello Charlotte.

I'm so sorry to hear that you're still waiting. I have a funeral to attend tomorrow/today... and as I cannot sleep I thought I may let you know what happened to me today.

I applied for PIP in June 2007. I was awarded points but not what i should have been so I went to mandatory reconsideration then tribunal.... i was awarded standard on both. Wont go into the whys and wherfores

My illnesses deteriorated and I was so scared to put a change of circumstance in because of the pain they put me through before. Genuine illnesses have been overlooked and a tribunal found in my favour.

I still did it and after weeks of my hubby doing the phone calls to the DWP today was the final straw.

He rang them and was told a 12 to 16 weeks wait. My husband had been told 4 to 6 weeks, every week he rang. Yesterday was five weeks since it was sent to the CM.

I simply couldnt deal with that. I was and am in my bed trying to deal with what leaving my safe place to say goodbye to a good person... i was angry with the whole situation.

My hubby was put through to a CM. At my hubbys insistence .... he doesnt have my illness and tries to be the nice guy.

I couldn't let him deal with the phone call. Not after being told by a brummie that ..... that's the way it works.....
I heard the whole phone call and fight came into me. He spoke to the cm he had been put through to.

Long and short.... i chose to speak to him.... it was hurting to do so.... i was shaking like a leaf he xame back to say that he could award me enhanced on both.

I pressed him to sort out something else as to the time length that was put on the assessment report .... he rang back to my husband and said he would d9 what he could.

I for one await the result. I have enhanced on both. He told my husband and I that we can appeal the length of the award... 18 months on a 18 dl and 22 mobility.

Do contact them and get an answer... if i can do it... someone else can

Xxxxxx

Can I lose everything if I claim ' only ' the lengrh of award???