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9 hours 9 minutes ago #312833 by Lucy72
Exhausting PIP phone assessment! was created by Lucy72
I had a PIP telephone assessment for my son in law today. I am his appointee and I had already told them he was not well enough to attend. Fortunately this was already in the system. I just wanted to know if anyone else’s appointment lasted over an hour and a half and I was absolutely exhausted at the end of it. I’ve done many of these assessments over the years, for the family members to whom I am appointee for, but this has to be the longest most laborious one yet! I’ve had the questions whirling around in my head and I’m hoping I answered everything correctly because honestly some of the questions seem to be trick questions. Not trying to put anyone off but I wanted to make other members aware of how tough it is nowadays. Has it got more difficult or was I just unlucky this time around?

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8 hours ago #312835 by BIS
Replied by BIS on topic Exhausting PIP phone assessment!
Hi Lucy72

Yours was on the longer side, but there are certainly plenty of other people who have had ones of a similar length. Assessments are tough, and there is nearly always one or two 'trick questions' that actually have very little to do with whether the claimant meets the PIP criteria. You can ring the DWP on Friday and ask for a copy of the PA4 report, and hopefully that will relieve some of your concerns.

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