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DLA or PIP?
I phoned the advisors number on behalf of someone with the DOB 19.12.48, so still 64 at April 2013, to state their care needs had become worse.
Client currently on HRM and MRC.
I expected to be told that this was a PIP conversion but was not sure if I should be phoning the PIP new claims number or not.
However, I was told the client would be sent a DBD 138 and would not be converted to PIP.
This is wrong isnt it?
Should I have phoned the PIP number 0800 917 2222?
Recently after a client was sent a DLA 1A form for renewal I asked for a supersession to uprate her claim to higher care and mobility, arguing that her condition was not properly assessed in the first instance (July 2012) in the light of recent doctor’s and other specialists’ reports. I argued that the condition had not in fact changed but that there is now much clearer evidence showing the effect of this condition.
I was concerned of course that they might respond saying there was a significant change in circumstances (her condition HAD changed) and this necessitated a claim for PIP.
However they have accepted this as a DLA renewal, and uprated the claim.
It has crossed my mind that DWP may have avoided transferring the client to PIP in the knowledge of delays in the processing. A small mercy perhaps.
I still have a client waiting 9 months for his PIP claim to be processed. How is that acceptable?
I phoned the advisors number on behalf of someone with the DOB 19.12.48, so still 64 at April 2013, to state their care needs had become worse.
Client currently on HRM and MRC.
I expected to be told that this was a PIP conversion but was not sure if I should be phoning the PIP new claims number or not.
However, I was told the client would be sent a DBD 138 and would not be converted to PIP.
This is wrong isnt it?
Should I have phoned the PIP number 0800 917 2222?
PIP postcode reassessment lottery…..says…they are wrong (gasp!)
AidanG,
I still have a client waiting 9 months for his PIP claim to be processed. How is that acceptable?
It’s just bedding in mate, welcome to the world of PIP
[ Edited: 11 Jun 2014 at 09:14 am by Ros ]