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  1. Sarah
    Thread

    UK: Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings - Benefits & Work, 5 March 2019

    Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings Benefits & Work 5 March 2019 Most PIP and ESA claimants who appeal a decision will...
    Thread by: Sarah, Mar 25, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  2. large donner
    Thread

    BBC article: UK government cuts pensioners PIP checks, but puts more pressure on disabled people to work.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47443955 Disabled pensioners will no longer face "unnecessary" repeat assessments to continue receiving benefits,...
    Thread by: large donner, Mar 5, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  3. Wits_End
    Thread

    UK: PIP appeals - advice, recommendations?

    Less than 24 hours of being registered as a member, and I've already been awarded a Trophy! Anyway, that wasn't why I signed up: I joined here to...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Feb 23, 2019, 61 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  4. Wits_End
    Thread

    BBC News covers PIP and appeals

    If you didn't catch the 10 O'clock News tonight (and possibly the 6 pm one too) and can catch up with it (I think news is only available on...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Feb 21, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  5. Andy
    Thread

    UK: The APPG for Disability are looking for stories of issues with PIP

    Twitter post from them [MEDIA] Email that can be used: Appgsecretariat@disabilityrightsuk.org
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 19, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  6. Andy
    Thread

    ME Association: Migrating from DLA to PIP – Perseverance and support result in win at reconsideration and at appeal for M.E.

    We last heard from a mother who recounted her daughter’s experience of the far from satisfactory Personal Independence Payment application and...
    Thread by: Andy, Dec 3, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  7. Kelly
    Thread

    Recording of PIP assessment

    Hi! I was absolutely gobsmacked today to find out that the recording of my PIP assessment has not been used by the DM at the MR stage. This is...
    Thread by: Kelly, Aug 23, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  8. Sarah
    Thread

    UK: IAPT-Employment Adviser pilots - some information & docs

    The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses...
    Thread by: Sarah, Apr 11, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  9. Sly Saint
    Thread

    PIP claimant with ME (Charis) to feature in BBC 'Inside Out' documentary

    MATT MEETS BRAVE CONSTITUENT PENALISED BY GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM "A chronic and debilitating condition which, to the untrained eye, renders...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 24, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  10. Andy
    Thread

    Disability News Service: "The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal"

    Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 11, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  11. Skycloud
    Thread

    Work and Pensions Select Comittee (UK) findings re: failures of PIP and ESA assessments

    Article in the Guardian Friday Feb 9th 2018 'Substantial minority' of disability claimants failed by system – MPs A “substantial minority” of...
    Thread by: Skycloud, Feb 9, 2018, 18 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  12. Andy
    Thread

    Disability News Service: "DWP U-turns on PIP mobility rules that were based on ‘unsupported opinions’"

    Mr Justice Mostyn said in his judgement last month that DWP’s intention had been “to save money” and that the decision to introduce the new...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 28, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  13. Liv aka Mrs Sowester
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    PIP claimants - email your experiences of the process to Laura Pidcock MP before Westminster debate next Wednesday

    [MEDIA] Please take a moment to email Laura Pidcock MP at laura.pidcock.mp@parliament.uk with your experiences of claiming PIP before next...
    Thread by: Liv aka Mrs Sowester, Jan 25, 2018, 51 replies, in forum: Advocacy Action Alerts
  14. zzz
    Thread

    ATOS nurse continues PIP assessment as epileptic claimant bleeds from mouth after multiple seizures

    ATOS nurse continues PIP assessment as epileptic claimant bleeds from mouth after multiple seizures From the article: When claimant Daniel...
    Thread by: zzz, Jan 8, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  15. Andy
    Thread

    News Article: Court orders Atos to pay disabled woman £5,000 over dishonest PIP assessment

    A court has ruled that a disabled woman should be awarded £5,000 compensation by the government contractor Atos, after a dishonest report by one...
    Thread by: Andy, Dec 22, 2017, 30 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  16. Andy
    Thread

    UK: Disability benefits (ESA and PIP) - news and updates up to end of 2020

    Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA [MEDIA] Scope of the inquiry The Committee...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 6, 2017, 129 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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