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Blue Badge criteria
Dear members, I recently applied for my first blue badge via the government website. I waited until I got a new PIP award so I could get a decent length one following the new added hidden disability criteria changes. I got that PIP awarded 2 weeks ago, for 3 years, and again I was awarded standard mobility due to the 10…
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PIP telephone assesment today
I first applied for pip back in 2016 and was awarded a paper based award . They later changed the award because they looked into everybody’s claim as they felt they hadn’t been properly awarded and I was awarded a higher award . I got sent my renewal form and it was sent back in January this year . Along with more evidence…
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Should I appeal my PIP Decision?
Hello. I recently received a decision regarding PIP and received 0's in everything. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (C.F.S) so my symptoms (fatigue, muscle & joint pain, muscle spasms, memory, communication and concentration difficulties) fluctuate as does the level of help I need, and the ability I have also fluctuates.…
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Parking Rule ... did you know ? Save money avoiding illegal fines !
ARE YOU A BLUE BADGE DRIVER ? I found out something very useful the other day. A rarely known rule : Did you know that, if the carpark you are in has signage regarding payment for blue badge holders, and *this cannot be seen by the driver without leaving the car*, it cannot be enforced.I contested a recent pcn on this…
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Child DLA Reapplication
My son was awarded high rate care low rate mobility four years ago. He was diagnosed with ASD then. Now he is in a specialist school, has an EHCP and I am awake most nights because he still suffers anxiety and night time is when he gets most stressed and has problems sleeping. If I'm not awake, I can't try to calm him down…
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Paper based PIP decision - what to expect?
My PIP award expired first week of November, I must have been one of the very last people to have got their renewal forms out in the post. I sent the paperwork during the lockdown. It took them until August to send the text acknowledging receipt (nice of them) and then I got a letter from IAS saying I'd get a telephone…
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PIP assessment tomorrow
Hello, I have my PIP assessment tomorrow and i am so nervous, i have never done this before, so can anyone advise me what is going to happen?
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PIP Reassessment
I am looking some advice. My PIP award was due to end in September and they wrote to me and asked me to complete a PIP2 form, which I did promptly. I was unable to get further medical notes as the Covid crises was at it's worst and even contacting my Dr was difficult. I sent the form in anyways before the deadline at the st
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Personal Injury Payment
Hi, I'm on ESA support group and full PIP. I was in a really bad car accident. An eldery man disreguarded a junction and came straight into a 60pmh road and basically T-boned me when I was driving at speed. I was trapped in car etc. They're talking about a 5 figure payment. I know about a personal injury trust but was…
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Advice Regarding Disability Alarms & Costs
Hi, My father is registered disabled and lives on his own. He has problems walking and has recently had a couple of falls (nothing serious but it has worried us). I have been told about alarms that can be used in case of a fall and was wondering if there were any services he could use as being registered disabled. If not…
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PIP form
Hi just wondering is it worth paying one of the disability not for profit organisations to help filling PIP form out ? has anyone had any experience with this ? tia
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Applying for welfare guardianship in Scotland. Advice needed.
Has anyone applied for Welfare guardianship for an adult who lacks capacity in Scotland? looking for info on how much it cost and what the advantages/disadvantages have been before going ahead instead of letting social work take over. thanks
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PIP reapplying after tribunal
Hi, I was awarded PIP at tribunal, award runs until Feb 2021. I have reapplied but have a few questions. 1. If I am reassessed before my old award ends and my new award is lower would I need to pay them back the months in between applying and getting the new award? 2. If I decide to cancel this application can I reapply in…
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PIP - asking to be reassessed query
Hello All, Whilst an old hand at claiming PIP for myself (DLA before that) I am not quite sure how the system works for the situation I am now in. My husband recieves PIP daily living standard. At the time of award I wanted to ask for a reconsideration but he just wanted to let it go so we did. Since then he has received…
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Car lease help
Hi, not sure if this is the right forum or if anyone can help but here goes - We have recently joined the motability scheme and are awaiting our 1st car which isn't due until February, the problem is our own private car has just been written off by the insurance company after an accident which wasn't our fault, we are both…
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nominated person financial assessment
Hi,I am due to have a financial assessment. I am my childs nominated person for PIP so his money is paid into a joint savings account and I transfer money to his sole accounts when he needs it or pay for things he needs like driving lessons, through my account and reimburse myself. I only use his money for him and I am…
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Portable Mobility Scooters
Walking for my father is getting increasingly difficult. He currently uses a stroller when out and about but he's struggling with that now too. We're thinking of getting him a mobility scooter so he can go into town with my Mum. It would need to be able to fit in a hatchback car (Kia Niro). We've looked at a few online but…
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Advice with funding Care
Hi. I am writing this on behalf of a 76 years old female friend who, after an active life/career spent largely (50 years plus) in the field of professional health care, finds herself in the parlous position of needing almost full-time care without the means to pay for care herself and having been excluded from State…
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Blue Badge complaint - which department?
hello all, I want to raise a complaint about a blue badge application with the London Borough of Southwark. I want to use resolver, but resolver needs the department the blue badge belongs to. I have no idea, tried googling the boroughs website, but could not find. is it adult services? environment? transport? can anyone…
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Seeking advice - Dad is AWI with no POA
Hi all, Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. I'm dad's next of kin. No living siblings. He has gone into hospital and been diagnosed with dementia, possibly Alzheimer's. Social work have assessed him and decided he is to go to local care home. I have no power of attorney. Dad has no property, investments or…
