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PIP daily living allowance stopped with no warning
I'm helping a very ill friend out. To cut a long story short he landed up in hospital last week and I am sorting out some of his affairs, with his full permission. I discovered that his last PIP payment was a lot less than expected. Only the mobility element had been paid and zero living allowance. There has been no…
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Descriptor F (8 points): Cannot prepare and cook food
Descriptor F (8 points): Cannot prepare and cook food I am unsteady on my feet - so, whilst I can put a pie in the oven - I would struggle to do anything with it after cooking - I could not carry it to a plate or move the plate afterwards to eat it. How would that rate me for points ?
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Updated PIP assessment guide
Updated two months ago : https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831224/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-assessment-process.pdf…
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Severe disability premium
Can I claim this if I’m on the benefits listed to claim it however I live with my elderly mother who is too old I believe to provide care she 74
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How do nhs dentist work
As i used to pay private dental visits. From dec' I'm booked in for check up with local nhs dentist. How does that work, is there any cash or card costs initially. The lady stated over tel that wt'cs are acceptable. Thanks in advance
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back pain made worse by employer
I have chronic painful back pain for 7 years I have one leg shorter than the other (from serious RTA) and this has caused overload on left side, and damaged my spine. I have severe facet joint pain, and recently I have been slogging at work doing 12 hour days, and bending at floor level into machines suffice to say I am…
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Disabled father and autistic son fleeing from abuse
Hi all. I am a disabled person who is confined to a wheelchair. My son is autistic and on the 8th of November I had to go to the local council and tell them that we were going to be homeless for fear of returning to the abuser we had been living with. She was physically, financially, emotionally abuser and she was…
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PIP advisor lied re. Assessment. How can we get justice?
My sister is 33, and has a high grade brain tumour. She has weakness to one side, cognitive deficits, uncontrolled epilepsy and needs 24 hour per day care. My sister received higher rate care and mobility disability living allowance. We then had a home assessment and the PIP advisor was what can only be described as evil.…
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Successful PIP application
Just wanted to share a success story with PIP. I've been on DLA (higher rate mobility and care) since 2001 on an indefinite award. I've been feeling stressed for the past few years since PIP was announced and hearing the horror stories about the assessments and rejections. I had my assessment a few weeks ago. I was…
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Help to appeal blue badge decision
Got notified this morning that an application for my daughter to get a blue badge has been denied. In a nutshell my daughter (20 years) has a range of disabilities and with the Aug 2019 changes was one who may get a blue badge due to planning a journey and being a risk to herself. She has to be accompanied everywhere on…
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‘Some’ faith restored in the system.
Spied an envelope from the tribunal service this morning - first words I read were ‘Appeal Period Over’ or words to that effect. Read on and they said appeals had shown the tribunals clerk a ‘better offering’. Opened up a second envelope which said my claim had been looked at for a third time and that I was entitled to the…
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NHS funded nursing care
Two questions. Can anyone tell me when NHS nursing care contribution was introduced and do you have to have the care in a nursing home. Or can it be in your own home?
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Tomorrow - interview, overreaching?
sorry I realised I have posted this in the wrong forum. pls delete.
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PPI tax refund
Does anyone know where I can get help to reclaim tax on PPI can't use telephone
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Hidden Disabilities Lanyard
If you have a hidden disability such as autism then get yourself one of these you get them here https://www.hiddendisabilitiesstore.com/products-19/products.html
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Eating disorder and ASD
Hi my review is coming up I always got six points for promoting to eat and make food I been told my eating disorder is autistic traits and it in letter As I can only eat about 8 foods and my mind does not tell me to eat some days I won't eat for 2/3 days then binge on my 8 foods and I'm sick. And I don't drink much and the…
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Present for person that is partly blind
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, I want to purchase a present for a good friend's birthday that got some vision loss but likes reading not sure would a kindle be OK for a present?:)
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How long for a home visit.
We returned our forms in August based of claim year long anxiety and depression and diagnosed fibromyalgia, since then the consultant thinks it’s rheumatoid arthritis and partner has had 2 sets of bloods 2 lots of x rays and now they want to send him for mri. But still we wait for a home visit. Today got told we know your…
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Handing disability car back early ?
I really need help with I look after my uncle and he is being so twisted he asks me for money for me driving him around so I have said I've had enough I dont want your car driving you about I have my own car now he saying that I will have to pay the damage for the which excess is £300 and to hand the car back it will be…
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PiP assessment areas
I am still waiting for my PiP assessment - having been on DLA for over 14 years I have found a map on line (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610293/personal-independence-payment-postcode-map.pdf) that doesn't help but tells me that MY area is to be assessed by…
