Pip

fluke13

Just wondering if this is correct that walking on slopes/uneven ground (I live on a bank), weather conditions (these can greatly affect a lung condition) and being driven in a car (the only way I can travel because of my illness,i don't drive so have to rely on someone else) can't be considered when deciding eligibility for pip.

Alice_Holt

From the PIP assessment guide -

Activity 12 – Moving around
"This activity considers a claimant’s physical ability to move around without severe
discomfort, such as breathlessness, pain or fatigue. This includes the ability to
stand and then move up to 20 metres, up to 50 metres, up to 200 metres and over
200 metres.
As with all the other activities, a claimant is to be assessed as satisfying a
descriptor only if the reliability criteria are also considered. The claimant must be
able to undertake the activity:
• safely (in a manner unlikely to cause harm to the claimant or to another,
either during or after completion of the activity);
• to an acceptable standard;
• repeatedly (as often as the activity being assessed is reasonably
required to be completed); and
• within a reasonable time period (no more than twice as long as the
maximum period that a person without a physical or mental condition
which limits that person’s ability to carry out the activity in question
would normally take to complete that activity).
Notes:
This activity should be judged in relation to a type of surface normally expected out
of doors, such as pavements on the flat and includes the consideration of kerbs.
‘Standing’ means to stand upright with at least one biological foot on the ground
with or without suitable aids and appliances (note – a prosthesis is considered an
appliance, so a claimant with a unilateral prosthetic leg may be able to stand,
whereas a bilateral lower limb amputee would be unable to stand under this
definition).
“Stand and then move” requires an individual to stand and then move
independently while remaining standing. It does not include a claimant who stands
and then transfers into a wheelchair or similar device. Individuals who require a
wheelchair or similar device to move a distance should not be considered able to
stand and move that distance.
Aids or appliances that a person uses to support their physical mobility may include
walking sticks, crutches and prostheses.
When assessing whether the activity can be carried out reliably, consideration
should be given to the manner in which the activity is completed. This includes but
is not limited to, the claimant’s gait, their speed, the risk of falls and symptoms or
side effects that could affect their ability to complete the activity, such as pain,
breathlessness and fatigue. However, for this activity, this only refers to the
physical act of moving. For example, danger awareness is considered as part of
activity 11.
NB: in legislation this activity is referred to as Mobility Activity 2. "

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf

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