How do you use your PIP?

Tommo1980

Still trying to get it!

rockingbilly

CTcelt1988 wrote: »

Well you did get it, and you had no problem with receiving it, even though you admit you didn't need it.

Your still a hypocrite.

Like many others I have an income that would have covered any additional costs if they had arisen. Hence no need for the money. Not everyone is that destitute that they have to use their DLA/PIP money along with the disability premiums that are added to pay normal bills and expenses. That is not what DLA/PIP is paid out for.

bigbulldog

rockingbilly wrote: »

That is not what DLA/PIP is paid out for.

Pip is awarded if YOUR genuine to help and aid with daily living and Motability needs NOT to give it to the grand children you should have some morals either don't claim it or donate it to a charity..

Crazycollielady

I am new to these forums and have read a few of the threads/posts as I was intrigued about rockingbilly and these alt usernames - and I have come to the conclusion that if I didn't know better I would say they are the same person. They even type the same and have similar if not exact issues with the dwp and dla-pip and bragging about50k cars etc - that hit a bit of a nerve for me cos I'd give anything to be able to drive again and not have to use public transport and be able to just jump in the car - my gdad is in hospital he's recently been diagnosed with alheizemers and I feel useless as I'm West coast and my family are East coast ( I have nothing against ppl who drive by the way ) and the double spacing parking. That used to annoy me because many a time I wouldn't be able to get parked cos some twit was taking 2 spaces......

antrobus

rockingbilly wrote: »

...That is not what DLA/PIP is paid out for.

Yes it is.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you’re aged 16 to 64.

https://www.gov.uk/pip/overview

rockingbilly

antrobus wrote: »

Yes it is.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you’re aged 16 to 64.

https://www.gov.uk/pip/overview

If you were to read my full post (below) you will see that I was referring to those that add DLA/PIP to their weekly benefit pot and treat the whole lot as money to pay for normal day to day expenses. As with Nanny, she keeps her separate and can identify how it is spent on the extra costs that her disability brings to the table.
Not everyone is that destitute that they have to use their DLA/PIP money along with the disability premiums that are added to pay normal bills and expenses. That is not what DLA/PIP is paid out for.

rockingbilly

bigbulldog wrote: »

Pip is awarded if YOUR genuine to help and aid with daily living and Motability needs NOT to give it to the grand children you should have some morals either don't claim it or donate it to a charity..

For a start I do have genuine disabilities for which DLA was previously awarded.
You are assuming that (a) everybody spends ALL of their DLA/PIP on the EXTRAS that a disability causes and (b) if they do have these extra costs that they are not already funded out of normal income.

For those that have sufficient income to cover whatever the extra costs are without the need to claim DLA/PIP what should they do with the money? If they don't have any or few needs on which to spend the whole of the DLA/PIP on what should they do with the money?

If the answer is either they shouldn't make a claim or if they do they should give it to charity then I would suggest you write to both Brown & Cameron and complain about what they did.

bigbulldog

rockingbilly wrote: »

For a start I do have genuine disabilities for which DLA was previously awarded.
You are assuming that (a) everybody spends ALL of their DLA/PIP on the EXTRAS that a disability causes and (b) if they do have these extra costs that they are not already funded out of normal income.

No just you as all you ever post on here are made up stories.

rockingbilly wrote: »

For those that have sufficient income to cover whatever the extra costs are without the need to claim DLA/PIP what should they do with the money? If they don't have any or few needs on which to spend the whole of the DLA/PIP on what should they do with the money?

My remarks are direct at you not all,because not all are fakes.

rockingbilly wrote: »

If the answer is either they shouldn't make a claim or if they do they should give it to charity then I would suggest you write to both Brown & Cameron and complain about what they did.

Why do you bring in other people in your example as this is about you however please don't reply to this as I know it will only be ball shout.

rockingbilly

bigbulldog wrote: »

No just you as all you ever post on here are made up stories.



My remarks are direct at you not all,because not all are fakes.



Why do you bring in other people in your example as this is about you however please don't reply to this as I know it will only be ball shout.

Whatever you think and believe is your choice. All I can say is that I was awarded DLA (HRM & MRC) for my disabilities in the past. Those difficulties still exist.
I really do wish that all of my problems are fakes and made up stories.

But then you have a closed mind.

dori2o

rockingbilly wrote: »

I would say that what you are doing is the right and proper way to manage your DLA/PIP payments.
I am surprised that some actually lump it together with other income. With some of the reasons I have seen on here, there is no way that everyone spends the full amount on specific costs only relating to their disabilities. Personally if I hadn't been in the position of not needing the money I would have had a hell of a job spending all £110 of it every week of the year on specific costs only arising out of a disability.
There is a need for the government to look into this particular situation. Just handing over money irrespective of whether it is all needed for the reasons it is given is just plain daft.

The thing is everyones costs are very different, and they don't just cover medication, transport and equipment.

When I look at my costs I include in there things that some people would never consider being a cost.

Charges for tradesmen to maintain the house.

Given I grew up in a family in the building trade I can turn my hand to anything. I have a qualification in electrics, I can plaster pretty well, I can lay bricks as good as any brickie but perhaps not as quickly, I can build anything, I have an apprenticeship and NVQ in sheet metal work.

We bought our current house with a view to me doing it up and maintaining it, but I've not been able to do that for over 10 years because of my condition. Now if work needs doing I have to pay for it to be done where in the past I would have done it (excluding gas/electricity as my brother is gas safe reg and part p qualified).

For me that is an extra cost. I expect you and most people will disagree, but its something I now HAVE to pay for which I didnt before my condition stopped me.

Charges for fuel

I now drive a lot more short journeys than I used to. Before my condition worsened and rendered me virtually immobile I would walk whenever possible.

Medication/treatments not available on the NHS

Quite self explanatory, yet included in than is a Class B drug commonly smoked but which I have baked into cookies. It's the only medication I take that offers excellent relief and allows me to get some much needed sleep when I've been struggling. I only use it a couple of times a month on average when I'm desperate for sleep.

I have recently started to trial with CBD oil in the hope it offers the same type of effect, therefore allowing me to take it into work and use it more regularly. Unfortunately it tastes like manure and is £20 for a 10ml bottle.

Loss of earnings

At the point where I was finally awarded DLA I was undergoing a capability process at work due to the amount of time I was being forced to take off work because of the effects of the condition and also the side effects of medications.
Therefore I decided to cut my hours from full time to 32 hours a week. This allowed me to adjust my working days and only work 4 days a week.

This obviously meant a reduction in pay and therefore I count this as a cost which my DLA (now PIP) covers.

There are various other things as well but these are the main ones.

Given the announcement regarding the rewiew of prescription drugs, it seems that soon I may also be forced to pay for Fentanyl patches which I amcurrently prescribed. It seems that the idiots in charge of the NHS believe its entirely possible to just replace fentanyl with ordinary Morphine. Despite the fact that equivalent doses of morphine to fentanyl would mean sufferring from a significant increase in side effects, mainly nausea and drowsyness. It will mean that I'm probably going to have to give up work unless there is a suitable alternative which wont leave me comatose most of the day.