PIP question

Jack_bauer24

Morning. 

On Monday, I applied for PIP due to my mental health and my issues, but I am just wondering, will DWP get in touch with my GP to gather evidence of my medical information? as I have a doctors/GP appointment on Monday by phone, as I don't have a printer to put them with my form when it arrives. 

I am just worried, that if DWP can't do that, how can I send medical evidence? 

Any advice would be great, thank you in advance. 

poppy12345

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

Jack_bauer24

poppy12345 said:

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

No, I don't have any letters. If I ask my GP to post my medical information, will they? will they charge me? 

marcia_

Jack_bauer24 said:

poppy12345 said:

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

No, I don't have any letters. If I ask my GP to post my medical information, will they? will they charge me? 

 When you have an appointment with a consultant or psychiatrist etc they write to your GP to inform them. Ask your doctors receptionist to print these off for you if you have seen anyone 

Jack_bauer24

marcia_ said:

Jack_bauer24 said:

poppy12345 said:

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

No, I don't have any letters. If I ask my GP to post my medical information, will they? will they charge me? 

 When you have an appointment with a consultant or psychiatrist etc they write to your GP to inform them. Ask your doctors receptionist to print these off for you if you have seen anyone 

Thanks, but I can't go outside as I am suffering from Agoraphobia, since my dislocation knee cap last March. If I ask the receptionist on the phone after my appointment, do you think they will post the medical evidence to my address? 

Flugelhorn

Jack_bauer24 said:

marcia_ said:

Jack_bauer24 said:

poppy12345 said:

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

No, I don't have any letters. If I ask my GP to post my medical information, will they? will they charge me? 

 When you have an appointment with a consultant or psychiatrist etc they write to your GP to inform them. Ask your doctors receptionist to print these off for you if you have seen anyone 

Thanks, but I can't go outside as I am suffering from Agoraphobia, since my dislocation knee cap last March. If I ask the receptionist on the phone after my appointment, do you think they will post the medical evidence to my address? 

probably not - too much risk of it going astray - you may be able to nominate someone to pick it up for you -  I worked in a practice and we did that, we knew most of the patients though so it was easier 

Jack_bauer24

Flugelhorn said:

Jack_bauer24 said:

marcia_ said:

Jack_bauer24 said:

poppy12345 said:

They very rarely contact anyone for any evidence. It's your responsibility to make sure you send it to support your claim. 

Do you have any letters from past appointments at home. When my daughter and myself have had appointments for various things in the past they usually send a letter. I've kept everything in a folder so I have it ready for things like this. 

No, I don't have any letters. If I ask my GP to post my medical information, will they? will they charge me? 

 When you have an appointment with a consultant or psychiatrist etc they write to your GP to inform them. Ask your doctors receptionist to print these off for you if you have seen anyone 

Thanks, but I can't go outside as I am suffering from Agoraphobia, since my dislocation knee cap last March. If I ask the receptionist on the phone after my appointment, do you think they will post the medical evidence to my address? 

probably not - too much risk of it going astray - you may be able to nominate someone to pick it up for you -  I worked in a practice and we did that, we knew most of the patients though so it was easier 

No, I don't know someone who can pick it up for me. So, what can I do, if DWP don't check with my GP? could I apply for PIP online and could GP send my medical information to my email address that way? 

I typed in my postcode to see if I could apply online before I phoned them, it states I can't apply for online where I live, as I live in England. 

chapea

hi at our doctors you have to pay £30.  I had to get some copies of letters from specialists for my daughters renewal where we hadn’t received a copy (I am my daughter’s appointee).  We had to fill in a request form and take 2 pieces of ID down   My daughter signed to confirm the request 

took a couple of weeks then had to pick up as they wouldn’t send through post as too confidential (not sure why when normal hospital reports come through post anyway).  

poppy12345

Online is possible for some people if they are invited to apply this way. Any email is then sent to them with a link to fill out the PIP2 form. As you weren't invited then you won't be able to do this. 

Your GP maybe able to send some medical records to you but they may charge for them to be printed. I believe it's free to receive digital copies of medical evidence. 

Jack_bauer24

Update: I have spoken with my GP on the phone and she said, she can post the medical evidence by post after my appointment and it will be free of charge.  

However, she said it will just be a brief summary of my issues and medication etc, she said that if PIP needs more information, they will contact the GP. 

Muttleythefrog

Does the surgery use any electronic system... my GP uses SytmOnline and I can see medical records including documents, test results etc. It sounds like all they're providing is a Summary Patient Record which may be useful.

I'm not sure your GP is right regarding them contacting GP if they need more info. But bear in mind anyway that GPs are probably typically badly positioned to give opinion on PIP because 1. they often are unfamiliar with criteria and 2. have a medical focus on your problems not necessarily one of disablement.