PIP Result

Plenty of people post positive Pip stories. Myself included. I found the whole process straightforward and a stress-free as possible.

You said yourself that you came here looking for help and guidance and that is what other people do too.

If they had a positive result then they wouldn't need help or guidance would they ?

You will mostly hear the bad stories when searching the internet. This is understandable because if someone has a decision in their favour, they have no questions to ask. Therefore we don!!!8217;t hear their stories.

Mike44 wrote: »

Been browsing the board whilst looking for guidance whilst helping my wife with her PIP claim. She had her assessment on the 25th June, a text from the DWP on the 27th to say they had received the report and after making phone call on the 28th got a copy of the assessment on the 30th. The report was very fair ( issues are a stroke and broken hip following a fall) and suggested 10 ponts for both living and mobility. Got the Decision letter on the 11th (dated the 5th) which awarded 8 and 10 points and a review in June 2024.


Whilst I found useful info on the site and others, I have to say that it seems a lot of what is recorded is very negative which only fuels concerns for those new to the process. I think it would be helpful if a balanced picture could be presented. Maybe good news is deemed non news, but reassurance might help to prevent people thinking the worse.

I recently updated a thread with our good news regarding PIP (over on the Disability Board) but it was on the original thread I posted so I wonder if there might be more good news posts out there but they are attached to the original threads asking for help and advice (and therefore aren't as obvious)? I do agree with what others have said; people tend to post when there's a problem or a bad experience so you do hear more negatives than positives. But overall our PIP experience was a good one - roughly twelve weeks from start to finish - brief information gathering on the phone initially and personally I found the PIP form a bit easier to fill in than the DLA ones, although I did wonder if that's because I've done a few now and I just find forms easier in general? Not sure but anyway, sent it all off with various reports and received a letter back saying they were going to contact professionals for further information which presumably they did.


We had a face to face assessment at home, very nice lady who had not only read my son's reports but seemed to have understood them which is unusual He's been awarded the number of points I thought he would be, based on the online descriptors, which means I can only assume the report submitted by the face to face assessor was factually accurate - again, that doesn't happen very often. Enhanced rate for both which I was very happy with - very relieved not to have to go to appeal


So yes, overall a good experience and he's been awarded it for four years, I think it was, so hopefully we won't need to think about it again until then I'm glad your wife's claim went through without any problems as well