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Hi there,
I am currently claiming support ESA (contributory), plus PIP on standard mobility and enhanced daily living. I have a variable, incurable condition which has responded quite well to treatment recently.
Please would you advise on the following:
1. What's the best way to notify DWP of this, or if I should wait and see if the improvement is definitely long-term?
2. If my condition takes a downward turn in months or years in the future, assuming my current claim was stopped, would I be able to claim again under the same condition? I recall reading somewhere this was not allowed, but I may be mistaken.
3. Would a GP note be required in support of the notification to DWP?
Thank you for your help!
Originally posted by Songbird57
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Conditions do vary but if your conditions have improved enough to change the amount of points awarded for your PIP then yes, you need to ring DWP/PIP and report those changes.
The same applies for ESA, if you know the reasons why you were placed into that group and those reasons now no longer apply because your condition has improved then you need to report that.
If your claim was stopped and it could well stop at least until you're assessed. If in the future your condition gets worse then yes you could make another claim, if your benefits are stopped completely.