PIP

Charlie123 wrote: How do they decide not to conduct a face-face? In a way it might be ideal, as my partner will probably have a panic attack. Alongside the obvious body language that prevails with Social Anxiety Disorder

In principle, if the assessor has sufficient evidence in and with the PIP claim form that they can make a recommendation to the DWP Decision Maker without a face to face assessment then they can do so, however, up until the last few weeks only about 2% of PIP claimants fell into this category and many of those will have qualified due to a terminal illness.

A recent change in PIP guidance may push this figure up as high as 25% but there will still be no guarantees and based on our experience with ESA, this may not actually be to the advantage of many claimants who may receive lower awards than they actually deserve, which then requires a stressful appeal process, which might require the assessment that was missed I the first place.

Gordon