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10 years 3 months ago #129263 by Chlorinated
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I read in the benefits and work pip guide letters from family or say a social nurse can be persuasive.
I'm going to ask my nurse, she's just somebody who checks up on me but has seen how I neglect myself, to write me a letter. however I am wondering what shes meant to write and how the letter should look.
should it be:
I am his nurse, have know him for....
ive never seen him cook and he always looks depressed....
it seems to me pip can make him get a carer as a result of which he will start to eat properly rather than junk food.
I think he is vulnerable so I support his pip application.
is that right or are the comments up there that she should not say less I get her into trouble?
thanks.
I'm going to ask my nurse, she's just somebody who checks up on me but has seen how I neglect myself, to write me a letter. however I am wondering what shes meant to write and how the letter should look.
should it be:
I am his nurse, have know him for....
ive never seen him cook and he always looks depressed....
it seems to me pip can make him get a carer as a result of which he will start to eat properly rather than junk food.
I think he is vulnerable so I support his pip application.
is that right or are the comments up there that she should not say less I get her into trouble?
thanks.
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10 years 3 months ago #129272 by Gordon
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They need to document who they are, how they know you and how often they see you, lastly they need to attest that the information they are providing is accurate.
As to content, the closer they address the PIP Descriptors the better, so for example if you have problems preparing food, then the ideal comment they could make would detail what those problems are, what they are caused by, how often you have them and what would happen if you ignored them and prepared some food.
If possible can we ask you to keep all of your posts in one topic, it makes it so much easier for the Moderators to find out what has been posted before so that we avoid duplicating information. Thank you.
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They need to document who they are, how they know you and how often they see you, lastly they need to attest that the information they are providing is accurate.
As to content, the closer they address the PIP Descriptors the better, so for example if you have problems preparing food, then the ideal comment they could make would detail what those problems are, what they are caused by, how often you have them and what would happen if you ignored them and prepared some food.
If possible can we ask you to keep all of your posts in one topic, it makes it so much easier for the Moderators to find out what has been posted before so that we avoid duplicating information. Thank you.
Gordon
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10 years 3 months ago #129280 by Chlorinated
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My apologise for duplicating. However I thought the third part evidence is quite different from the main doctors evidence.
What if my nurse just says something like I go to his house and never see signs of cooking. All I see is takeaway which is consistent with his report that he never cooks and is dependant on ordering.
The things is that, I think it's the your doctor who knows you condition in detail, your carer or family etc that will be able to answer the descriptors closely. However my nurse just visit me now and again see that im neglected and goes back. This being the case, would it be of value/a better idea to have her write as I suggested then get more evidence from a family member rather than get her to go close to the descriptors when she's not really a carer or anything such that she would not know.
What is your opinion on that?
Many thanks
What if my nurse just says something like I go to his house and never see signs of cooking. All I see is takeaway which is consistent with his report that he never cooks and is dependant on ordering.
The things is that, I think it's the your doctor who knows you condition in detail, your carer or family etc that will be able to answer the descriptors closely. However my nurse just visit me now and again see that im neglected and goes back. This being the case, would it be of value/a better idea to have her write as I suggested then get more evidence from a family member rather than get her to go close to the descriptors when she's not really a carer or anything such that she would not know.
What is your opinion on that?
Many thanks
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10 years 3 months ago #129286 by Gordon
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You observations about a doctor versus a family member are correct but you need to remember that you are being assessed against a set of tests defined in the legislation, so whether it is one of the Health Care Professionals (HCPs) who help with your treatment or a family member the criteria are the same, obviously your HCP can only testify to information that they have knowledge of.
So this is a question of making sure that any letter has the most weight assigned to it, the further away as statement is from the Descriptors, the less weight that will be assigned to it, sometimes this is unavoidable, but where it can be avoided, it should.
You can certainly ask a family member to write a letter of support if they have regular contact with you.
Gordon
You observations about a doctor versus a family member are correct but you need to remember that you are being assessed against a set of tests defined in the legislation, so whether it is one of the Health Care Professionals (HCPs) who help with your treatment or a family member the criteria are the same, obviously your HCP can only testify to information that they have knowledge of.
So this is a question of making sure that any letter has the most weight assigned to it, the further away as statement is from the Descriptors, the less weight that will be assigned to it, sometimes this is unavoidable, but where it can be avoided, it should.
You can certainly ask a family member to write a letter of support if they have regular contact with you.
Gordon
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