PIP assessment today, Need info please.

Once you get the SAR information then I would suggest that you consider putting in a formal complaint about the assessment and report. The complaint has to be made to the company who did the assessment, although you can send a copy to the DWP as well.

Any complaint though is totally separate from your mandatory reconsideration and appeal process.

In your appeal tribunal, if you are asking the panel to not give weight to the assessment report and instead consider your evidence, then they may ask you why you didn't complain if you have not made a formal complaint.

And of course you can put a copy of your formal complaint into your appeals pack for the judge and panel to see. You may also want to send a copy to your MP.

If you are going to make a complaint I would also suggest that you check out the PIP assessment guide which the assessors are supposed to use, You can use it to show where they have failed to follow guidelines in producing a report and therefore show that the Decision Maker made a decision without all the relevant information. Good luck.

Well, I got my PA4 yesterday and it was what I thought. The HCP contradicts herself in a few areas and failed in most sections to reflect what was said at consultation. No typical day stuff at all as I wasn't asked. I am referred to as "She" throughout even though I am male.
No reliability criteria has been used.
I have now sent of my reply to add to my MR request breaking it down into sections giving reasons why I disagree and stating which descriptors I think I score points and why.

I will await my MR letter with interest and will send off a complaint to ATOS in the morning.

Should I now start preparing for tribunal to have stuff ready for my MR letter coming? I hope for the best but expect the worse.

Dun

Thanks Gordon, back to the guides I go
My only issue is what to use as my appeal reason, I don't want to cite too many reasons for the appeal as stated in the guide. I will pick one or two of the most relevant reasons and take it from there.

Dun wrote: Hi, first post.
Went for my medical in Glasgow today(Salus) and on arrival was taken to a room within 2 mins.
The HCP said they had no computers as they had been down for 2 weeks and proceeded doing a paper based assessment!

I am transferring from DLA to PIP and my DLA is due to end next payday, she was rushing me and didn't want to write what I was saying. I had a companion in with me.
She kept on saying to me what I could do and noting it but when I added my "Buts" she didn't note them as far as I could see. The medical was so quick that I didn't have time to decribe how my disabilities affect me.

At the end she said she would need to add the info to a computer when they were up again but didn't know when that would be.

A few issues I have with this.

1. I have to rely on HCP remembering the finer detail from a bit of paper some time down the line.
2. She didn't have access to my reports, forms etc before seeing me.
3. When my DLA is due to stop, will it continue as she said it could be months before I get a decision?

Any comments/advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

I wouldn't worry too much over the fact that there were no computers were available. Although retired, I still help claimants with DLA and PIP and occasionally represent them 'pro bono' at First-tier Tribunals & UT's. This happened to five people I was helping with PIP, no computers and they all received PIP at the rate they requested. The computer programme asks specific questions, whilst assessment done by using notes allow more to be written 'ad lib'

Bear in mind it's not the HCP who makes decisions on entitle but Decision Makers, now often referred to as Case Managers. In my opinion no decision can be reached until the DM has seen and read your reports etc, to do so would constitute 'breach of natural justice' i.e. 'fair play at work'

Good luck