my accessment

cathy wrote: had my pip accessment yesterday was asked how long it took me to walk down an ile at supermarket before i had to stop i would of thought would be asking how far can i walk in meters not the lenght of time ?? and could i boil an egg? has anyone els been asked same questions ? didnt have any of my meds history that i had already sent in with my form or didnt know i had artheritis she had no information about my form or anythin i had sent in with the form very worrying

We noticed this change from distance to time on a number of posts recently, it does not appear to be a change in guidance or if it is, it's not in the public domain.

Unfortunately while most claimants will no accurately how far they can walk, I doubt that many have the faintest idea as to how long the can walk.

The average walking speed for a healthy adult is about 90m/min, that means they will walk 200m, the upper limit for scoring points for PIP, in about 3 minutes 15 seconds.

It's also easy to wrongly calculate distance if you are not used to considering the problem and do not have a reference distance to compare it to. For example; where I live there are two supermarkets, I would estimate the aisle in one is about 40m whereas it is probably 75m in the other,

More "dirty" tricks by the assessors I'm afraid.

Gordon

Mari

It should have been 90m/min.

Gordon

MariW wrote: Sorry, Gordon, I made a typo.

What does 90m/min mean? 90 metres in 1 minute?

(I'm sitting here wondering what it must be like.)

Mari

Yes, 90 metres per minute.

Gordon