Review not renewal 😕

`Hi Dorislou

You can check out what you said in your previous post here benefitsandwork.co.uk/kunena/10-dla-esa-...44550-renewal#286685. If you want to find your previous posts just look at your profile. You can click on the blue highlight of your name and it will take you to your previous posts.

I think you are mixing up the terms. If your son's claim is coming to an end and he has been sent a review form (which I know you are filling in on his behalf) - you need to give them an update. When claimants complete a review form and return it to the DWP a decision is then made about the type of assessment. The assessment can be paper-based, face to face or telephone or video assessment. Only about 20% of assessments are paper-based. Very few face-to-face assessments are being carried out, and since the pandemic, the majority have been telephone-based. I suggested you looked at the guide to PIP claims and reviews to see how to fill it in (page 128 onwards)

You say that you don't want to trigger a full new assessment. You don't have a choice on this. Everyone has an assessment - it just depends on the type. You could ask them to do a paper-based assessment. Some people think they haven't been assessed when it's been done by paper - but they have - they just haven't had to have contact with an assessor.

I know you are worrying about you son's new diagnosis, which doesn't change anything. The fact is the DWP expects people to tell them the truth about their ongoing medical conditions. Everyone is supposed to report a new diagnosis within weeks of it being given. In reality people often wait until their next review. In my view, you should include this new information on the review form, but obviously the choice is yours.

In terms of 'renewal' that is not a term that is commonly used, but if a claimant returns their review form, it is to renew their current claim.

Hope that helps, but come back if I've not been clear.

BIS

Hi DorisLou

The best of luck. You've obviously put in a lot of hard work. Hope it goes well and you (and your son) get the outcome he needs.

BIS