pip appeal waiting tribunal date

hello
to anyone who can offer advice, my mother apply for pip twice and it was refused she got 0 points twice, she suffers with depression and anxiety panic attacks for years. she also has moblity problems with hands and arms. she received the appeal papers which is a book in it self. her friend looked through it and notice that all the things she told the assessor was not noted and her condition was put as mild, which is not true,. I find the hold thing sickening and not sure how to go, as i am at university and cant help her as i would like to. any advice would be appreciated

Hi jj,

Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I'm sorry that your mum is going through this

The first thing I suggest you do is have a look at our PIP guide so that you understand the criteria against which your mother is being measured.

PIP help for claimants

Many of our appeal resources talk about ESA claims but the system for PIP is pretty much the same.

Appeal FAQs

Waiting times for tribunals can be variable but I would expect most cases to have been heard in 3-6 months

I'm sure you will have further questions when you have read through these, please come back and we will do our best to help.


May I suggest that you bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future? This will allow you to return with further questions or comments about your mother's PIP without having to start a new topic each time. We ask members to keep everything relating to the same claim in one topic as it helps us enormously - and I hope you will find it useful too

thanks for your response, i looked at the pip system and it mind blowing, what i don t understand my mum got esa last year and yet pip no points at all, the problem i face the doctor that my mum used to see has left and she not comfortable with any doctor yet, i want to do a written submission and try to get a doctor to write a letter to go with it i can t think of what else to do. any help you or anyone can give would be nice, as i don t know if my mum will go to this tribunal as the atsos assessement was terrible and my mum was in pieces, she went with a friend