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6 years 10 months ago #187509 by June
PIP /Appointee/CarerHi was created by June
Hi there is there anyone who has been an appointee/carer as I am for my daughter who suffers mental health and is also disabled as despite submitting medical evidence from health professional her doctor and psychiarist and detailed letter from myself she still has to have a face to face assessment for her PIP next week and is getting really upset and stressed over this can I deal with thjis on her behalf as they have stated that i have tlo be there as of course I would be has anyone else had to do this at all thanks for any help and advice r

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6 years 10 months ago #187514 by Gordon
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June

Are you her DWP accepted appointee? If you are then you can speak on her behalf, but she must still attend the interview.

Is this a home assessment or one at the Assessment Providers offices?

If the latter then you may be able to switch to a home assessment but you will need your GP to write to the AP to explain why she cannot attend at their offices.

It can be very difficult to switch to a paper assessment, by requiring a face to face the AP is saying that they do not have sufficient information to make a recommendation to the DWP without seeing her. Unless you can supply the additional information they need then I would not expect them to change their decision on this. You also need to be careful that they change their decision for the right reasons as it could be to your disadvantage if a report is generated without the AP having a proper understanding of her problems.

If you have further questions then please reply to this post.

Gordon

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