ATOS PIP Centre in Oxford?

Does anyone have experience of the Oxford ATOS PIP Consultation Centre? It is not on the published ATOS list but it does exist – it’s at 40 Cowley Road, OX4 1HZ, with an official plate on the window. ATOS were granted change of use (it used to be a Post Office) by Oxford Planning Authority in February 2015.
My daughter was given an appointment in Reading and asked if she could be seen in Oxford as it is on a direct bus route from her house and 5 minutes walk from where she works. The appointment was cancelled at 24 hours notice because they didn’t have anyone to assess her and they didn’t have any other available appointments in Oxford.
After to-ing and fro-ing with the DWP she has now been given another appointment in Reading, at 9am which she can’t get to by public transport as it’s too early and she doesn’t drive. She has asked again for an appointment in Oxford and has been told that there are no available appointments, but that she could try phoning again to see if there had been a cancellation.

Hi Meg and welcome to the forum. On the assumption that you are also new to the site, this link should help you find your way around.

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It may be that one of our members has knowledge of the Oxford site, I'm sure they will comment if they see this.

Just one word of warning for your daughter - claimants are usually allowed only 1 change of appointment for face2face assessment. If they do not attend the 2nd appointment they run the risk of their file being returned to DWP and their case being closed.

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Edited to add - thanks Meg, I have now seen your follow-up message about Oxford being listed as east England. I will let this one stand as the information might be helpful to someone else.