PIP Claim

Hi,

I now have another question! D-day has arrived, hubby's assessment this afternoon.
We spent yesterday evening at A&E as my husband has now also been confirmed as habe a severe attack of gout, in his knee. Now this is something he usually gets in his toe. But unfortunately I failed to put this on his form. He now has crutches, from A&E and has been told that he will have to take gout preventing drugs from now on. He was given a discharge summary from the hospital, should I take this to the assessment with us and ask for this to to read along with anything else?

Many Thanks

Hi,

Just thought I'd let you know how it went today for my husband. We arrived at the venue, 10 minutes early, and was kept waiting. Then a young girl came into the unmanned reception and asked who we were, for which I answered. She said she would be back shortly, which she was to then tell us that my husbands appointment would have to be cancelled! I asked why and was told that she didn't have a room, they was all taken! At this point I realised that she hadn't introduced herself, so I asked her who she was. She told us that she was the assessor and she would be assessing my husband. I told her that I had booked a day off of work and would not really be willing to go through all the heartache again, to get my husband back there. She said the only room she could get was upstairs. I consulted with my husband and he agreed to climb the stairs (extremely slowly) where she then carried out a 20 minute, max, assessment. She actually turned out to be very nice and was very sympathetic, with regards to my husband. He sat and cried the whole way through the assessment, along with panic attacks and was extremely anxious. I do believe that she genuinely had empathy, but I also uderstand that these people cannot be trusted. So now we just have to sit tight and wait for the dreaded brown envelope to arrive.

Am I correct in thinking that he won't hear for at least 4 weeks? And as he has also filled in to be rreassessed for ESA will they use this f2f for PIP to help with a decision for ESA?

I will obviously keep you posted with any updates

Thanks for your reply Gordon.

I may be being a little bit daft but are PIP and ESA really that different?

Many Thanks