PIP telephone review in 10 days

I have pip telephone review in 10 days ...
Anyone have experience of this they can share , tips etc ...
It's at 9am in the morning. Mornings are bad for me when .in flare up with CFS but I'm doing ok at present .
Experience on what to think about whilst I'm having this review would be useful .

Thanks

Hi Emma, have you got totally reliable, successfully rehearsed means of recording the assessment in place, or will you definitely have by the time it happens? [Remember it is not diplomatic to inform an assessor that you are making your own recording.] If not I would strongly suggest you consider calling to ask for it to be recorded. There is no telling in advance whether your assessor will be either competent or fair; they might be, but if they are not, it is too late to wish you had a recording afterwards. Without it I doubt we would have got our daughter's first or second enhanced-on-both awards.
best wishes, Denby

Hi Emma,
I totally agree with denby re asking DWP to record it, you may have to wait a bit longer for an assessment but you will at least have it there "in black and white" so to speak.

I had my telephone assessment yesterday and the lady I spoke to was lovely. She allowed me time to say my problems and appeared very supportive. This was totally different to my f to f assessment last time when the assessor appeared to be supportive but rushed the assessment and her report was full of errors / inconsistencies and contradictions. I eventually went to tribunal and won but it would have been so much easier if it had been recorded.

Another thing I will never get my head around is why when we are told "our assessors are fully qualified to assess disability" over and over again, but their report has to go to the Decision Maker "DM" or Case Manager "CM" I think they are now called, who sit in their High Castle with no medical or nursing knowledge and they decide what points to award you instead of the "fully qualified" assessor.

Anyway sorry for ranting, it just makes my blood boil sometimes.

Good luck with your assessment, but I definitely would have them record it as your proof what has actually been discussed.

regards
yingy1

Hi I hope your feeling ok , I had my telephone call on Monday the 10 th at 10.30 , I had a witness in the room , and I recorded it myself , ok here goes , what a absolute joke , the telephone call was from a capita physiotherapist.... I’ve had 7 total knee replacements: 4 MIA’s ; & waiting on further operations to my right shoulder , & left foot& hip :: I have now been in chronic pain since 2007 , very depressed; and chronic arthritis, in both hips , I’m on 28 tablets per day ; just to try to keep the pain at a level I can control , so he started with basic questions , I had my pip form in front off me ; I instead of going through page by page ; he’s was jumping for different, questions; I had to stop him : told say he was confusing me , ( why not) just do each question as per form , during the interview ; I had to stop him as I was sick 3 times , due to the tramadol tables , I had the night before ; I the interview lasted 1 hour , I had the report sent to me by the dwp which required: once I had go through it I noticed that some question that I wasn’t asked had been filed in and answered by the physio : and made a telephone call to the DWP , and told them I all I got was ring capita to make a complaint, :: this’d physio didn’t no anything about my medical history : I will be seeking for further review, Good luck try not to worry