Urgent should I give benefits as reason for letter

Hi guys

If possible I would be very grateful if you could answer this ASAP as I need to get a letter from my GP sharpish. I pretty much signed up just to ask this. Maybe I’m a little anxious.

I am due to submit my already extended pip form by the 27th. I have been discharged from mental health service several months ago as we didn’t get along. All recent letters I have from them do not really detail the severity of how my condition affects me. Usually the mental health service would write a strongly worded letter for me if needed but they won’t provide as I’m discharged.

I thought to get an outdated(5 years old) letter from the mental health service which details my symptoms and was a good letter and ask my GP If she’ll reword it and just update the date mentioning I need it for benefits application. I also need this letter as I’m trying to go to a councillor for help with housing.

I sought some pip advise and a person told me do not request the letter and say it’s for benefits just say it’s for housing issues and ask GP if shell do it. He’s justification was that GPS do not care about this and would feel reluctant, disinclined to do it.

Anyway as my gp is Now my primary care I think they should ensure I get pip adequately and on time as lack of benefits can impact my health.

Anyway if I ask for this letter for housing purposes in case she refuses I might go desperate and start saying I need it for benefits in which case she’ll wonder why I didn’t mention it first - I could just reply I was advised u might have been indifferent to it.

Anyway have I been advised correctly that the GP won’t like it if the letter is for benefits purposes and should I just request it as support for my pip form. Or since it can also help with a housing related issue il having should I request it on this basis?

Additionally please note that My gp has retired and I would now see a GP who knows me a little but not very well and I wouldn’t have spoken to them until now I.e it’s been maybe over 1.5 years before I saw my gp.

Please advise this letter could make all the difference to me getting pip and the thought of loosing it is quite terrifying.

Anticipating your reply.

Thanks

Hi bis

Thank you for your answer. I’m just wondering how to formulate what you have told me in the application form.

First i have just found my old gp is a retired locum consultant and have manager to get an appointment with her. The letter can be used for housing too since I am doing that in parallel. I guess in any case you are saying ‘we don’t know her response but vast majority of gps would not write so bare this in mind whatever you ask’?

As mentioned I have a letter from 2015 which details how my disability affects me. This letter was used in my pip application in 2015. It is an exact replica of a letter I had on 2012. I could submit both letters and say there had been no imptrovement so I these old issues apply - my current letters show I am struggling but no in detail.


Should I submit both letters(2012 and 2015) which are essentially worded the same to show this is my history and state in my form no improvement and that I couldn’t get an update of this letter because I have been discharged(I had an argument and accused them of ruining my life - I have a letter for this) or should I just submit one or both letters and answer form questions as usual? Wouldn’t they consider the 2015 letter too old?

Please advise how I should formulate this? Do I submit one or both letters?
Should and mention in the form why they discharged me and explain why I can’t get an updated letter or should I not mention anything about updated letters?

Thanks

Hi guys

You have mentioned it might be better to be honest however I have just noticed in the pop form page 6/24 under the ‘what not to send section’ it explicitly states ‘a supporting letter from your gp’ ie do not send it.

Is there a mdifference between what I am requesting/sending and a supporting letter from mygp? Sounds like the same thing in which case won’t it just get discard, ignored?

Thanks