PIP telephone assessment

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Unfortunately, the guidance for assessors is mixed, one Assessment Provider recommends reading the form and evidence before the assessment, the other afterwards, I'm afraid I can't remember which way around it is.

You can request a copy of the report two days after assessment was held, it's a PA$ by name but the assessment report should be fine as well.

Gordon

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Yes, you can order the assessment report two days after the assessment, by then the the assessor should have submitted it to the DWP for their review.

Gordon

Hi Anji,

Whilst I find that some assessors do read the report, in my own experience, a lot of them don't - and I think it's just down to the pressures of time, and having to fit lots of appts in the day. 3 of my assessments, only 1 read the report, the other 2 clearly didn't - and one girl I had, I found out that she was only 22, and a trainee nurse! I think a lot of them do their reports there and then for this same reason, they are under so much pressure to get them completed, and it's probably the reason that so many of them are inaccurate!
You can request a copy of the report, and it will show you what the assessor typed, but I wouldn't hold your breath on it being accurate. There's loads on this forum about people dealing with reports full of lies, including 2 myself. Things such as carrying the washing basket from the bathroom to the kitchen, when I've never owned a washing basket in my life, I just put all my washing straight in the machine, then separate it at the weekends - things like this.

Regards, Chris.