My PIP - now ADP - is being reviewed and I have been thinking about getting supporting evidence. Unfortunately I have long since exhausted the various health disciplines that have previously played a part in assessing or attempting to treat my condition; my health needs are now not expected to improve or change much, and it is just a case of me managing my condition as well as I can day by day. As a result, the only health professional who I now have contact with and who can give me supporting information is my GP.
Is evidence from GPs afforded sufficient weight in benefit assessments, given that they are by definition not specialists? If not, should I try and think about how I could get additional evidence from somewhere?
You can only give supporting information that exists and plenty of people only use information from their GP.
Other types of supporting evidence you can submit are a letter from a friend or relative who knows of your difficulties. You can also consider putting in a diary that you keep for a couple of weeks showing the difficulties you have. They have turned out to be a key piece of evidence for some of our members. Examples can be found under PIP Diaries benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip
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