PIP Review: Treatments - do I have to include?

Hi Wiggles

It's up to each claimant what they choose to put in their application about their conditions and any subsequent treatment. Only you can decide what to say. If you have an assessment, you make be asked if you're having any treatment and then you would be expected to tell the truth.

BIS

Hi Wiggles

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Don't worry about your wording. You didn't come across as trying to be dishonest. You simply asked for clarification.

My answer remains the same - it's up to you whether you want to say or not. I think anyone from the DWP or assessment services will consider physiotherapy a treatment. Plenty of people have treatments that act as 'maintenance' rather than 'cures' and plenty of people have treatments where they don't experience any noticeable improvement.The important thing is to explain why you have physiotherapy and the fact that your condition will not improve because of it. Never put in something like that without explanation or the assessor will make their own assumptions (which could turn out to be wrong!). You can always put an explanation on an additional sheet when you submit your form.

BIS