PIP Review - Supporting Letter From Your GP

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I am somewhat confused. I have managed to locate all my old paperwork from my last review (6 years ago) and when awarded Enhanced for both Daily Living and Mobility, the assessor mentioned in her report the contribution from my GP as being a factor in her decision making....... Therefore, can anyone explain why, on the light review, the paperwork they explicitly say what NOT to send is a 'supporting letter from your GP' ... I am currently in the middle of writing to my GP requesting their help and now I am confused. Wy on earth would they NOT want correspondence from a doctor? Do I just ignore that and send in the response I get from my doctor? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Andrew ....

Many thanks BIS. After I wrote to the forum, I decided it was not right and they (DWP Case Manager) should accept what one's own GP says, so I typed up a letter and it has been hand delivered to my doctors surgery requesting their input. It is Absolutely ridiculous for DWP to request evidence from Hospital Doctors/Consultants but suspiciously believe a GP would supply tainted evidence. It really is quite annoying. I have never in the past been one to focus on mental health, but over the last few years this is just another issue I am dealing with and my own GP wanted me to take antidepressants, but I just did not want to. However, if you are depressed you would not get an appointment at a hospital. The point I am trying to make is most of the time, it is your GP who knows you best and not necessarily consultants.

I called the PIP office recently, to see if they could give me an idea of how long I will have to wait for my review to be assessed, and to tell them that I was writing to them as my situation had changed. Even though their info states not to include letters from healthcare professionals, I was advised that this was a good idea, and to send in the letter that my osteopath had written about my condition. The DWP have had my claim renewal since the middle of January and all I have received from them is two texts. I still have no idea of how long I might have to wait. What a way to treat people! I often think that if this was an ordinary business, they’d have been closed down.