No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1163078 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 11:02:20 |
| Nickname: Kazz |
| Age: 58 |
| Main health condition: Physical health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Functional Neurological Disorder following a brain injury |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Enhanced |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: Unlikely |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: Preparing and eating food, so I need easy grip handles and to use sippy cups. Cutting food and opening jars/tins or bottles. Carrying and lifting due to weakness and poor grip. Dressing as struggle with buttons, ties and zips. Loosing my balance on dressing and putting shoes on. Physically getting in and out of the shower, and balance issues once in the shower. I use a seat and grab rails, but need someone with me (although can wash myself, hence not 4 points) managing my medication, needing twice daily prompts so I don’t forget to take or double up by mistake. Walking and maintaining balance. I use my PIP to pay for additional medication and treatments not covered by the nhs. Also it pays for the help I need around home and in my garden. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: All of my enhanced daily living part of PIP. Possibly then loosing my housing benefit enhanced support through Universal Credit, as could loose my support group status. This would amount to roughly £800 plus per month. More if my council tax support is also affected. I could loose my blue disabled badge too! |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I never know how well I am or how mobile until I wake up. I have spasms in my hands, legs and feet rendering me immobile. I can not stand for more than a few minutes before falling over or tripping. I was also deemed unfit to work and retired on ill health grounds through my works occupational health scheme, allowing me to access my works pension early. This would stop and could affect future payments and entitlements if I was to work, causing huge mental distress and financial hardship. This could also affect my housing as due to health and not being able to work, I was able to secure a small bungalow through a housing association in an older persons complex |
| Anything else to tell us: I believe the proposed targeting of PIP to get people into work is unfair and ill advised of this government, as PIP is not an employment benefit. Many people claiming PIP already work and loosing access to this money will render more people unemployed as they won’t have the support that allows them and enables them to work! |
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