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Is this a change in circumstances?
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1 year 3 months ago #282529 by Anxious Anonymous
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I had a letter from a private psychiatrist who said that, I said, “Prozac has helped reduce my anxiety.”
But I found the statement baffling as I can’t leave the house without a companion. I don’t shop for food, clothes or pick up my own medicines.
The only thing I’ve started doing for the benefit of my health is attempting to go for a walk once or twice a week around the block.
I disagree with this opinion. As I don’t feel there has been a reduction, and if there has been a reduction it’s from extreme to severe.
So my question is really simple.
Does that constitute a change of circumstances?
Because in her review clinic letter, she’s now mentioned not giving me scripts for more than one week at a time, mentioned considerable anxiety that will need to be medicated etc.
I am literally baffled.
But I found the statement baffling as I can’t leave the house without a companion. I don’t shop for food, clothes or pick up my own medicines.
The only thing I’ve started doing for the benefit of my health is attempting to go for a walk once or twice a week around the block.
I disagree with this opinion. As I don’t feel there has been a reduction, and if there has been a reduction it’s from extreme to severe.
So my question is really simple.
Does that constitute a change of circumstances?
Because in her review clinic letter, she’s now mentioned not giving me scripts for more than one week at a time, mentioned considerable anxiety that will need to be medicated etc.
I am literally baffled.
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1 year 3 months ago #282546 by BIS
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Hi Anxious Anonymous
Psychiatrists, GPs and other medical professionals - give their opinion and as such a patient can choose whether they agree or disagree.
In terms of anyone receiving a benefit such as PIP, the DWP wants to be informed if there has been a 'change of circumstances', and this could be positive or negative. In reality, the DWP is not really interested in a claimant's condition that has got worse when they are already on enhanced care and mobility. They mostly want to know about claimants whose condition has improved so they may no longer satisfy the same PIP criteria for which they were awarded and therefore are not entitled to the same level of payment. Who decides what constitutes a change in circumstance? In the first instance - the claimant does. It is up to an individual to decide whether their health/disability has improved to the point where they need to inform the DWP.
So the question you ask is one you have to answer yourself because you know your condition and the impact that it has, and you know what your PIP was awarded for. The psychiatrist is offering an opinion, and it's one you say you disagree with.
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Psychiatrists, GPs and other medical professionals - give their opinion and as such a patient can choose whether they agree or disagree.
In terms of anyone receiving a benefit such as PIP, the DWP wants to be informed if there has been a 'change of circumstances', and this could be positive or negative. In reality, the DWP is not really interested in a claimant's condition that has got worse when they are already on enhanced care and mobility. They mostly want to know about claimants whose condition has improved so they may no longer satisfy the same PIP criteria for which they were awarded and therefore are not entitled to the same level of payment. Who decides what constitutes a change in circumstance? In the first instance - the claimant does. It is up to an individual to decide whether their health/disability has improved to the point where they need to inform the DWP.
So the question you ask is one you have to answer yourself because you know your condition and the impact that it has, and you know what your PIP was awarded for. The psychiatrist is offering an opinion, and it's one you say you disagree with.
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1 year 3 months ago #282569 by Anxious Anonymous
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Is this the same for ESA and UC?
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1 year 3 months ago #282587 by BIS
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Hi Anxious Anonymous
Yes, it's the same for ESA/UC. If there has been a change to a claimant's health which could impact what group they may be placed in or what they might be paid, they should inform the DWP.
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Yes, it's the same for ESA/UC. If there has been a change to a claimant's health which could impact what group they may be placed in or what they might be paid, they should inform the DWP.
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