No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1161790 |
| Date: 2025-04-08 11:40:28 |
| Nickname: Lucy |
| Age: 55-60 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Emphysema Neuropathy Lymphoedema Mental health |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: I won’t |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: Severe breathlessness means everything is hard work. Can’t wash or dress my lower half and struggle to walk plus fall over. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: £4500 |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I can’t talk or walk because of breathlessness, pain in hands mean I can’t type can’t think of any job I could do. Feel out of it because of pain meds |
| Anything else to tell us: I feel dizzy and sick all day, I have a carer who cooks and helps me shower. My house needs to be a constant temperature. I’d lose my carer and financial security. I’d still be stage 3 emphysema still have neuropathy but will also be smelly, starving and cold. Hospital admissions will increase and I’d have no life quality. |
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