No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1163519 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 14:24:35 |
| Nickname: Olivia |
| Age: 60-70 |
| Main health condition: Physical health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Arthritis especially in knees and limbs, severe facial pain controlled by epilepsy drugs, Type II Diabetes, tremor in Left hand also starting in right hand, lower back pain from motorbike injury and a train accident, thyroid hormone deficiency, PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) which is an infertility condition that affects a person for life, not just when they are hoping to have children. |
| 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: Possible, I have begun to need to use a spoon to eat on my worst days when the hand tremors are bad. When everything hurts I sometimes need my husband to help remove my clothing below the waist. |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: I struggle with any task that needs me to bend down and lean forward at the same time, e.g. getting something out of a cupboard, removing washing from the washer or tumble drier, making the bed. I frequently need to use grabbers. This is because of my lower back pain, arthritis in both knees and hand tremors. I am unable to stand for longer that 20 minutes, less on a bad day. Cooking a meal, loading/unloading Kitchen equipment, cutting food if my hands are bad can all be tasks I find both hard to do and painful. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: I would lose £72.65 per week, which equates to approximately £314.82 per month. It would make paying for a cleaner hard. There would be less to pay towards car use. I use my PIP to pay for servicing, fuel, etc. I also use it to pay to see specialists for my various conditions. That way I can then get the help I need from the NHS. Without paying to see specialists I would have to wait months for NHS appointments and this usually means extensive pain. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I am retired and about to receive my State Pension. I have no plans to return to work and doubt I would be able to manage to do so anyway. |
| Anything else to tell us: Anyone who cares for a person who receives the qualifying PIP rates, and who claims Carer's Allowance, will lose their payments too. This is estimated to be over 150,000 people. If these carers then return to work, who will care for the person needing care? It seems that anyone who needs care is to be thrown aside, their needs ignored and their value as a human being denigrated. Who gave this government permission to disregard those with care needs? Don't they have parents and family who have caring needs? Don't they realise that a society who disregards those who are weaker and need support, is a society that will ultimately fail? |
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