No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1164138 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 21:34:34 |
| Nickname: Jupespen |
| Age: 53 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Chronic fatigue syndrome, exocrine pancreas insufficiency, chronic daily migraine, copd,panic attacks,anxiety ,depression . |
| 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. I am in bed most of the time and I still didn't score a four!I couldn't feel more poorly and debilitated every day . Do I have to be in a coma to get a 4..... it's been placed at 4 in a sly way and deliberately out of reach so many people who simply cannot work don't get it . It's cruel and shocking. |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: I need assistance to help bathe ,someone to make meals and do household chores and tasks . I am simply too exhausted on the majority of days to do tasks like make a cuppa or dress and if I tried minimal activity on many of these days my symptoms of exhaustion and unwellness would be exacerbated and probably bring on a crash . Walking is difficult ,eating is difficult. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: 550 a month pip would be lost . If that means not having access to lcwra (esa ) that I get I'm not sure how much of that I would lose - probably a lot. I don't get any other benefits. I worked in the same job as a nurse for 17 years and became suddenly very ill and have remained so and have not improved but got worse. Going through the pip and esa assessments was hell on earth for me . The thought of having to go through it again and probably not getting it as I didn't get a 4 last time ( and from what I've been told hardly anyone is getting a 4 - and these are VERY ill and disabled people) - the affect on my mental health worrying about this is devastating ..what on earth would I live on ? Nothing??!! The safety net of state support when things have gone so badly wrong for me could be taken away . I am a person not a number - have I no value and worth now as I can no longer contribute to the economy- I worked all my life ,have two degrees.....this could unexpectedly happen to anyone . Thanks - just thanks. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: The way my health has deteriorated and the debilitating nature of my conditions and gruesome symptoms each day mean I KNOW it is impossible for me to work . I tried so so so hard to keep my job when I first got ill and went thru hell trying to do one shift a week to keep my job and not to go on benefits as I knew it would be a mine field. The stress of some work coach hassling me when I know I can't work would surely tip me over the edge . If I could work I would do it in a heart beat buy I am chronically ill and not getting better . Please listen to people like me - please |
| Anything else to tell us: Imagine this happening to a close relative or someone you love - that one minute you are well and fine and living your best life and the next you become very ill and you have lost everything- your health ,holidays ,your dreams, personal relationships, love ,finances and an income and so on . All of this is horrendous to deal with. Imagine that things truly don't improve health wise for you after hoping and hoping for recovery- a ray of light - a slither of hope ..now Imagine the labour government slyly and cruelly targeting the disabled and the intense worry that at your next review you could be stripped of all financial support and dignity knowing you cannot work . Imagine any kind hearted group of people allowing that to happen- to let the most ill in society who through no fault of their own have landed at this point . Would you want to go on ? Would you not be out of your mind with panic and anxiety . This has to be re examined - too many people are going to get hurt ,abandoned and worse |
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