There is no link for the mobility component because payment is not affected when in a care home. Both components of PIP will stop being paid after a total of 28 days in hospital. The daily living ...
Benefits and Work, a leading disability forum and advice website, reports assessment companies are asking pharmacists to ...
Extended Award Durations: To reduce the assessment backlog, the DWP is moving towards longer award periods. For many claimants aged 25 and over, new awards will now last a minimum of three years, ...
Some 77.5 per cent of PIP assessments were conducted over the phone last September while just 5 per cent were held in person.
People squeezed between caring for ageing parents and adult children or younger grandchildren – known as the ‘sandwich ...
The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) recently confirmed that any changes to Personal Independence Payment ( PIP ) ...
PIP claimants will undergo a functional assessment of how their health condition or disability affects 12 key everyday ...
Recent data from the DWP shows that by the end of October, nearly 3.9 million individuals in England and Wales were claiming ...
More details have been revealed by Labour on its plans to reform personal independence payments. The benefit, most commonly known as PIP, supports people who live with a long-term health condition or ...
The government will face a huge backbench rebellion if it revives its plans to cut PIP, Labour MPs have warned. MPs are alarmed at recent comments by ministers refusing to rule out a new push to ...