Individuals with varying health conditions can receive PIP for up to five years or more. The award is determined by how the condition impacts the claimant. Among the conditions with the highest ...

Claimants with mental health conditions could be hit hardest by changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The warning comes as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks to make ...

Associate Professor Richard Machin, a senior lecturer in Social Work and Health at Nottingham Trent University, has warned that these changes could particularly impact those who claim PIP due to ...

Denying Medicare enrollees a wheelchair because they cannot prove they need it to brush their teeth, bathe, dress, or eat in ...

Rather than paying out by default for any one health condition ... part of PIP if you need help with: working out a route and following it physically moving around leaving your home From April ...

Mel Stride: Labour’s claims to be business-friendly are as hollow as their ‘plan for growth’ Shadow chancellor @MelJStride says people with mental health conditions should be offered ...

DWP has a list of 13 requirements it uses in assessments to work out whether someone with a chronic health condition - either ...

Following the announcement, the two most commonly claimed health-related benefits – the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the health element of Universal Credit – are both set to see ...

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Our moderators read all reviews to verify quality and helpfulness. We have had home health care giving services for my husband for 4-5 years. In that time, we've been with 3 agencies, and more ...