Thousands of individuals renewing their PIP declare will quickly discover the method simpler as the applying course of for the profit adjustments.
People with a 10-year award will now must solely fill out a six-page kind somewhat than the earlier 16-page kind they needed to fill in.
In the vast majority of circumstances, they won't want an evaluation with a healthcare skilled in renewing their declare.
As a part of new ‘light touch’ reforms to the profit, people above state pension age who're being reviewed may even solely have to fill within the shorter kind.
Those on the ‘light touch’ system of critiques will solely must be reviewed each 10 years.
The adjustments will come into impact from subsequent month. All different claimants will get their award evaluate underneath the conventional guidelines, and must fill out the 19-page kind.
PIP is a non means-tested profit that helps individuals who dwell with a long run well being situation or sickness that impacts their every day life and/or potential to get round.
People who put in a claim for PIP typically must bear an evaluation to confirm the extent of assist they want.
PIP is made up of a every day dwelling half and a mobility half, with a decrease and better fee for every factor relying on an individual’s stage of want.
These are the present fee charges:
Daily dwelling
Mobility
An individual could possibly declare the mobility factor of PIP if they've points bodily shifting round or leaving their house.
An particular person could possibly declare the every day dwelling half in the event that they need assistance with any of those every day duties:
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