Reassessment appointment for PIP three weeks after first assessment

To be honest I have never heard of anyone having 2 x F2F assessments and i wonder if theirs ever actually been one.

This is definitely PIP not esa or another employment interview.

I've never heard of anyone having 2 F2F ass .....do they just need more infomation?

Hi,

Yes i have actually heard of this happening before but it's extremely rare, in fact i've only ever heard of this happening to 2 people. As it's so extremely rare are you sure it's for PIP and not for ESA? If you claim ESA as well and i'm not sure you do because i can't remember then what does it actually say on the letter, does it say PIP and not a work capability assessment? Are you sure the first assessment you had was for PIP because you say it was a medical and a PIP assessment isn't a medical.

If it is PIP then it's probably because there's some discrepancies between the evidence you sent, or they've received and what's been writing on the first assessment report. This could well have been picked up if your report was chosen for audit after the first assessment. It's not a good or a bad thing just very rare.

Have I heard of a F2F where the assessor said they could not continue, as a Doctor was needed because of the problems suffered by the claimant? So a second assessment was to be carried out?

May have misremembered as I am prone to do?

Never happened o me personally.

Good luck, perhaps someone else can 'shine a light' on my memory? I presume your first assessment was completed and not interupted?

I cannot remember where I read about this but it rings a bell. From what I remember reading, The DWP decision maker sometimes will return the report to the assessor either to verify something or to rewrite the whole report due to an unacceptable account of things by the assessor. I believe sometimes if that is not acceptable then they can call you back in to see a different assessor. I believe it's nothing to do with you but more to do eith an incompetent assessor. I wouldn't worry about it although its bloomin inconvenient for you. I wish i could remember where I saw this but it was definitely the reason they call some people back.

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Yes, it is PIP, this is the only benefit I claim, and no, you're right, it isn't a medical, I used the wrong , word. The whole thing has been a bit bizarre, first, apparently they couldn't reach me on the phone, despite the fact that I explained on my form how hard I find phones, and leave a message, then finally they did leave a message and when i called them- this is the independent assessors, not DWP - the guy said first that they hadn't been able to reach me, to ask me for additional information, so were calling me back in for another assessment. Then, later he said something about me being audited, and that was why i needed another assessment. Then he really pressed me, saying i needed to arrange a time right there and then, and when i started to get really upset, kept on saying how he understood how i felt, and he couldn't give me any information.

I phoned DWP after that, to try and understand what was going on, had to phone them as theres no way to email any of these people, spoke to one person who just gave the bland, its all routine, nothing to worry about, then to another one, who said that sometimes they call people for audits. But ne real explanation of what was meant by this.

then, today i had another message, and phoned back, got a very unhelpful person, who just said i needed to attend on the 1 of November, and kept on repeating that she couldn't tell me anything, and i would find out what it was about at the assessment. She was pretty much bordering on the rude aggressive, snapping that i was interrupting her, which i was because i was trying to get through that the thought of waiting a month, not knowing what i would face was not on, and i was getting very distressed and paranoid by this. she then passed me to another person, who was slightly more helpful, but not much.

So, the end result is I am being assessed again, maybe due to an audit, or perhaps to get more information. I am very confused, and frightened. My paranoia is running wild, I keep on imagining that I will get into the room, and be faced by officials with videos or statements from people that i can do things and I'm not really disabled, and I'm a benefit cheat....

I know this probably won't happen, but thats the way my mind is going at the moment.

part of me just wants to phone them up and cancel my claim, as the process is making my mental health wobblier than I have been for ages