Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

Steve Mikellides. People with lifelong conditions are being put through repeated “wasteful” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Disabled people with lifelong conditions are repeatedly being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance, new analysis suggests.

A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through “unnecessary” personal independence payment (Pip) reviews, “wasting” public money and “significantly harming” the mental and physical health of claimants.