A petition has been created requesting that PIP assessments should be based solely on evidence from medical professionals, and that people with certain medical conditions should not be required to attend a health assessments. So far more than 23,000 people have signed the online petition, which means the UK Government will need to offer an official response, reports The Daily Record.
Created by Ray Vanderahe, the ‘End assessments and consider disability benefit claims on medical advice alone’ petition proposes that a letter from a GP or consultant should be all that is needed for PIP assessments. The petition is ongoing on the petitions-parliament website, and if it receives 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
The petition will remain open until January 21, 2023. It states "The [UK] Government should remove the requirement for people claiming disability benefits, such as the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), to have to go through an assessment process.
