🔴Applying for PIP is an ordeal for many people with epilepsy. Our survey clearly exposes the flaws in the assessment process, which have not improved in eight years.
https://twitter.com/epilepsyaction/status/1465281981479108608
🔴There is a woeful lack of training and assessors are quick to dismiss the severity of the condition. They are not looking at medical evidence or considering how unpredictable epilepsy can be.
🔴Not only that, the snap judgements made during interview are harmful and concerning. How can anyone hope for a fair assessment when they are penalised for walking across a room, or their seizures aren’t deemed ‘serious’ enough?
🔴The PIP process is confusing and full of stressful hurdles. We need to remove these barriers and make the system fairer and more transparent. This will help claimants with epilepsy afford the added costs that come with their condition.
So what can you do to help #MakeWelfareFair for people with epilepsy?
Head to epilepsy.org.uk/welfare-campai… and write to your MP with your own experiences of PIP. We need as many MP's as possible to support our work and make sure changes are implemented. Thank you.
Head to epilepsy.org.uk/welfare-campai… and write to your MP with your own experiences of PIP. We need as many MP's as possible to support our work and make sure changes are implemented. Thank you.
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