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PIP editorial for support organisations
This publication was withdrawn on 7 May 2014
These documents are no longer up to date. We have replaced them with:
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sample PIP editorial content for health professionals
sample editorial content for local authorities
From:
Department for Work and Pensions
First published:
3 September 2013
Last updated:
5 March 2014, see all updates
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) information for support organisations to use in their own
communications.
Documents
PIP editorial for support organisations
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-667-4 MS Word Document, 227KB
PIP editorial for support organisations (Welsh)
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-668-1 MS Word Document, 239KB
PIP editorial for the health professions
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-670-4 MS Word Document, 284KB
PIP editorial for local authorities
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-671-1 MS Word Document, 75KB
PIP editorial for local authorities (Welsh)
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-672-8 MS Word Document, 170KB
Welsh: PIP editorial for the health professions
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-669-8 MS Word Document, 305KB
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Detail
This publication provides information about Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which
support organisations are encouraged to use as part of their communications with their staff and
clients. The publication includes information on the following subjects:
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general information for any organisation, including what PIP is, benefit rules, assessment
criteria, timeline and claimant journey
PIP and different claimant circumstances
PIP and other benefits and services
forms and leaflets
more information about welfare reform
common abbreviations
where to go and who to contact for further help with PIP communications
Also available are seperate versions of the publication for specific audiences, including:
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local authority staff
health professions
carers
PIP toolkit
There is more information for support organisations in the PIP toolkit.
Information for claimants
See www.gov.uk/pip
Published:
3 September 2013
Updated:
5 March 2014
+ full page history
5 March 2014 1:39pm
Editorial (general and health sector version) document updated with new information on
how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness
claims.
18 December 2013 3:37pm
Details added to editorial content about extending reassessment areas. DWP will ask
existing DLA claimants to claim PIP instead, under certain conditions.
18 November 2013 9:54am
General editorial (Welsh) and Local Authority editorial (English and Welsh) both rewritten to included reusable articles of various lengths (100 - 600 words).
28 October 2013 11:46am
Deleted 'PIP editorial for carers' as this information is included in the 'PIP quick guide for
carers and carers organisations'. Updated general, health sector and local authority
editorial documents.
20 September 2013 10:25am
We are delaying the reassessment for some DLA claimants by 3 weeks until 28 October,
following the consultation on the PIP ‘moving around’ assessment criteria, to give the
government more time to consider responses and to respond.
3 September 2013 3:44pm
First published.
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