How To Complete A PIP Review Form - Step By Step Guide

In this guide I am completing a ladies PIP Review Form.
If you follow this guide you will:
- Find it easier to complete the form
- It will not seem so overwhelming
- You will understand what is relevant
- You can be confident in your answers
- You will understand how PIP works
- You will be able to communicate how your chronic illness impacts your life in a manner that will ensure you score points

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:39 What health conditions do you have?
04:29 What medication do you take?
06:08 What treatment / therapy / operation are you having?
07:04 How good is your communication?
08:37 How do you prepare food?
14:18 How do you manage your eating & drinking?
21:56 How do you manage your medications / care?
25:04 How I (Charlie Anderson) help people fill in their forms
29:22 How do you manage washing & bathing?
33:01 How do you manage going to the toilet?
36:05 How do you manage your washing & dressing?
43:08 How do you manage speaking to people?
44:15 How do you manage reading & understanding?
44:54 How do you manage mixing with people?
46:45 How do you manage budget decisions?
47:57 How do you manage planning & following a journey?
49:35 How do you manage your mobility / moving around?
51:52 Do you have anything to add?
53:28 What's next?

If you are struggling with PIP Claims and you would like to link with me, check out my sites:

But, before booking me PLEASE watch the guides as I am trying to provide all of the information for FREE!

On my website you will find
- PIP points and templates that you can download for FREE
- Our top Frequently Asked Questions
- Reviews

NEWSLETTER:

This is for future ‘live’ meetings with me where you can ask me questions directly.

WHO AM I:
My name is Charlie and I am disabled. I live with chronic illness, I have a severe form of Psoriatic Arthritis and its crap! I am in pain all the time and always battling fatigue. BUT, I will not let it win. I love to learn and to laugh (even though it hurts my arthritic rib cage LOL). You will often see Ollie (she) my black Labrador. She is currently my trainee assistance dog! We are together, literally ALL the time.

Here is a link to my personal LinkedIn account. You can literally see the past 25+yrs of my career, people who have recommended me (as a Logistician as Disability Specialist is very new for me).

The most important bit: I would like to thank the support network I have around me and YOU for watching this channel.

Please know, I would love to reply to all of your comments but I cannot reply AND film new videos, write the weekly newsletter and work with clients. If I could, I really would reply to you all.

HELPFUL PRODUCTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE (I only recommend what I know is good):
-Perch chair - I could not find the right one on Amazon, it MUST have:
- arms with grips
- tilted seat so easy to stand from
- comfy seat
- adjustable height
-Handle - I am testing this before I link it in case its crap

PS: If you order using these links I get a teeny tiny profit

If you would like to write to me here is my address:
Disabled NOT Dead
PO Box 4928
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 9RL

Thank you so much for reading all of this
Charlie

[CharliesJourney]

Hi everyone, here is a link to my weekly newsletter, I am adding a PIP section due to the increase in questions/feedback, please feel free to check it out if you are interested:

Thanks EVERYONE for watching and commenting! We will WIN! I send this weekly so its quicker to get updates and I chat about my life that week. Hope this helps as well x

[littlemisskate]

This video is fantastic. I got awarded pip about two years ago and I’ve only just been notified of my review and to be honest, I’m a bit worried about it as I can’t afford to lose my pip I have chronic leukaemia, depression, and anxiety, epilepsy, Hypothyroidism and asthma. I can’t remember whether I made a photocopy of my PIP application form or not I forgotten to tell you that I also Have dyslexia and rely a lot on my mum to help me. Your video has made it seem so simple and I hope it is when I receive it.

[Kerry-zc]

Hi Charlie I would just like to say how amazing you are, your help is invaluable to people who genuinely need to claim pip, thank you so much 😊

[SuperMarion]

So pleased to have found your channel, have had such issues with ESA & PIP. I went from DLA in 2019, to have to apply for PIP in April 2019. I was attending an M.E. /Fibromyalgia support group, there was an older man without illness/disability, he was a carer for his wife with M.E. He had done many, many applications for ESA, DLA & PIP. He did my ESA late 2018 & I stayed in the support group, without a WCA, amazing. Got that news in early 2019, thought I could relax a bit, but the PIP form arrived😥😮
Anyway, I got standard PIP for both components, for 6 years, thought I should have more, but wasn’t prepared to risk losing it.

I am now 62, moved to a sheltered bungalow last April, got an extra few months added to PIP, (during Covid, don’t know why) taking me to 2026. I have been warned I will get a review form around 2025 & dreading it. I have been done out of state pension at 60, have to wait until age 67. This means another 4 + years of ESA (possible move to UC) & wanting to keep PIP after my pension age. Hope I can find help on this channel🙏

[LJ.Jasper]

Incredibly helpful, thank you. I was turned down initially (ptsd, anxiety etc), but was awarded enhanced rate for daily living and lower rate for mobility when I requested mandatory reconsideration. I had help from a senior welfare officer for the initial application that was turned down, but handled the MR myself. Have been given 2 weeks to complete and send in my review, so have found your channel incredibly helpful. If I can help you at all re helping people applying for help re mental health, I’d be happy to do so.

[sharmalarm]

“I promise this form is easy, compared to what you have already been through”. This is the reminder I need to keep my anxiety in check. Thank you, Charlie. I’m new to your channel and barely a few minutes into this video and I already know this information and the way it’s presented - specifically this quote - is going to help me to keep calm and focus on what is necessary through this review. Thank you. I really appreciate it 🙏💚

[Ando_Warrior]

Hi Charlie I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all you do for us warriors. I'm so glad I found you. My PIP review is due the end of the week I've been putting it off and even got an extension. This guide has been a huge help and I don't feel as anxious filling out the forms. Gentle hugs 🤗

[daviebevan]

At the moment I do not need to do this, but just like to say... You are an Angel. Thank you for your advisories!

[zoecoom]

Thank you so much, would have been lost without this video!

[joannesaid]

I’m stuck on the managing finances bit 😢 really don’t know how to add info for my review. Everything else has been so helpful and so easy to understand. Thank you so much for doing this Charlie ❤

[Sausagerolex]

Hi Guys

I found this video really helpful. I just wanted to say with a cost of living crisis, NO ONE NEEDS to pay for advice on completing ANY government form.


Wherever you live, you'll have access to a local advice centre. It could be a Citizens Advice centre where you'll be able to book an appointment and am assessor from that charity will help you with everything that you need.

Videos on YouTube are good for info but you don't and shouldn't be paying anyone

[jareksawicki]

Hi Charlie, thank you for everything you do on this channel.

[twish]

I know this system is difficult for the vast majority of people, but it is so important to just state the facts of how your illness affects your daily life. It's a lot more straight forward and simple if you just answer the questions you are asked, and not waffle on about other things as it will not help your outcome. I wish it was a better system, but this is what we have. PIP can make your life easier as you can then afford maybe a taxi sometimes, or even a cleaner once a week.... and a blue badge is a game changer when you go anywhere in a car.

[gray]

I have just recently applied for a blue badge for my mum who gets disability and also enhanced mobility of PIP, her circumstances have now changed and she should be entitled to the enhanced rate of care also, as she has severe CFS (ME) and is bed ridden the majority of the time.

When applying for her I found out that you are automatically entitled to a blue badge if you are awarded the enhanced rate of PIP in the mobility section with 12 or more points.

She now has the blue badge and it has been a real life saver/changer for her and also family, friends and carers trying to help her get as near as possible to places, giving more leg room with parking spaces, it has made a massive difference.

[RainbowScoobs]

I got my reassessment just before Christmas and didn’t have my previous one, so i called them on the 2nd and they sent it out and gave me an extention until mid feb!

[jonathanwoodallUK]

Hi Charlie. Had my review form in February 2023. Got my decision last week . 11 and 8 points for each section. I wish I'd found your channel last year. I'm slowly going through you list of vids to help with my appeal. Thanks for you help and effort.

[stewartgooner]

I also should have mentioned that I have terrible trouble with normal bras, even the ones without wires would cause awful pain and reflux. I since have found TEMU, they do bras and vests (which do not ride up and feel like thermal ones) that have no catches, no wires, and are stretchy and so easy to put on. I am a size 16 and have ordered a size 2xl (but an xl would do) as I don't want to mess about with sending them back. Wearing these makes it feel like you are not wearing a bra at all. I absolutely love them and now own 10+. To begin with you will find some amazing deals so get them then, and sometimes there are deals for 90% off.
Love your blogs and thank you for your valuable time x Karen

[salmakuraishy]

I am writing my review and listening carefully on how to write to get points. Many thanks ❤❤.

[abbachick]

This is a really helpful video!

I do have one question: It’s asking us throughout if anything has changed. If we’re already on enhanced so not looking to get raised but rather just have it renewed, do we just write simply that things are still as they were if nothing has changed? Or should we fill it in with details still?

This is one part I’m just feeling a little confused by.

[acquiesce]

Charlie do you have any advice or experience in filling out a renewal form? Would it be suitable to simply put "No change" in all the boxes if that is the case? When reading the forms it can be interpreted that you only give details if there are no change. I'm not sure about this, if it is a trick or something.