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New PIP report form for GPs
GPs to be paid £33 per patient to assess eligibility for new disability benefit
GPs will be paid £33 to fill out a new form determining whether patients are eligible for the Government’s new personal independence payment (PIP), a scheme the GPC has warned may ‘harass’ patients with a health condition or disability.
The PIP replaced the disability living allowance this week and GPs will be required to give details of the diagnosis, history, variability, treatment and the impact of the condition on the patients’ life, for which they will be paid £33.50 per form.
But the GPC has voiced concern that patients with long term conditions might be periodically ‘harrassed’ under the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under the new PIP assessment.
Carer raises fears over changes to social care funding
Skipton carer raises fears over changes to social care funding
7:00am Friday 12th April 2013 in News By Matt Cornish, Editor
A Craven carer has met with a Government minister to discuss changes in adult social care funding.
From April 2016, the Government is intending to place a £72,000 cap upon what any individual has to pay for their social care costs.
But Tim Quelch, a Skipton carer, believes that the proposed changes could divert precious resources away from poorer social care users, placing extra financial pressure on unpaid carers – spouses, partners, families and friends.
The Government’s plan follows pressure from families whose loved ones have been forced to sell their homes to pay for their care costs, typically when they are admitted to care homes in later life.
Changes begin for disability benefit
8 April 2013 Last updated at 10:57
Disability Living Allowance replaced by PIP scheme
Major changes to disability benefits for new claimants are being introduced in some areas of the country ahead of a nationwide rollout of the new measures.
It is the start of the replacement of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) by Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the “ridiculous” system under which people were awarded benefit with no further checks must end.
But charity Scope says the changes have been designed just to save money.
That claim has been denied by the government, which says spending will not be reduced, but more help will be given to those who need it most.
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