Many of the people I speak to say the PIP assessments do not take into account the effect their mental health conditions have on their lives. Mark has the [physical] ability to make a sandwich, but he doesn’t have the mental ability to do it.”“Often, we hear from people with mental health problems who tell us that they dread the face-to-face assessments,” says Paul Spencer, policy and campaigns manager at the mental health charity Mind. Crofta, 53, from Worcester, has had severe mental health problems since childhood. “I had come to a complete standstill physically, and that had an additional impact on my mental health. “PIP ensures that mental health conditions are given the same recognition as physical ones.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 06:56 UTC