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<p>Once someone has been awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which can be
paid at one of eight rates, that award will be reviewed. Reviews of PIP are a key
part of the benefit to ensure that awards remain correct where needs may change (including
where needs increase and the award may need to increase) and that we maintain contact
with the claimant, both features that are missing from its predecessor Disability
Living Allowance. The length of an award is based on an individual’s circumstances
and can vary from nine months to an on-going award, with a light touch review after
ten years.</p><p> </p><p>We introduced updated guidance for case managers and an updated
PIP Assessment Guide in 2018 which will ensure that those people who receive the highest
level of support under PIP, and where their needs are unlikely to change or may get
worse, will now receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten-year
point. In line with PIP’s aim to be needs-based rather than condition-based, the change
to the guidance is not condition specific. However, we believe the changes will ensure
that those with severe and/or progressive conditions receive the most appropriate
award duration that reflects their condition and the needs arising.</p><p> </p><p>Special
considerations also apply to claimants who are terminally ill, and our arrangements
recognise the particular difficulties faced by people who only have a short time to
live. Claims by people with a terminal illness are fast tracked, are not subject to
a face-to-face assessment and they are guaranteed the enhanced rate of the Daily Living
Component; nearly all also receive the enhanced rate of mobility.</p>
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