IainTarr
Member
- Messages
- 7
- Location
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- Currently my biggest dislike is monitoring my blood glucose by finger pricking, it is a source of annoyance that outweighs so many things I could list as a dislike. Generally I can accept most things but since my diagnosis last October 2021 worries about my health are constant.
I have been receiving Personal Indepence Payment -P.I.P. - since 2019 for various ailments, I was diagnosed as Type 1 in October 2021 whilst in Prison and made DWP aware of it on my release in February 2022.
However I had a telephone interview in April 2023 with DWP and as of today 13th June 2023 been told that my claim was stopped in May, I hadn't received the payment that I was expecting so made the necessary phone call - 50 minutes waiting for a human to speak to - they claim that I had been sent a letter explaining why the payment had ceased, and I have asked for it to be sent again as I hadn't received it.
I am unsure as to why my claim was stopped and wondered if anyone else has had problems with this benefit?
I have had no changes since my last review and the only problem I can think of is that I have not seen the Diabetic Nurse since last year or a GP for anything other than a diagnosis of D.V.T. last summer.
Since the telephone appointment in April I have tried booking an appointment with the Nurse and GP and was sent away with a blood test form - 2 weeks for an appointment and a week after test I received a text saying the results have been received and to book an appointment with the GP A.S.A.P. - could the DWP have been told that I haven't seen a Nurse or GP since last year and think that my conditions have improved?
Todays news has stressed me out and I am struggling to make an appointment with my Local Surgery - unfortunately today of all days the surgery has implimented a new system to book appointments online for a triage service before issuing appointments.
Any advice or guidance would be of great benefit to me, somedays I just really despair and I often wonder if it would be easier attending A & E to see a GP? I won't though as I am sure that they are under enough pressure as it is.
Sorry to sound like a moaner!
However I had a telephone interview in April 2023 with DWP and as of today 13th June 2023 been told that my claim was stopped in May, I hadn't received the payment that I was expecting so made the necessary phone call - 50 minutes waiting for a human to speak to - they claim that I had been sent a letter explaining why the payment had ceased, and I have asked for it to be sent again as I hadn't received it.
I am unsure as to why my claim was stopped and wondered if anyone else has had problems with this benefit?
I have had no changes since my last review and the only problem I can think of is that I have not seen the Diabetic Nurse since last year or a GP for anything other than a diagnosis of D.V.T. last summer.
Since the telephone appointment in April I have tried booking an appointment with the Nurse and GP and was sent away with a blood test form - 2 weeks for an appointment and a week after test I received a text saying the results have been received and to book an appointment with the GP A.S.A.P. - could the DWP have been told that I haven't seen a Nurse or GP since last year and think that my conditions have improved?
Todays news has stressed me out and I am struggling to make an appointment with my Local Surgery - unfortunately today of all days the surgery has implimented a new system to book appointments online for a triage service before issuing appointments.
Any advice or guidance would be of great benefit to me, somedays I just really despair and I often wonder if it would be easier attending A & E to see a GP? I won't though as I am sure that they are under enough pressure as it is.
Sorry to sound like a moaner!
