DWP PIP warning as any of these 87 health conditions could qualify you for £737
People who live with a long-term illness or health condition have been urged to do a check to see if they could qualify for PIP (Personal Independence Payment). The benefit is intended to help cover extra costs if you are affected by your condition in your mobility or your daily living, with varying payments depending on your level of need.
If you get the enhanced rate for both the mobility and daily living parts, you would get £737.20 for each four-week pay period. You may qualify if you have a condition which has caused you difficulties with your daily living and/or mobility for at least three months, and if you expect the issues to continue for at least 12 months from when they started.
There is no definitive list of health conditions that could qualify you for the payments, but one common group of conditions that people claim for is to do with musculoskeletal issues, with more than 1.1million people claiming for 87 of these conditions.
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These include:
Musculoskeletal Conditions - General
Osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis of Hip |
Osteoarthritis of Knee | |
Osteoarthritis of other single joint | |
Primary generalised Osteoarthritis | |
Chronic pain syndrome | Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) |
Fibromyalgia | |
Pain syndromes - Chronic - Other / type not known | |
Inflammatory arthritis | Ankylosing spondylitis |
Arthritis - Psoriatic | |
Arthritis - Reactive | |
Inflammatory arthritis - Other / type not known | |
Juvenile chronic arthritis (Still's disease) | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | |
Crystal deposition disorders | Crystal deposition disorders - Other / type not known |
Gout | |
Pseudogout | |
Osteonecrosis and osteochondritis | Osteochondritis |
Osteonecrosis | |
Metabolic and endocrine disorders | Osteomalacia |
Osteoporosis | |
Other metabolic and endocrine disorders of musculoskeletal system | |
Paget's disease | |
Rickets | |
Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations | Achondroplasia |
Epiphyseal dysplasia - multiple | |
Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations - Other / type not known | |
Hereditary multiple exostosis (diaphyseal aclasis) | |
Hypermobility syndrome | |
Marfan's syndrome | |
Osteogenesis imperfecta | |
Benign tumours of bone | Tumours of bone - benign |
Fracture complications | Compartment syndrome (Volkmann's ischaemia) |
Fracture complications - Other / type not known | |
Sudek's atrophy | |
Other generalised musculoskeletal conditions | Generalised musculoskeletal disease - Other / type not known |
Musculoskeletal Conditions - Regional
Shoulder disorders | Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) |
Rotator cuff disorder | |
Shoulder disorders - Other / type not known | |
Shoulder instability | |
Elbow disorders | Elbow disorders - Other / type not known |
Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis) | |
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) | |
Wrist and hand disorders | Carpal tunnel syndrome |
Dupuytren's contracture | |
Tendon lesions | |
Tenosynovitis | |
Wrist and hand disorders - Other / type not known | |
Neck disorders | Cervical disc lesion |
Cervical spondylosis | |
Neck disorders - Other / type not known | |
Whiplash injury | |
Non specific back pain | Back pain - Non specific (mechanical) |
Specific back pain | Back pain - Specific - Other / type not known |
Kyphosis | |
Lumbar disc lesion | |
Lumbar spondylosis (OA spine) | |
Schuermann's disease | |
Scoliosis | |
Spinal stenosis | |
Spondylolisthesis | |
Hip disorders | Dislocation of the hip - congenital |
Hip disorders - Other / type not known | |
Perthes disease | |
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis | |
Knee disorders | Bursitis |
Chondromalacia patellae | |
Knee disorders - Other / type not known | |
Ligamentous instability of knee | |
Meniscal lesions | |
Osgood schlatters disease | |
Osteochondritis dissecans | |
Patellar dislocation - Recurrent | |
Ankle and foot disorders | Ankle and foot disorders - Other / type not known |
Club foot (talipes) | |
Fore foot pain (Metatarsalgia) | |
Hallux valgus /rigidus | |
Amputations | Amputation - Lower limb(s) |
Amputation - Upper limb(s) | |
Amputations - Upper & Lower limb/s | |
Injuries/fracture/Dislocation | Abdomen - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of |
Lower limb - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of | |
Multiple - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation | |
Pelvis - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of | |
Spine - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of | |
Thorax - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of | |
Upper limb - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of | |
Other regional musculoskeletal disease | Musculoskeletal disease - Regional / Localised - Other / type not known |
How much are PIP payments?
PIP payments include a daily living part and a mobility part, with a lower and higher level of payment depending on your individual level of need.
These are the current weekly payment rates:
Daily living
Standard rate: £72.65
Enhanced rate: £108.55.
Mobility
Standard rate: £28.70
Enhanced rate: £75.75.