Following the government's announcement of a review of the benefits, significant changes to the DWP's Personal Independence Payments could be implemented soon.
However, for the time being, the Department for Work and Pensions continues to provide payments of £798 per month, up to a total of £9,580 per year, to persons with one of 27 critical health conditions.
DWP's Updated PIP Benefits: Eligibility and Amounts for NHS-Listed Conditions
The DWP increased the amount paid to persons claiming PIP last month, and while a prospective system change is being considered, the current plan remains legitimate and continues to pay cash to claimants suffering from health conditions.
It implies that if you are suffering from a health condition or impairment that affects your daily life, you might receive a maximum of £9,583.60 each year, or £184 per week, equivalent to £798 per month on average.
Eligibility for the benefit is determined by an assessment, thus having one of these conditions does not guarantee you will be able to apply for the financial aid, and having a health condition not listed here may still make you eligible.
However, as a starting point, persons with these 27 NHS listed diseases are likely to be eligible for some level of PIP cash.
PIP Eligibility Criteria and Listed Health Conditions
To be a candidate for PIP, you must have a health condition or impairment that has interfered with daily life or transportation (or both) for three months. The challenges must be expected to last for at least another nine months, and you must remain in the UK.
The 27 conditions that could make you eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) include:
- Asbestosis
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Epilepsy
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- Fibrosing alveolitis
- Granulomatous lung disease
- Heart and lung transplantation
- Lung transplantation
- Pleura
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolus
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis - other/type not known
- Pulmonary infiltration
- Sarcoidosis
- Silicosis
- Sleep apnoea - obstructive
- Upper respiratory tract - other diseases of/type not known.