PA4 is so inaccurate
Starting off by saying that I'm usually a dietitian by profession, so it's why some claims made by the nurse who assessed me are even more infuriating.
This person has literally put that I'm not losing weight so can eat enough. Ignoring my severe swallowing difficulties, making an idiotic assumption about how weight works in someone with known chronic inflammation. She's claiming me being able to crochet (which I can do lying down) is proof that I can cook when I get so tired that I fall asleep mid activity, am in pain when standing for more than a couple of minutes, and more. I get that they have to use a set amount of criteria, but this nurse has been so reckless with her claims that I'm actually considering doing more than just making an appeal and complaint to Ingeus once I can get through to people on the phone.
Weight being used by someone assessing for the DWP is such a poor indicator of how someone is doing and i cannot understand how this person has been so emboldened to state that that is how her decision was made to effectively award me 0 across most categories. She's made claims about me being discharged from services despite having 0 proof of this. About me missing prompts when I have already given evidence of awaiting autism assessment and further mental health treatment. I want to scream but I can't even do that as my throat is still sore from all the coughing, retching and choking on food that I do which she has claimed isn't severe despite asking almost nothing about it. And I'm livid that I'm going to have to use my already limited energy reserves on sorting something that shouldn't even be an issue if I had been actually listened to the first time around. I hate This degrading process and how much I have to beg to be seen and given support here in addition to all other bloody avenues, like convincing my GP to switch to liquid meds because me projectile vomiting them back up wasn't justification enough for increased costs.
Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC