Krissy Johnson has been asked to attend three reviews to see if she is eligible for PIP (Photo: Krissy Johnson/Facebook)

A dying mum was told to attend a third meeting with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to prove her breast cancer is terminal.

Krissy Johnson, 48, was diagnosed with incurable metastatic breast cancer in September 2015.

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Since then, the mother-of-one has been called to two reviews with the DWP to discuss her illness.

Now, the Independent Assessment Services has sent Ms Johnson another letter on behalf of the DWP asking for a further ‘face-to-face consultation to discuss her health condition’.


The former mental health worker, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, shared pictures of the letter on Facebook on Thursday, a post since shared more than 6,000 times.

The mother wrote an emotional Facebook status, which was shared more than 6,000 times (Photo: Krissy Johnson/Facebook)

Ms Johnson, pictured with her son Jordan at Krissy’s and husband Mark’s 25th wedding anniversary renewal, was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 (Photo: Johnson family/SWNS.com)

Since a post on social media went viral, the DWP has apologised and said she does not have to attend another appointment.



In an impassioned status, she wrote: ‘This is the third time I have been asked for an assessment and review my capability to work. Yes at the moment I am doing good. I take my pills, accept my palliative care well, I look after myself.

UK's chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance has £600,000 of shares in vaccine maker GSK’But this is mentally doing my head in. I cannot talk to these people anymore. I cannot give them anymore information. I cannot…and oh I wish…change my incurable body. I did work. It was lovely. I had a social life. It was lovely. I had no cancer. It was lovely.

‘Now I thank the universe for everyday I wake up. I am scared that my carer will have to leave me. That my last time on this earth will be spent claiming or struggling to find money. I am not a liar.’

**sharepubliclyifyoucare**As some of you know I have incurable metastatic Breast Cancer. I claim PIP. This is the 3rd… Posted by Krissy Piepeddler Johnson on Thursday, March 29, 2018

The assessment letter stated: ‘Our job is to help the DWP understand how your health conditions or disability affects your daily life.

‘One of our health professionals has looked at the information you sent to the DWP.

‘After doing this we have decided that we need to see you for a face-to-face consultation to discuss your health condition or disability further.’

Ms Johnson said she now faces having her Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cut or revoked completely.

She added: ‘When I first applied in 2015 I received a call to say they had received my terminal certificate so I would be fast tracked.

‘I was receiving my payments then after six months, I was sent more forms to fill out and asked to attend a review which I could not go to because I was in hospital. I then received another review appointment which I refused to go to.

‘Last Thursday I received the third review letter, and when I spoke to them on the phone, they acted like I had done everything wrong.’

But the mother insists she did not fill out the forms incorrectly.

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‘Two people in two minutes had called me a liar, I wish I was lying, I wish none of this was happening to me but it is.



‘I sent them everything, even my confidential medical report, my God I sent them stuff I didn’t even want to read it myself.

‘I’m scared that my last time on this earth will be spent claiming or struggling to find money.

‘I want people to take note and pay attention to what is happening to us because it is shocking.

‘The forms are so ridiculously complicated, it’s almost impossible for someone who is terminally ill or has a chronic illness to handle on their own,’ she said.

Independent Assessment Services sent Ms Johnson this letter recently (Photo: Krissy Johnson/Facebook)

A spokesman for the DWP said: ‘We apologise for the letters that Ms Johnson has received.

‘We have reviewed the case and she is now being paid under the special circumstances with no break in her claim.

‘We can confirm that she does not have to attend any appointments and a letter will be sent to Ms Johnson confirming this.

‘Anyone having any problems with PIP should contact their local office whose staff will be able to help.’

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