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Free PIP GP letter template · 2026PIP GP letter template: ask your GP the right way.
A letter from your GP helps most when it describes how your condition affects daily life, not just the diagnosis. Tick what your condition makes harder and get a short, polite request you can copy and give to your GP.
- A ready-to-send request, written for you
- Covers what a PIP letter should include
- Free, and nothing you enter is saved or sent
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Write your request
Tick what applies. Your letter updates as you go.
- A short request to your GP, ready to copy
- The four things a useful letter should cover
- Room to add your own details
What makes a GP letter useful for PIP.
PIP isn’t decided on your diagnosis. It’s decided on how your condition affects 12 everyday activities.
Impact, not just diagnosis
“Has fibromyalgia and takes pregabalin” says little. How it affects washing, cooking or walking says far more.
Treatment and side effects
Medication that causes fatigue, nausea or drowsiness can affect daily life as much as the condition itself.
How long it will last
PIP needs your difficulties to be expected to last at least 12 months in total.
Getting the letter, step by step.
GPs set their own fees, using guidance from the BMA.
A GP letter written for your case.
Our GP letter asks your GP neutral, specific questions about your claim, so the answers line up with how PIP is scored.
GP Letter for your case
Written from what you tell us, ready to give to your GP, with a reply sheet. Add it for £9 when you order any of our letters or form guides.
- Specific questions about your own condition and daily life
- Neutral wording your GP can comfortably answer
- A reply sheet that keeps their answers clear
- Add it to any letter or form guide for £9
Free PIP Case Review
Tell us about your decision and your hardest activity. Within 3 hours you get a review of where you stand and your deadline.
Other people who can help.
Your consultant or specialist
Hospital doctors who treat you often know your condition in more detail.
Nurses and therapists
A specialist nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist or mental health worker.
Support workers and carers
Someone who helps you regularly can describe what they see, in their own words.
A free printout of your records
Some surgeries won’t write PIP letters but will print your diagnoses, medication and clinic letters for free. Ask reception.
Tools for your PIP claim.
GP letter questions answered.
It isn’t required, but good medical evidence helps. The most useful letters describe how your condition affects daily life, not just your diagnosis.
They can. Supporting letters for benefit claims are non-NHS work, so GPs don’t have to write them and may charge a fee. Ask about the cost before your appointment.
Your diagnosis and when it was made, your treatment and any side effects, how your condition affects your daily life and getting around, and whether it’s likely to continue.
Ask your consultant, specialist nurse, therapist or support worker instead. Many surgeries will also give you a free printout of your diagnoses, medication and clinic letters.
No. Send your form back on time with a note saying more evidence will follow, then send the letter when you get it.
Yes. The DWP or the assessment provider can ask your GP for information about your condition.
Yes. A letter describing how your condition affects you is useful at a mandatory reconsideration or tribunal too.
A letter written for your case that asks your GP specific, neutral questions about your claim. It costs £9 and can be added when you order any of our letters or form guides.
Want the right questions asked? Add a GP letter for £9.
Order PIP2 answers or a reconsideration letter and add a GP letter written for your case at checkout. Reviewed by a former DWP decision maker.
This page helps you ask your GP for a supporting letter. It isn’t medical or legal advice. Your GP decides what to write, and whether to charge.