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A diary is one of the best pieces of evidence you can make yourself. Add a quick entry each day, and the diary shows how often each activity is affected, then prints as one tidy record to send with your form or appeal.
- A quick daily entry, saved on your device
- Shows how often each activity is affected
- Prints as one tidy, branded record
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Add today’s entry
Five quick steps, about two minutes. Come back each day for 7 to 14 days.
What kind of day was it?
For
What was harder than usual today?
Tick all that apply. If nothing was, just press Next.
How much help did you need?
For each one you ticked.
Did you need help at night?
Including waking in pain or distress and needing someone.
What happened today?
Specific is best: what happened, how long it took, who helped.
- How many days you’ve recorded
- How often each activity was affected
- A one-tap print of the whole diary
Why a diary is strong evidence.
PIP decides each activity on how you are on most days. A diary shows that pattern in a way a general statement can’t.
The ‘most days’ rule
A descriptor applies if it fits you on more than half of days (regulation 7 of the PIP Regulations 2013). A diary shows how often things happen.
Specific beats general
“Took 35 minutes to dress, partner did my buttons” tells the decision maker far more than “I have good and bad days”.
Useful at every stage
Send it with your PIP2, a mandatory reconsideration or a tribunal appeal, or take it to your assessment.
Keeping your diary, step by step.
Citizens Advice and CPAG both recommend keeping a diary for a week or two. See PIP on Citizens Advice.
Evidence works best when it’s argued.
Your diary shows what happens. Our form answers and letters show the DWP which descriptors that means.
We use your diary as evidence
Upload your diary with your order. Our PIP2 answers and reconsideration letters tie what it shows to the descriptors you should score.
- Activity by activity, using your own examples
- Reviewed by a former DWP decision maker
- Ready in 24 to 48 hours
- £49 flat, never a percentage
PIP Assessment Preparation Workbook
What the assessor asks for each activity, and how to explain your worst days. A PDF you fill in and take with you.
Tools for your PIP claim.
Symptom diary questions answered.
For 7 to 14 days, or longer if your condition changes a lot from week to week. A longer record shows the pattern more clearly.
What was hard each day, what help you needed, how long things took, and anything that went wrong, like a fall or a missed meal. Short, specific notes work best.
Yes. Honest records are more believable, and the ‘most days’ pattern still shows through.
Yes. A carer, partner or family member can fill it in. They should say they wrote it and sign it.
With your PIP2 form, with a mandatory reconsideration, or before a tribunal. Don’t delay your PIP2 to finish it; send the diary afterwards.
In your web browser on this device only. Nothing is sent to us. If you clear your browser data, the diary is deleted, so print it regularly.
A PIP descriptor applies if it fits you on more than half of days. The diary shows how many of your recorded days each activity was affected.
Yes. A diary is first-hand evidence a tribunal can rely on. Send it in good time before the hearing, quoting your appeal reference.
Got your evidence? Let’s use it.
Our PIP2 answers and reconsideration letters turn what your diary shows into the descriptors you should score. Flat £49, reviewed by a former DWP decision maker.
This diary is a way to record your own evidence. It isn’t medical or legal advice. Entries are saved in your browser on this device only and are never sent to PIPAppeal.