Here are all of the conditions that make you eligible for the incapacity profit
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the total list of medical conditions that qualify for the weekly £114 Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
PIP supplies essential monetary help for thousands and thousands of individuals throughout England and Wales. As of April 2026, over 3.7 million claimants depend on this profit to handle the additional prices related to long-term disabilities, bodily health conditions, or mental health challenges.
The tax-free, non-means-tested payment is designed to help people with each day residing and mobility wants. Eligibility is decided by the impression of a situation on a person’s life, relatively than their employment standing, financial savings, or different earnings.
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PIP is comprised of a “daily living” part and a “mobility” part. Applicants could also be eligible for one, each, or neither, relying on their evaluation.
In January, the DWP up to date its payment charges for 2026, including 92 new conditions to these that qualify. This comes after a 3.8% inflationary enhance.
The new charges are as follows:
Daily Living Component
- Standard Rate: £76.70 per week
- Enhanced Rate: £114.60 per week
Mobility Component
- Standard Rate: £30.30 per week
- Enhanced Rate: £80.00 per week
(*177*) people who qualify for the utmost help – the improved charges for each elements – will obtain a complete of £194.60 per week, amounting to £778.40 per four-week pay interval. Those who qualify for the usual charges for each elements will obtain £107.00 per week, totalling £428.00 per four-week pay interval.
There have been 3,926,015 instances of entitlement for PIP throughout the nation as of January 2026 – the newest information obtainable and launched by the DWP.
Here is the full list of 177 medical conditions being claimed for the profit:
- Anaemia
- Haemolytic problems
- Metabolic crimson cell problems
- Clotting problems
- Platelet problems
- Blood problems
- Viral ailments
- Bacterial ailments
- Protozoal ailments
- Other infectious ailments
- Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
- Cancers of the respiratory tract
- Cancers of the genitourinary tract
- Cancers of the haematological system
- Cancers of the pores and skin
- Cancer of the mind and spinal wire
- Cancers of bone
- Cancer of breast
- Unknown major
- Cancers of the adrenal gland
- Other cancers
- Other sarcomas
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Amyloidosis
- Porphyria
- Obesity
- Other metabolic ailments
- Personality dysfunction
- Specific studying dysfunction
- Stress reactions
- Anxiety problems
- Obsessive compulsive dysfunction
- Mixed nervousness and depressive problems
- Somatoform and dissociative problems
- Mood problems
- Psychotic problems
- Cognitive problems
- Eating problems
- Substance (mis) use problems
- Factitious dysfunction
- Learning incapacity international
- Autistic spectrum problems
- Hyperkinetic dysfunction
- Conduct dysfunction
- Enuresis
- Faecal soiling (encopresis)
- Other psychiatric problems of childhood
- Cerebrovascular illness
- Epilepsy
- Non epileptic disturbance of consciousness
- Movement problems
- Multiple sclerosis
- Benign tumours
- Hydrocephalus
- Headache
- Head damage
- Spinal wire compression
- Degenerative neuronal ailments
- Cerebral palsy
- Spina bifida
- Ataxia
- Neuropathy
- Peripheral nerve damage
- Disease of muscle
- Muscular dystrophy
- Infections
- Other neurological problems
- Diseases of conjunctiva, cornea, eyelids and lacrimal equipment
- Uveitis
- Glaucoma
- Injuries – Visual
- Vitreous illness
- Diseases of the retina and optic nerve
- Cataract
- Refractive errors
- Disorders of eye motion
- Visual discipline defects
- Other ailments affecting imaginative and prescient
- Conductive listening to loss
- Sensorineural listening to loss
- Mixed listening to loss
- Other ailments affecting listening to & steadiness
- Aneurysm
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiac failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congenital coronary heart illness
- Heart transplantation
- Hypertension
- Ischaemic coronary heart illness (coronary artery illness)
- Pericarditis
- Valve illness
- Peripheral arterial illness
- Peripheral venous illness
- Other heart problems
- Diseases of the oesophagus, abdomen and duodenum
- Diseases of the small bowel
- Inflammatory bowel illness
- Diseases of the colon
- Diseases of the rectum and anus
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Benign tumours of the gastrointestinal tract
- Abdominal hernias
- Congenital problems of the GI tract
- Other ailments of the gastrointestinal tract
- Chronic hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Liver failure
- Liver transplantation
- Disease of gallbladder and biliary tract
- Diseases of the pancreas
- Infections and parasites
- Papulosquamous and inflammatory rashes
- Bullous illness
- Diseases of blood vessels/lymphatics
- Diseases of collagen and elastic tissue
- Burns
- Other pores and skin illness
- Osteoarthritis
- Chronic ache syndromes
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Crystal deposition problems
- Osteonecrosis and osteochondritis
- Metabolic and endocrine problems
- Genetic problems, dysplasias and malformations
- Benign tumours of bone
- Fracture problems
- Other generalised musculoskeletal illness
- Shoulder problems
- Elbow problems
- Wrist and hand problems
- Neck problems
- Non particular again ache
- Specific again ache
- Hip problems
- Knee problems
- Ankle and foot problems
- Amputations
- Injuries/fracture/Dislocation
- Other regional musculoskeletal illness
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Vasculitis
- Other autoimmune illness
- Urinary incontinence
- Kidney illness
- Renal failure
- Diseases of bladder, urethra, prostate, testes and penis
- Diseases of the ovary, uterus, cervix, vagina and vulva
- Other genitourinary illness
- Hypothalamic and pituitary illness
- Pancreatic illness
- Thyroid illness
- Adrenal illness
- Parathyroid illness
- Other endocrine ailments
- Diseases of the higher respiratory tract
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary illness (power bronchitis/emphysema)
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Asthma
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pneumoconiosis
- Granulomatous lung illness and pulmonary infiltration
- Disease of the pleura
- Lung transplantation
- Heart and lung transplantation
- Pulmonary embolus
- Infectious ailments of the respiratory tract
- Other ailments of the decrease respiratory tract
- Multisystem
- Extremes of age
- Hypersensitivity ailments
- Other ailments of the immune system
To start a declare, name the DWP at 0800 917 2222. This contact date is important for backdating claims ought to they achieve success. Applicants will obtain the “PIP2” kind, titled: ‘How your incapacity impacts you’.
Providing complete element about particular limitations and together with supporting proof—resembling medical studies or GP letters—is crucial to the success of an software.
The DWP will organize an evaluation with a well being skilled. This could also be performed by way of phone, video name, or in-person, relying on the applicant’s necessities.
Further data and the total software particulars can be found on the official Gov.uk website.
