If you're terminally ill

If you become terminally ill, while you're getting Personal Independence Payment (PIP), you do not need to do anything. Your benefit will be moved across to Social Security Scotland as quickly as possible.

If you're between the age of 16 and State Pension age when your Adult Disability Payment starts, you’ll get:

• enhanced award for daily living
• enhanced award for mobility

If you're over State Pension age when your Adult Disability Payment award starts, you’ll get the same rate of mobility that you got for PIP.

Whatever your age, Social Security Scotland will not review your Adult Disability Payment, unless you ask them to.

If you're terminally ill but do not get PIP under special rules for terminal illness

You may be able to get Adult Disability Payment under the special rules for terminal illness, even if you do not get PIP under the special rules for terminal illness.

Ask your doctor or healthcare practitioner if they've filled in any of these forms for you:

• DS1500
• SR1
• Benefits Assessment for Special Rules in Scotland (BASRiS)

Your Personal Independence Payment claim will be transferred to Social Security Scotland. Social Security Scotland will consider your Adult Disability Payment under its Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI), which is equivalent to DWP’s Special Rules for End of Life (SREL).

Ask your doctor or healthcare professional to complete the DS1500, SR1, or BASRiS form, if they haven't already. Then they'll need to return it to DWP.

If they have not, ask them to fill in either the BASRiS form, DS1500 or SR1 form and return it to DWP.