The DWP hoped we’d miss it changing the rules surrounding a crucial benefit. Wrong.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) quietly updated the guidance for a key welfare payment on Monday 16 July. It probably hoped no one would notice – as the change seems to completely ignore a court ruling from December 2017.
The DWP: words are everything

The DWP has issued an update for assessors of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It states that the update is for:

Part 2 [of the PIP assessment guide] – the term ‘anxious’ changed to ‘panicked’ in the illustrative example for descriptor B in activity 11 ‘planning and following journeys’.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2018/07/17/the-dwp-hoped-wed-miss-it-changing-the-rules-surrounding-a-crucial-benefit-wrong/

I would suggest that PIP applicants should now use the word 'panicked' and avoid any use of the word 'anxious' for the purpose of the assessment.