Bit of back story- childhood best friend doesn’t work at present. She has a son who has autism and no contact with her son’s father. She has little support with childcare. I do understand that it would be extremely difficult for her to work as his needs are very complex and while he goes to school, she would struggle to cover things like school hols, sick days etc.
She has recently started to mention wanting more benefits. She is in receipt of various benefits to support her with housing etc and also received child maintenance for her son. She is seeking to receive adult disability payment. The thing is- she does not have a disability. She has approached me asking for advice on how to get a diagnosis of depression (I’m a nurse) and I obviously told her I couldn’t help her with that. She has since then put in a claim for fibromyalgia. Her claim wasn’t approved as she doesn’t have this diagnosis and her GP couldn’t provide supporting information. However, she put in an appeal and listed me as being able to support her claim. She did not tell me about this and I didn’t know until I received a letter asking to provide information.
Im so annoyed. I received the letter yesterday but haven’t spoken to her yet. I obviously can’t provide supporting information as she is not unwell. I find it difficult enough listening to her going on about wanting more money (she is not struggling financially) but I’m always just polite and don’t say much about it. But I feel this is taking the P a bit.
how do I approach it?