Should I report my cousin's benefit fraud?

That is a work of fiction and follows the script of every benefit bashing thread I have seen on MN.

Again! You clearly haven’t read the OP post have you.
He openly boasts at every opportunity about the extreme exaggerations and outright lies he put on his PIP application, and calls me and other members of the family idiots for working when we could just get our money from PIP like he does.

PIP isn't thrown at anyone. You don't know what you are talking about.🙄

In this case it clearly has.

I take it you haven’t read the post then?
He openly boasts at every opportunity about the extreme exaggerations and outright lies he put on his PIP application, and calls me and other members of the family idiots for working when we could just get our money from PIP like he does

I'm bored with your posts now. I have no desire to continue on this merry go round. Good Day.

I take it you haven’t read the post then?
He openly boasts at every opportunity about the extreme exaggerations and outright lies he put on his PIP application, and calls me and other members of the family idiots for working when we could just get our money from PIP like he does

Why odd? Unless the OP lives with her 'cousin', or is very heavily involved in his day,to day life, and care, then I highly doubt that she has the full picture either. That is clear from her post, that she does not, and is not.

I think it’s clear from the OP post don’t u?? Odd thing to say.

And how do you know this? Do you live with the Cousin?

In this case it clearly has.

Pip isn't a benefit that is just thrown at people and your "cousin" has been awarded it for his medical conditions, by the time you typed out your lengthy post you could have emailed DWP to report your perceived benefit fraudbut you decided to talk about your "cousin" on the Internet because you are "worried" about their mental health. 🙄

I was rejected on appeal as my life threatening illness (Addisons) and nerve condition (HNPP) are not seen as being severe enough to make me eligible 🤷‍♀️

I think there are huge numbers of claimants who could be given all the help in the world and they would still claim to be unfit for work.

That makes no sense if you believe you are eligible for PIP than appeal
Somebody else eligibility makes no difference to your .,s

I am thankful that I was given enough help to not be in hospital/police cells a lot. That is not a good life to live, and it was chaotic and awful. However, my care in the NHS was about keeping me out of hospital, and not getting me into work. That is another thing altogether. The government go on about getting the sick/disabled back into work, but it seems to be by threat of sanctions, and forcing people into unsuitable work, rather than a tailored approach to each person to find their strengths etc. Yes, that would cost a lot anyway... and the ironic thing is that the people coming off benefits to go work in NMW jobs would still be on benefits anyway, and in some case more. I see people get topped up with UC more than I get at all.

There’s nothing else that can be done for them. There are so many mentally unwell people now that a tailored, personalised approach would be completely unrealistic and unworkable.

You’ve likely had hundreds of thousands of pounds of treatment (if not more) plus benefits which support you while you are out of work, over many years. None of this has got you to the point where you feel able to work. I think it’s very unfair to criticise a system which has clearly given you a lot of help?

Well, plenty of people with MH issues are not being offered anything other than a short course of CBT nowadays, and even the waiting list for that is beyond ridiculous.

But none of this is the fault of people claiming benefits.

That sounds incredibly difficult and I sympathise, but I think you’re an example of how mental health issues really aren’t as straightforward as ‘if they could just have X therapy they would be fine and able to work’.

Ultimately we can’t throw hundreds of millions, or even billions, of pounds at therapy which has a high chance of not working. It really isn’t the same as a fixable physical health issue.

I have been in and out of the MH system since I was a late teen. Had lots of therapy, sections etc, tried tons of meds. I was under SIM, which caused a lot of trauma in itself.
I have worked, but struggle to cope every time, even in the most simple and menial of jobs. My job now is trying to stay alive and have a semi-normal life.
I have been referred back to CMHT several times by my GP and crisis team. I am told they can't offer anything else.

I have been in and out of the MH system since I was a late teen. Had lots of therapy, sections etc, tried tons of meds. I was under SIM, which caused a lot of trauma in itself.
I have worked, but struggle to cope every time, even in the most simple and menial of jobs. My job now is trying to stay alive and have a semi-normal life.
I have been referred back to CMHT several times by my GP and crisis team. I am told they can't offer anything else.

Report him, he is committing fraud and shouldn't get away with it.

Yes.

We plough £££ into mental health as it is, and none of it makes much of a difference. How much have you had in the way of therapy/meds/appointments? Has it significantly helped you to the extent you can now work?

I agree and I do help a lot of people with PIP forms. and I do understand the criteria. Sadly I think we will see them become a lot harder to get awarded, the criteria will become stricter.