Should Personal Independence Payment (PIP) stop covering mental health conditions?
PIP is not means-tested and is paid to people with long-term physical or mental health conditions based on how they affect daily living and mobility, not diagnosis alone. As of July 2026, 4.09 million people claim PIP, with psychiatric disorders the primary condition for 39% (around 1.6 million). Government reviews and opposition proposals are examining tighter rules for mental health claims amid rising costs, but it currently covers 46 mental health conditions if they meet the points thresholds.
63 Opinions
Mental health is invisible but depression is not bi-polar. The criteria for mental health does need changed though
Mental indication diagnoses are becoming intertwined with disability, which is simply not the same thing.
I think I've said before "where did it come from " seems to have just appeared!!! Let it dissappear again any money that would have gone to anyone can be spent on psychological help , any medical interventions etc
No. The whole benefits system needs serious reform, the number of people on disability benefits and PIPs is not credible and is untenable as a percentage of the population. But this is equally true of physical and mental disabilities. Serious mental health issues should be taken into account, but the bar needs to be set appropriately.
People with serious mental health conditions shoyld be looked after, but we have to raise the bar significantly, with proper checks and balances. Many people with ADHD for example are capable of working. Reform the system, don't scrap all benefits.
The country is broke. Keep piling on more and more claimants if you like but sooner or later the system will collapse and then there will be no PIP for anyone
However the system should be seriously reformed. Everybody has to be pigeon holed with some kind of condition or other and it’s frankly shocking what ‘conditions’ attract financial support & how marginal complaints result in claimants not working. This is intentional and part of a much larger plan for UBI when Agenda 2030 is fully implemented.
No but needs to be regular checks on those claims
What is the money for? 1. If you are a danger to yourself and others, you should be in an asylum, not being paid for care on the community. 2. If you are mildly impaired but can look after yourself, you don't need money. 3. If you are in a supported facility, council tax or NHS can pay for you. 4. If you have a supportive family with resources, you don't need money. 5. If you have anxiety or depression, go for a walk. It's free.
No, but it needs radical overhaul with much more stringent conditions on who qualifies and benefits. At the moment it seems that too many people qualify and for too long xx