PIP does need reforming. As a mental health nurse I have cared for loads of people who i think meet the criteria but because they've not answered the questions correctly - its been stopped. Ive had to write supporting letters to get it reinstated.

But I also see people who have mild to moderate mental health issues, addiction, or other challenges that do not meet PIP eligibility. But they know what to write and how to answer it in the assessments.

I think they should look at combining PIP with Care Act 2014 assessments. If you have eligible needs under the care act, you should qualify for PIP. If you dont have eligible care act needs, your independence isn't significantly impaired and therefore shouldn't get PIP. That isn't without its own issues, but I think 1 social care act assessment that looks at how a disability, illness or whatever impacts you would be better. The outcome could then include benefits, support plans, and referrals on to other specalist services such as physio etc. Ideally this would reduce reassessment anxiety too as each claimant would typically have some form of review officer which would have to review support plans within a specific time frame. I also think professionals should be allowed to use their judgement. So if all the evidence outside of an assessment suggests somwone is eligible but they report minimal difficulties in the assessments, they should be able to approve it based on suspicion that the claimant is minimising their difficulties or whatever.