Tower Hamlets Health Welfare & Advice Link (THHAL)

In a literature review of the benefits of welfare rights, advice that looked at provision within primary care it was highlighted that welfare advice, environment, socio-economic status, health and quality of life are all factors that have complex, multifaceted interdependencies. The review showed that there is a growing body of studies that suggest welfare rights advice, through improving take-up of entitlements, has a positive impact on health and social wellbeing, and that placing advisory services in a primary care context is particularly effective for reaching eligible non-recipients (Wiggan & Talbot, 2006). The aim of the service is to positively impact on the social determinants of …

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