Roll-out of a nurse-led welfare benefits screening service throughout the largest Local Health Care Co-operative in Glasgow: An evaluation study

Hoskins, Robert; McMaster, K.; Quinn, Taryn

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2005.03.012

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“…Since the early 1990s, it has been recognised that providing benefits advice services for older people in a health-care setting, usually a primary health-care centre, can be highly effective and beneficial (Paris and Player 1993). This is largely because many older people have regular contact with primary care and because clinics and health centres are less stigmatising than the government's social security offices, most of which are spartan if not grim and are patronised mainly by unemployed people of working age (Coppel, Packham and Varnham 1999; Abbott 2002; Hoskins and Smith 2002; Hoskins et al 2005).…”

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Can welfare-rights advice targeted at older people reduce social exclusion?

Moffatt

Scambler

2008

Ageing and Society

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It is known that, in general, people of pensionable age have gained in income compared to other age groups in the British population over the last two decades, but that a substantial minority still experience relative poverty. This paper reports a small qualitative study into the effectiveness of a welfare-rights advice and acquisition service for men and women aged 60 or more years that was provided through a local primary health-care service. Additional financial and non-financial resources were obtained by accessing previously unclaimed state-welfare benefits. It was found that these significantly improved the participants' quality of life. Fourteen of the 25 participants received some type of financial award as a result of the service offered, with the median income gain being £57 (€84 or US $101) per week. The impact of additional resources was considerable and included: increased affordability of necessities and occasional expenses; increased capacity to cope with emergencies; and reduced stress related to financial worries. Knowledge of and access to welfare-rights services also appeared to have a positive effect. It is argued that a level of material resources above a basic level is necessary for social relations and for accessing services and civic activities, and can reduce social exclusion among older people.

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Can welfare-rights advice targeted at older people reduce social exclusion?

Moffatt

Scambler

2008

Ageing and Society

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“…Principles, if they had been used, would have stated that problems identified at a child health and vulnerable family level could also be addressed by searching for and acting on health needs, or influencing policy in the local community which could positively affect the health of every child. For example, family problems such as poor nutritional status, accidents in the home, road traffic accidents, damp housing and poverty can be addressed by Health Visitors working with other agencies to provide: healthy breakfast clubs to enhance the nutritional and dental status of school children [54]; food co-operatives to encourage community uptake of fresh fruit and vegetables at wholesale prices [54]; road traffic calming measures to prevent road traffic accidents [55]; accident prevention equipment loan schemes to promote home safety [56]; negotiating the installation of central heating in a council estate [57] and welfare benefit screening to maximise the incomes of the poor [58]. These are just several practical examples of what can be achieved when Health Visitors are encouraged to work with other agencies for the benefit of every family in the community and not just the ones on their caseload.…”

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Health Visiting—The end of a UK wide service?

Hoskins

2009

Health Policy

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In 1997 Health Visiting was deemed by New Labour to be an important player in reducing health inequalities. It was acknowledged that if Health Visiting was to fulfill this vision it would have to work out with its traditional child health role and also engage with groups, communities and populations to tackle the determinants of ill health. Twelve years on, external factors such as, NHS cut backs, recent changes to how Health Visitors are regulated throughout the UK and devolved Health Visiting policy making structures have led to the rapid demise in status and legitimacy of Health Visiting and its wider public health role. This article argues that the unintended consequences of devolved Health Visiting policy has resulted in 3 recent community nursing and health-visiting reviews in Scotland and England which have made divergent policy recommendations about the role of the Health Visitor in tackling health inequalities. The recommendations outlined in the Scottish review in particular threatened to jeopardise the very future provision of a UK wide Health Visiting service. If Health Visiting is to survive as a UK wide entity, a radical independent rethink as to its future direction and its public health role is urgently required.

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“…High-quality studies conducted in United Kingdom primary care found that people referred to advice by healthcare professionals would not otherwise have sought assistance [31,38,45]. Qualitative evidence showed that healthcare-based provision facilitated access for certain groups such as older people [46][47][48] and those in poor mental and physical health [14,45,49]. Studies of service user experiences identified that the healthcare environment was conducive to seeking help with legal issues because it felt familiar and trusted, discreet and confidential, less stigmatized, often less far to travel and somewhere people felt comfortable discussing anxieties [16,31,45,48,49]).…”

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“…Studies conducted in a variety of settings have highlighted high success rates for legal assistance in obtaining welfare support and increasing the incomes of recipients [33,34,36,52,[59][60][61]. Internationally, reports consistently showed significant amounts of money were received as a result of legal assistance, as lump sums and regular ongoing contributions to income [31,35,36,47,50,52,[59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]. Other financial outcomes included preventing benefits stoppage [59], managing debts [50,65], reducing use of credit cards [40] and obtaining access to healthcare insurance [69,70].…”

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International Evidence on the Impact of Health-Justice Partnerships: A Systematic Scoping Review

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Background: Health-justice partnerships (HJPs) are collaborations between healthcare and legal services which support patients with social welfare issues such as welfare benefits, debt, housing, education and employment. HJPs exist across the world in a variety of forms and with diverse objectives. This review synthesizes the international evidence on the impacts of HJPs.Methods: A systematic scoping review of international literature was undertaken. A wide-ranging search was conducted across academic databases and grey literature sources, covering OECD countries from January 1995 to December 2018. Data from included publications were extracted and research quality was assessed. A narrative synthesis approach was used to analyze and present the results.Results: Reported objectives of HJPs related to: prevention of health and legal problems; access to legal assistance; health improvement; resolution of legal problems; improvement of patient care; support for healthcare services; addressing inequalities; and catalyzing systemic change. There is strong evidence that HJPs: improve access to legal assistance for people at risk of social and health disadvantage; positively influence material and social circumstances through resolution of legal problems; and improve mental wellbeing. A wide range of other positive impacts were identified for individuals, services and communities; the strength of evidence for each is summarized and discussed.Conclusion: HJPs are effective in tackling social welfare issues that affect the health of disadvantaged groups in society and can therefore form a key part of public health strategies to address inequalities.

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Roll-out of a nurse-led welfare benefits screening service throughout the largest Local Health Care Co-operative in Glasgow: An evaluation study

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Can welfare-rights advice targeted at older people reduce social exclusion?

Can welfare-rights advice targeted at older people reduce social exclusion?

Health Visiting—The end of a UK wide service?

International Evidence on the Impact of Health-Justice Partnerships: A Systematic Scoping Review

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