A systematic review of the health, social and financial impacts of welfare rights advice delivered in healthcare settings

BACKGROUND: Socio-economic variations in health, including variations in health according to wealth and income, have been widely reported. A potential method of improving the health of the most deprived groups is to increase their income. State funded welfare programmes of financial benefits and benefits in kind are common in developed countries. However, there is evidence of widespread under claiming of welfare benefits by those eligible for them. One method of exploring the health effects of income supplementation is, therefore, to measure the health effects of welfare benefit maximisation programmes. We conducted a systematic review of the health, social and financial impacts of welfare rights advice delivered in healthcare settings. METHODS: Published and unpublished literature was accessed through searches of electronic databases, websites and an internet search engine; hand searches of journals; suggestions from experts; and reference lists of relevant publications. Data on the intervention delivered, evaluation performed, and outcome data on health, social and economic measures were abstracted and assessed by pairs of independent reviewers. Results are reported in narrative form. RESULTS: 55 studies were included in the review. Only seven studies included a comparison or control group. There was evidence that welfare rights advice delivered in healthcare settings results in financial benefits. There was little evidence that the advice resulted in measurable health or social benefits. This is primarily due to lack of good quality evidence, rather than evidence of an absence of effect. CONCLUSION: There are good theoretical reasons why income supplementation should improve health, but currently little evidence of adequate robustness and quality to indicate that the impact goes beyond increasing income

Derbyshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC)

The aim of the Derbyshire Historic Landscape Characterisation project was to map the historic landscape character (HLC) of Derbyshire excluding the Peak District National Park. It was intended to replace the Historic Landscape Character Assessment that was carried out in the 1990s, by using the current HLC guidelines employed by the Historic England funded HLC projects to give a more objective and consistent approach. It was a broad brush, rapid assessment of Derbyshire, with the oldest map used being the 1st edition OS map of c. 1880. It was also intended as a starting point for more detailed local HLC studies, for strategic planning projects, and to analyse the HLC of Derbyshire on a county level (this part of the project is yet to be completed)

A Derbyshire approach to art in the school curriculum

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Residential land availability South Derbyshire

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Residential land availability High Peak Borough

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The third structure plan annual review of policies

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Report of the Working Party on Community Education

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Transport policies and programme 1984-85 to 1988-89

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Residential land availability Erewash Borough

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An introduction to education service in Derbyshire

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