We are pleased to announce the publication of an evidence review undertaken through a joint project between the Advice Services Alliance and the Low Commission.
The report outlines key findings from 140 research studies in the field, and gives an overview of 58 integrated health & welfare Advice Services.
A clear message comes from these wide-ranging sources; that welfare advice in health care settings results in better individual health and well-being, and a lower demand for health services.
The report compiles the mounting evidence of both the adverse health impact of social welfare law problems, and the beneficial health impact of receiving good welfare advice.
You can download your copy here:
Updates and presentations from the Low Commission’s most recent conference.
Also a report from the Social determinants of Health conference, run with ASA and Youth Access
September 2015
This toolkit has been designed for partnerships by Andy Parkinson from Consilium Research. It covers:
1. The commissioning landscape
2. Understanding the commissioning cycle
3. Local health needs and commissioning priorities
4. Responding to opportunities
5. Advice sector commissioning examples
6. Sources of further information and resources
Links to statutory guidance on the advice and information aspects of the new Care Act.
Finally, this a link to an interactive report about information and advice needs in adult social care.
Thanks to Simon Bottery from Independent Age (https://www.independentage.org/) for sharing these resources.
The Department of Health funded Citizens Advice to develop a suite of tools that the wider advice sector can use to identify the links between advice and health.
The tools can be used by everyone and are available here
We ran some events in 2014 focussing on the positive impacts of advice on health. You can view the presentation here.
Additional resources are available from the Big Lottery Fund wellbeing evaluation
