Abstract
There is a growing evidence base demonstrating positive outcomes from the provision of legal advice in healthcare settings. In the US and Australia there are national centres that promote and co-ordinate this work, where they are respectively known as medical-legal partnerships and health justice partnerships. There are also multiple examples of good practice in the UK, captured by reports such as the Low Commissions 2015 paper The Role of Advice Services in Health Outcomes. The Legal Education Foundation is keen to see the expansion of partnerships between health funders and providers and social welfare legal advice. There have been discussions about how to convert the isolated good practice into a more cohesive national system of health justice partnerships
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Health Justice Partnerships (HJP): Working ethically to reach those in most need of legal and medical support & to improve outcomes |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | Health and Justice Partnership - London, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → … |