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Community link worker programme - mental health and wellbeing deep dive. Final report 2022
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2022-11
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Evaluation Report
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en
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This project reviewed the mental health and wellbeing workloads of Community Link Workers’ (CLW) in Glasgow. A Community Link Worker (CLW) is part of the GP practice team intended to support patients with a wide range of non-medical issues that may be affecting their health and wellbeing. This includes issues such as: money worries; housing; mental health and wellbeing; loneliness and isolation. CLWs connect people to a diverse range of services across Glasgow as well as offering tailored support and advocacy.Glasgow’s CLW Programme is a component of Glasgow City Health and Social care Partnership’s (HSCP) Primary Care Improvement Plan (Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, 2019).