A new website has been launched to offer a digital lifeline to those with a long-term or serious health condition.
When you or someone you care for has a long-term or serious illness, life can feel difficult. Problems relating to money, jobs, housing and social care can be common – and often people don’t understand the support they’re entitled to, or how to access it.
The new Routes to Rights platform, supported by funding from the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria, helps patients find financial, practical, and health support that could make a huge difference to quality of life.
The development of the Routes to Rights site has been led by Dr Colette Hawkins, an experienced Palliative Medicine Consultant with University Hospitals Tees. She said:
“There are lots of services offering advice and support, but it can be hard to know where to go, or what to ask. Services often work separately from each other and the system isn’t joined up at all. People often find themselves lost, or battling, to get the support they are entitled to by law. The Routes to Rights site helps everyone understand their legal rights when they are ill or looking after someone else who is ill, and makes it easier for people to get the right advice and support when they need it.”
Read more via the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria website…
