Last modified on Sun 18 Apr 2021 11.14 EDT GPs are to prescribe financial advice sessions for patients as part of a pilot scheme to help people with long-term health conditions. Under the scheme in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, doctors will send patients to see financial support link workers, who will help them claim benefits, obtain grants for essential items and deal with debts. The groups behind the programme, Impact on Urban Health and the Centre for Responsible Credit, said in a report that there was a “reciprocal relationship” between financial health and multiple long-term health conditions, and that those who shaped healthcare policy should take a “much wider” view of public health.