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Digital Literacy as a Determinant of Health

Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield

Digital literacy is increasingly a gateway to health, wellbeing and opportunity. Accessing GP services, managing long-term conditions, applying for benefits, finding housing support, or engaging in education now relies on digital confidence as much as clinical provision.   Building on widely recognised determinants of health, such as income, housing, education and social networks, digital inclusion