Role of housing in the future of care and support

Role of housing in the future of care and support
SCIE 15 November 2021

• This report for commissioners and managers in health and social care develops a vision and roadmap for providing more options for housing with care and support. It is the result of the research undertaken by the Commission on the Role of Housing in the Future of Care and Support.
•  The Commission focused on the needs of people over the age of 65, although it also takes account of examples of promising practice in relation to working age adults (including those with learning disabilities). The Commission also considered the specific needs of diverse communities who often find it more difficult than others to access high-quality housing that facilitates their care and support. It includes recommendations for local partners including NHS.

Migration and Vulnerability during the Pandemic: Barriers to Wellbeing

Migration and Vulnerability during the Pandemic: Barriers to Wellbeing
Doctors of the World 13 September 2021

• This report reveals that refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reported higher levels of bad health and inadequate housing during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as difficulties registering with a GP and accessing remote health care services, suggesting significant unmet health care needs. The data used in this report comes from service user data collected by DOTW UK from their clinics.

Specialised supported housing: guidance for local government and NHS commissioners

Specialised supported housing: guidance for local government and NHS commissioners
LGA 15 December 2020

• Supported housing is typically defined as a housing service where housing, support and/or care services are provided to help people to live as independently as possible. This is guidance for local government and NHS commissioners about a category of supported housing referred to as ‘Specialised Supported Housing’ (SSH), particularly lease-based models of SSH.

Housing to Health Nottingham

Housing to Health
Nottinghamshire City Homes, Nottingham CCG 2019

• Housing to Health is a partnership between Nottingham City Homes and Nottingham City Care Partnerships aimed at helping to ease the strain on the health service by providing suitable homes to speed up a patients discharge from hospital, or directing people at risk of being admitted to hospital due to their poor living conditions into good quality homes. 
• An evaluation report shows the impact of the project for the period November 2015 to March 2018.

Creating healthy places: NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme

Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme
Kings Fund 26 September 2019

• A series of essays which highlight a number of themes from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme.
• The report concludes that there is significant potential to improve population health through place-making and community development. It also stresses the need for the NHS to be closely involved in major housing developments and regeneration programmes in order to improve health and care outcomes.

LGA Inform themed analysis reports

LGA Infom
Local Government Association

• LGA Inform brings together up to date published data about councils and fire and rescue authorities to create themed reports for each authority. Themes include health and wellbeing, sexual and reproductive health, children, Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), determinants of health and housing.

Homeless Link

Homeless Link

• A charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in England. They carry out research into the latest trends in support for people who become homeless in England, and the issues that affect it. 
• Resources include support for assertive street outreach, co-production toolkit, managing medication, working with mental health services, brain injury and homelessness, suicide prevention, dementia training support

Derby City’s Healthy Housing Hub

Derby City’s Healthy Housing Hub - preventing hospital admissions and more...
Housing LIN, 3 May 2018

• This case study describes how Derby City Council's Health Housing Hub (HHH) has demonstrated a link between health and housing related services across the city to reduce the negative impacts of poor housing on health. 
• The case study is accompanied by a copy of the evaluation research findings undertaken by the Council and Southern Derbyshire CCG.

Housing and Health

Housing and health:Opportunities for sustainability and transformation partnerships 

Kings Fund, National Housing Federation 22 March 2018

• Analysis of the potential contribution of the housing sector to improving health.

Mapping of primary care health services for people who are homeless

Mapping of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless
King’s College London February 2018

• A study that maps primary health care services for people who are homeless in England found  significant variation in the type of service available, with some areas poorly covered. Of the 900 homelessness projects (hostels and day centres) that were surveyed by the researchers, only 43% were linked to a specialist primary health care service.
• The report does not comment on the quality of the services. 
• A separate report (inventory) gives information about 77 of the identified services.

Housing for older people needs national strategy

Housing for older people needs national strategy
House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee 9 February 2018

• This report calls for a national strategy which brings together and improves the policy on housing for older people, and makes a number of recommendations to address the key issues found including home maintenance, adaptations and repairs, to access to financial advice, and to housing supply.

Healthy Homes: accommodating an ageing population

Healthy Homes: accommodating an ageing population
Institute of Mechanical Engineers 8 February 2018

• This report argues that the use of smart technologies could make life better for older people, enabling them to retain their independence and relieve the pressure on health and social care services.  It outlines a series of recommendations to ensure that the ageing population remains fit and well into old age.

Healthy by design: The Healthy New Towns Network Prospectus

Healthy by design: The Healthy New Towns Network Prospectus
NHS England 31 January 2018

• An explanation of the rationale for the Healthy New Towns Network which brings together health providers, commissioners, local government and developers to create healthier places.
• The Healthy New Towns programme explores how new housing developments can achieve better health outcomes. 
• The programme in planned to run until March 2019 and has three key aims: 
• 1. To shape new towns, neighbourhoods and communities to promote health and wellbeing, prevent illness and keep people independent
•  2. To radically rethink the delivery of health and care services in areas free from legacy constraints, and to support learning about new models of deeply integrated care 
• 3. To spread learning and good practice to future developments and regeneration areas

Home from hospital: How housing services are relieving pressure on the NHS

Home from hospital: How housing services are relieving pressure on the NHS
National Housing Federation 12 September 2017
Case study report showing 12 examples of schemes where people get the care and support they need outside of hospital wards. These include:

• Temporary homes for people who cannot return to their own home immediately (known as a “step down” service)
• Extra care, and health and wellbeing services
• Home improvements, including safety, sustainability and suitability of homes
• Occupational therapists, telecare solutions and advice on housing options

Health and housing: building the evidence base

Health and housing: building the evidence base
Housing LIN, 3 April 2017

• This evidence review suggests that closer working between the NHS and the housing sector can help reduce hospital admissions and emergency department visits, speed up the discharge of older patients and maintain the independence of older people.

The district council contribution to public health

The district council contribution to public health: : a time of challenge and opportunity
Kings Fund for District Councils’ Network, 19 November 2015

• This report contributes to the understanding, assessment and development of the role of district councils in improving the health of their citizens and communities. It focuses on district councils’ role in promoting public health through some of their key functions and enabling roles. 

Understanding the impact of housing on health

Health and housing resources
PHE, 21 October 2015

• A series of resources around health and housing which aim to better equip professionals in environmental health, housing, public health and social care to work together locally to reduce the impact of poor housing and homelessness on physical and mental health and wellbeing, and the impact on health care and social care services.
• Including 
• A health and housing resource developed by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health including evidence, case studies and guidance to enhance local understanding of the relationship between the home environment and health.
• A suite of training resources, a study on the impact of the Housing Workforce on Health Outcomes, and case studies developed by Sitra.
• Standards and supporting guidance to develop the housing sector’s capability in generating evidence of ‘what works’ in improving health outcomes, led by HACT.

Housing for Health

Housing for Health  http://www.housingforhealth.net/

• This website provides easily digestible information about housing, and insights into ways in which new health-housing partnerships might achieve the necessary transformation in health.
• It includes advice around how primary care and health commissioners interface with housing and relevant evidence resources.

Healthy new towns programme

Healthy new towns programme
NHS England, PHE, 1 July 2015

• NHS England is seeking expressions of interest in its Health New Towns programme
• This programme forms part of the Five year Forward View supporting the development of strong communities and healthy places to live through good urban and housing design.
• The programme has three core objectives: 
• a. To develop new and more effective ways of shaping new towns, neighbourhoods and strong communities that promote health and wellbeing, prevent illness and keep people independent
• b. To show what is possible when we radically rethink how health and care services could be delivered, freed from the legacy constraints (i.e. existing services) that operate in other areas. This will support the New Models of Care programme by adding to the learning about how health and care services could be integrated to provide better outcomes at the same or lower cost
• c. To accomplish the first two objectives in a way that can be replicated elsewhere, making learning available to other national programmes as well as other local areas

How communities need to adapt to an ageing population

‘At home’
ILC-UK and Age UK, 8 May 2014

• This briefing is the output from a seminar exploring how communities need to adapt to an ageing society and examines how people ageing in the community can be supported through good design, planning and adaptation of their homes to support their health and happiness.