Housing, health and human beings:Lessons from England on the challenges of establishing an integrated approach to fuel poverty

Simon Roberts6 October 2014Energy Action Conference, Dublin cse_bristol

Fuel poverty is not a priority…

nor should it be.

But living in a cold home makes most health conditions worse.

So tackle the cold home to improve health outcomes.

NICE guidance: Key draft recommendations• Focus on role of cold homes in exacerbating local health

problems and reflect in resulting strategies

• Use health data and housing data to identify people at risk and trigger appropriate interventions

• Commission services to tackle cold homes (and access support from others) and participate in effective referral networks

• Don’t discharge vulnerable from hospital to a cold home

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-phg70/documents

Thank you

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