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Cheap lending for older persons housing
Ministers will offer around £170m in cheap equity loans to housing associations and developers to encourage the building of private retirement and supported housing.…
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Bringing health and housing closer
This report looks at how England’s housing should respond to the pressures of an ageing population, by bringing housing and health policy closer together.…
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Neglect for dying people at Health and Wellbeing Boards
Health and Wellbeing Boards (HBWs) in England are ‘neglecting’ the needs of dying people in their key strategies, according to new research by two charities.…
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Unfair distribution of Welfare Pot
Local healthcare services are being underfunded due to problems surrounding the fair allocation of £79bn of government cash, a report claims. According to LG…
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Not enough scrutiny for LAs
Councils are not being adequately held to account over how they spend £36.1bn of yearly Government grants, MPs have warned. I bet we know…
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IPPR suggest a new relationship for citizens and public services
This landmark report sets out a new ‘relational state’ agenda for public service reform that would address complex problems holistically, provide more intensive and…
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Halton Housing Trust advice on health and wellbeing
Halton Housing Trust customers are set to benefit from a newly launched section of the LifeKit, an online toolkit to provide customers with a wide range…
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More than 70% of homeless suffer from poor physical health
More than 70% of homeless people suffer from one or more physical health condition, a report published today has revealed. According to Inside Housing:…
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on line tools for local health and wellbeing
The Return on investment kit from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) allows local authorities to forecast the financial and health…
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All year action for cold homes please
Councils have been urged to undertake ‘year-round action’ to combat the health risks associated with living in a cold home. According to LG News:…
