Safe housing is essential for good health. Last week we joined with colleagues at Pathway - Homeless and Inclusion Health to publish a report, supported by Specsavers, revealing how people can be trapped in a cycle of homelessness, poor health and poverty.
Helping or Harming? Published today, the Homelessness and Inclusion Health Barometer 2025 from Pathway - Homeless and Inclusion Health and Crisis lays bare the crisis that continues to push people into vicious cycles of homelessness, poor health and destitution. The report, supported by Specsavers, identifies missed opportunities and unsafe practice across the NHS hitting those most in need. Unsafe practices include poor hospital care and discharges to the street (more than 4,200 last year), leaving people with desperate unmet needs. We can do better than this. Building on the experience and insights of our Inclusion Health colleagues and the pockets of excellent practice we see around the country, we can turn the tide on these health inequalities and their contribution to rising homelessness. Crisis and Pathway - Homeless and Inclusion Health are calling on the Government to put healthcare for people facing homelessness and other kinds of social exclusion at the heart of tackling the current health and housing crises. With the Government currently working on a new homelessness strategy and a 10-year plan for the NHS we need to see major reform, which provides people with the safe and secure housing and the accessible healthcare they need. Read the full report here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eaVx5mZP #InclusionHealth2025