Health and Social Care
Resources
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Brain injury and homelessness
Information and guidance on brain injuries, including how they impact individuals, the links between brain injury and homelessness, and how frontline workers can support.
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Palliative Care and Homelessness
Guidance on palliative care including why it is relevant to the homelessness sector, and how services can identify and support those who may need palliative services.
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Equalising cancer screening rates for people experiencing homelessness
A report presenting what works to improve cancer screening for people experiencing homelessness, with recommendations for policy makers.
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Unhealthy State of Homelessness 2025: Findings from the Homeless Health Needs Audit
The Unhealthy State of Homelessness 2025 presents findings from 57 Homeless Health Needs Audits (HHNAs), representing 6,093 individuals.
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Tuberculosis
Guidance on tuberculosis including who is at risk, symptoms, treatment, and how homelessness services can support those affected.
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Delivering integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness
Best practice case studies illustrating how to deliver on the NICE guidelines around integrated services to reduce health inequalities.
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Meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness with a traumatic brain injury
Dr Jess Barton, Lead of the Westminster Homeless Neuropsychology Pathway, outlines the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness with a brain injury and offers support tips for homelessness staff.
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Breaking the Cycle guest blog: Health Bus Trust on how health care can help end homelessness
Deano Pickering from Health Bus Trust what needs to change to turn the ambitions of the National Plan to End Homelessness into action, focusing in on how accessible and appropriate health care is critical to ending and preventing homelessness.
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Free flu jabs for people experiencing homelessness
People experiencing homelessness will now be offered a free flu vaccination on the NHS, beginning in Autumn 2026.
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Women experiencing homelessness face even worse health challenges
New data from the Unhealthy State of Homelessness clearly demonstrates the extra health challenges faced by women experiencing homelessness - but there may be some positive news ahead.
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Is it time for change in social care and homelessness? Our response to the Casey Commission
This blog summarises the evidence we presented to the Casey Commission, laying out how a social care focus could help transform the homelessness system for the better.
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Homelessness Strategy falls short on addressing deep homelessness and health links
Our comment piece for Inside Housing discusses how our Unhealthy State of Homelessness report can help ensure the government’s strategy breaks the cycle of worsening ill health and homelessness.
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SWEP: more than just temperature
A free webinar exploring the impact of climate change on homelessness, in particular, the planning and delivery of SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol).
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Palliative Care and Homelessness
A free webinar exploring the importance of integrating palliative and end of life care within the homelessness sector.
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Practice Innovation Forum - improving access to mental health support
Join our latest Innovation Forum focusing on ways to develop better access mental health support for people experiencing homelessness. Hear from speakers innovating in this area and use innovative thinking techniques to generate solutions to the challenges faced within your own local area.
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Good Practice Learning Session: The Care Act and Safeguarding
A free interactive session with our National Practice Development team, focused on The Care Act and safeguarding.
Online Free