Health and Social Care
Resources
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The Care Act and Social Care Assessments
Guidance on how to support people accessing homelessness services to request an assessment under the Care Act, how eligibility for social care is determined, and what happens once a decision is made.
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Bitesize Learning: Mental Health and Homelessness
Check out our free bitesize e-learning series on mental health and homelessness for people working in frontline homelessness services.
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Safeguarding Adults at Risk
Guidance on safeguarding adults, including how to raise a safeguarding alert and the role of Safeguarding Adults Boards.
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Improving Accident and Emergency (A&E) experiences
This podcast and posters provide homelessness workers with advice on a range of ways to improve clients’ A&E experiences.
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New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
Information and resources for frontline homelessness organisations on New Psychoactive Substances, including nitazenes and other synthetic opioids.
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Autism and Homelessness
A toolkit to help homelessness teams improve their support to people who are, or may be, autistic.
News
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Women’s specific experiences of homelessness and health must be addressed
For International Women's Day, Homeless Link's Senior Research Manager, Debra Hertzberg, analyses health data to show why women experiencing homelessness need tailored healthcare.
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We must end the revolving door between homelessness and hospitals
Healthcare spending on people facing homelessness is very costly but is achieving very little, writes Dee O’Connell at Pathway, as part of the Reset Homelessness campaign.
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Annual review of the sector reveals immense pressures
Key findings from Homeless Link 2023 research into single homelessness support and how this important evidence supports our government influencing work.
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Influencing health policy with Homeless Link members through the NHS 10 year plan
After consulting members, Homeless Link has submitted a response to the Government's consultation on the future of the NHS. Read a summary here.
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Addressing the health inequalities for people experiencing homelessness and disability
This blog marking the International Day for Persons with Disabilities explores the importance of meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness and disabilities.
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How radical safeguarding can create systemic change for people experiencing homelessness
For Safeguarding Adults week, Gill Taylor, Strategic Lead for the Dying Homeless Project and independent Safeguarding Adult Review author, talks about the Radical Safeguarding Toolkit and encourages practitioners to challenge the status quo of harm and discrimination, and move towards anti-oppressive practice.