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HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
Monday 4 December 2023
Before we dive into this week's newsletter, our Chief Executive, Jeremy Porteus, has said:
"I am saddened to learn of John Sneddon's death. He championed housing with care and understood how the complexity of the planning system could work in favour of extra care housing. This helped ensure that some of the earliest Department of Health-funded schemes got off the ground.
He was also generous in sharing his knowledge and expertise about planning with the Housing LIN: writing guest blogs, speaking at our events and sponsoring our first planning portal. He will be sorely missed by us and the sector at large."
Here's what you can expect in today's newsletter:
- News Highlights: Including Manchester's newly launched five-year plan for Age-Friendly Manchester, building on the foundations of age-friendly work ongoing in the city.
- Resource Roundup: Read the National Housing Federation's new report examining the scale and impact of renting privately for older renters in particular.
- Expert Insights: Hear from Golden Lane Housing about how the Public Accounts Committee's recently published report will affect the delivery of supported housing.
- Member Spotlight: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), we showcase two of our member-led HAPPI Hour webinars.
- Dates for your Diary: Browse our forthcoming events, including next week's Housing LIN Cymru - Virtual Symposium!
Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!
Best wishes,
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The Housing LIN Team |
News Highlights
Manchester launches five-year plan for Age-Friendly Manchester
The strategy builds on the foundations of age-friendly work ongoing in the city and sets out the vision and priorities for Manchester as an age-friendly city where people can age happily with equality, respect and independence and where they have a voice in the life of the city.
Government’s £40 million urgent and emergency care fund allocated to ease local winter pressures
The government has announced the allocation of a £40 million fund for local authorities to strengthen urgent and emergency care resilience and performance this winter.
- Local areas to receive allocations of £40 million fund to speed up hospital discharge, boost social care provision and prevent avoidable hospital admissions
- Money targeted at local authorities identified as having the greatest challenges with urgent and emergency care.
- Additional community support for those at risk of hospital admission and for hospital discharge will free up beds and support the NHS through winter.
Resource Roundup
The Mayor of London has published his action plan for an age friendly London
Londoners aged 60 and over make up the fastest-growing demographic in the capital. This new report aims to identify, prioritise and develop key actions that need to be delivered to make London one of the world’s leading age-friendly cities.
TAPPI Cast – 1 December 2023
Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.
Older people in the private rented sector: NFH research report 2023
Renting privately is associated with a lack of security, and ongoing issues around conditions and high rents.
This research report from the National Housing Federation (NHF) brings together figures from the English Housing Survey and new polling carried out by YouGov for the NHF to examine the scale and impact of the problem for older renters in particular.
Healthy Ageing in a Changing Climate: Creating Inclusive, Age-Friendly, and Climate Resilient Cities and Communities in the UK
This report by the Urban Institute at Heriot-Watt University, together with the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through its Healthy Ageing Challenge, identifies key areas that require action to address the threat posed by climate change to the healthy ageing of older adults living in the UK.
Creating health in communities; the role of NHS spaces
This joint publication from NHS Property Services and The Health Creation Alliance, the leaders in Health Creation, is a valuable resource and guide for anyone involved in the development of NHS estate to support patient and community wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
Expert Insights
What the Public Accounts Committee’s new report means for the delivery of supported housing
Last month the Public Accounts Committee published a report that, among other things, called on government to demonstrate how it is maximising efforts to get the supply of supported housing to meet demand.
Referencing our recent report on Supported housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in England, John Verge, Chief executive of Golden Lane Housing, and chair of the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network sets out how he thinks the report will affect delivery.
Member Spotlights
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) took place on Sunday 3 December as an opportunity to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities at every level of society.
To celebrate, we drew attention to two recent HAPPI Hour webinars that explored issues around physical and learning disabilities.
Dates For Your Diary
- Housing LIN Cymru - Virtual Symposium on 12/12/2023 15:00 - 17:00
- HAPPI 15 years on on 19/12/2023 16:00 - 17:00
Thank you Tunstall Healthcare
The Housing LIN would like to thank Tunstall Healthcare for its sponsorship of our news pages. This, along with this newsletter, enables us to bring the latest news and information on housing with care and technology matters to our members.