The NHS as an anchor institution: addressing fuel poverty
The number of households in fuel poverty in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SSoT) is higher than the national average. As anchor institutions, NHS organisations can use their assets to influence the health and wellbeing of their local communities. The Strategy Unit was asked by the Midlands NHS Greening Board to evaluate a cross-sector initiative in SSoT to help alleviate fuel poverty using savings generated through solar panels on NHS buildings. The project is called Keep Warm, Keep Well.
Learning from lockdown: support for people experiencing homelessness
There are few clearer measures of societal health than homelessness.
Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 Evaluation
Our evaluation explores how targeted NHS funding has shaped heart failure services across England and what can be learned for future programmes.