Health and housing: From consensus to practice

This paper by MHP Health explores how housing is being considered in areas of the country tasked with improving integration between the NHS and community services. However, it reveals that just one quarter of local authority areas involved in the flagship integrated care pioneers programme have considered housing as a component of joined-up health and social care services. MHP Health's analysis of the joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) of the 49 health and wellbeing boards taking part in or supporting the 'integration pioneers' and 'whole-person care innovation councils' found that one in five councils do not recognise housing in the planning of social care services.