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The Commission on Creating Healthy Cities, chaired by Lord Best and Kellogg College’s Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Oxford, investigated the links between urban matters and health and wellbeing. Their resultant report brings together a set of recommendations, which follow under four headings, including the built environment.

Jessamy Hayes, Programme Manager, Independent Living and Supported Living at Norfolk County Council, reflects on the findings from a series of focus groups held with Norfolk residents in early 2020 that revealed the complexity associated with promoting a new housing scheme.

Following the announcement earlier this month of a £20m supported housing improvement fund for local authorities on interventions to improve quality of supported housing, last week saw the release of government guidance to aid local authorities better plan for their supported housing populations.

Please take part in this survey researching how the Disabled Facilities Grant is meeting the needs (or not meeting the needs) of the South Asian and Black African community.

This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other items that caught our interest, including Inside Housing's article titled 'Landlords must make decisions with tenants, not just involve them' and Irwin Mitchell's new report, 'Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing Development: Meeting the need for an ageing population'.

It’s #RuralHousingWeek and the Housing LIN would like to draw your attention to a range of useful resources that address the challenges facing housing in rural communities, including an Inquiry report that made several 'rural proofing' recommendations to increase the quality, supply, and range of more appropriate age-friendly housing.

We are delighted to announce the successful ‘Co-Production and Engagement’ and ‘Evaluation and Shared Learning’ partners for ‘TAPPI2: from Principles to Implementation’, led by the Housing LIN in partnership with TEC Services Association and funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust.

This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other items that caught our interest, including the Department for Health's plan for digital health and social care and the implementation of new Integrated Care Systems. 

The Health and Care Act 2022 has now completed the parliamentary process and has received Royal Assent. This is an important step on the journey towards establishing ICSs, moving them onto a statutory footing with the establishment of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs).

Published by The Department of Health and Social Care, the plan for digital health and social care sets out a vision for a digitally enabled health and social care system and how we can achieve it – it collates existing digital strategies, plans and guidance into one single action plan.