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Part of the JRF's A Better Life programme , this paper: explores the views of older people and the factors that help or hinder them; and proposes a model which demonstrates how their needs could...

This report by the Nuffield Trust reveals that funding for the Welsh NHS is being reduced in real terms whilst the demand pressures on acute and non-acute health services continue to rise. It predicts...

This new toolkit from the Northern Housing Consortium, a guide to engaging housing and health, demystifies the organisational structures and assurance processes of health and care and sets out six clear...

Summarises a survey of local authorities by the Local Government Information Unit about integration of end of life care in policy and practice, including the extent of involvement by housing services....

Influential architects, Levitt Bernstein - who contributed to the recent HAPPI report - have published a thoughtful paper on the future of housing design standards. Whilst not specific to housing for...

The King's Fund have published an interim report from the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. 'A new settlement for health and social care' argues for better alignment...

This HBF and LGA interim report from the Local Housing Delivery Group chaired by Sir John Harman concludes that there is significant scope for simplification of the existing building standards regime...

Letter and information for NHS Trusts published in March 2013 about financial incentives to identify surplus land for disposal, including references to the potential of land for housing use.