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Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This NICE guideline makes practice recommendations on how to improve the health and wellbeing of people vulnerable to the cold and reduce the health risks associated with living in a cold home. It aims to help meet a number of public health goals, including reducing preventable excess winter deaths, reducing pressure on health and social care services, improve the energy efficiency of homes and reducing fuel poverty. It includes recommendations on: developing a strategy for people living in cold homes; identifying people at risk from cold homes; ensuring there is a single-point-of-contact health and housing referral service; training health and social care practitioners to help people with cold homes; raising awareness among practitioners and the public of how to keep warm at home; and ensuring buildings meet required standards. The guideline is aimed at health, social care and voluntary sector practitioners; commissioners; and housing and energy supplies. (Edited publisher abstract)