Insights

Every winter the UK records a measurable rise in deaths above the seasonal baseline, and a substantial share of that excess is cardiovascular in origin rather than respiratory.…

The relationship between damp housing and childhood asthma has moved over the last twenty years from suggestive observation to robust epidemiological consensus.…

The Energy Company Obligation in its current iteration represents the largest publicly funded retrofit programme in the UK, with a clear remit to address fuel poverty in the least …

Outdoor air pollution receives the lion's share of public attention in the UK air-quality conversation, and not unreasonably — its contribution to chronic respiratory and cardiovas…

The framing of fuel poverty in UK public discourse has historically been physical: cold homes, condensation, hypothermia, excess winter deaths.…

Falls in the older population are among the largest preventable contributors to morbidity, loss of independence, and unplanned hospital admission in the UK.…

It is now nearly a decade and a half since the Marmot Review's housing chapter set out what was then the state of the evidence on housing as a determinant of health, and the interv…

Social prescribing has matured over the last several years from a peripheral primary-care innovation to a recognised component of the integrated care offer.…

The phrase 'housing as medicine' has entered the UK health-policy vocabulary with some regularity over the past decade, used at conferences, in commentary pieces, and in the introd…

Continuing professional development for clinicians on home-environment-aware practice is a more developed area than it was a decade ago, but it remains scattered across providers, …

A clinically literate summary of the UK evidence linking damp and mould to childhood asthma exacerbation, the legal duty introduced by Awaab's Law, and a practical referral pathway…

A practical primary-care reference on the link between cold housing and stroke risk, with a clear pathway for when to write a warm-home recommendation and refer for retrofit assess…

A clinically literate summary of the evidence linking indoor CO2, VOCs and particulate matter to measurable cognitive performance loss, with practical guidance on home and workplac…

An evidence-led summary of the residual lead-pipe problem in UK housing, the current blood lead level guidance, the patchwork of water company replacement schemes, and how clinicia…

A practical primary-care reference on fuel poverty as a clinical exposure, the role of social prescribing, and a workflow that links the consulting room to ECO4 grant signposting a…