We must always be on the look-out for different ways of doing old things – like heating our homes.
Warm Home Prescription is an innovative new service being piloted by Energy Systems Catapult and a select number of NHS regions, helping vulnerable people with both low incomes and existing cold-sensitive health conditions, to stay warm and well at home, and out of hospital during the winter.
Millions of people in the UK have health conditions – such as respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses – that are made worse by living in a cold home. With over 10,000 people dying each year in England and Wales – as a result of living in cold homes.
This pilot aims to determine whether it is more cost-effective to help pay the heating costs of vulnerable people than it is to pay for their care in hospital if they fall ill – saving the NHS money overall and reducing pressure on frontline staff.
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