Improving the Health of the Homeless and How to Achieve It within the New NHS Architecture

Batchelor, Paul and Kingsland, James (2020) Improving the Health of the Homeless and How to Achieve It within the New NHS Architecture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (11). e4100. ISSN 1661-7827

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114100

Abstract

The publication of the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan sees the creation of Primary Care Networks as the most appropriate solution to help improve overall health and address health inequalities. A key segment of society that suffers from poor health is the homeless. While the potential for the group to benefit from the NHS reform policy programme in England exists, it requires stronger collaborative working between the health and social care sectors Not least the new arrangements provide opportunities to tackle existing disease as well as the determinants of future ill health. However, if the policy vision is to be achieved, relations between the two sectors must occur and cross sector boundaries be broken down.


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