Health begins at home, pop up uni, 3pm, 3 september 2015

Greater Manchester Housing Providers

Health Begins at Home

GM Housing Providers

Charlie Norman – St Vincents HA

Stephanie Harrison – Regenda Homes


The Partnership


Place Shapers Health & Housing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-od5iXaDGQ


What We Do • High quality warm homes for those in need • Supported accommodation/older persons

schemes and services • Support in communities and for individuals • Work with complex families • Projects to enhance life opportunities • Work across tenure – health pledges • Employment and skills opportunities


Five Ways to Wellbeing


Time for Radical Change • Five Year Forward Plan / 12 CCG Plans • Opportunity for change and focus on prevention • GM Health and Social Care Devolution

– £6bn pot devolved but £7.1bn spend – Better quality of life by 2020 & close health

inequalities gap – Integration and collaboration – Prevention and wellbeing focus – early action


Time for Radical Change

• GM Health and Social Care Devolution: – Transform mental health care and support

– Transform primary care

– Community based care

– Safe transition to new models of hospital care

– Innovation and speed

– Partnership working


Cost of Poor Housing


Support to GP’s and Hospitals

• New homelessness service to prevent Tameside ‘revolving door’ hospital admissions

• Share ‘hotspot’ data (Bolton)

• Supporting GP’s locally


Link with Medical Centres

• Housing triage

• Preventative services from health centres

• Adaptations

• Assistive technology

• Free up GP time

• Social prescribing


Joan and Badger


Assistive Technology




Greater Manchester Housing Providers Winter Warmth

Greater Manchester Housing Providers Links with Community


Step Up/Down & Extra Care


A Good Start


Housing and Health – Our Offer

• Providers offer one point of contact

• Embedded and trusted in communities now

• Prevention in the community and at home

• Step up/step down support and accommodation (new and existing)

• Hubs and resources across GM – locality focus

• Scale and pace


Housing and Health – Our Offer

• Increase our work on assistive technology, falls prevention and telehealth

• Support to GP’s and hospitals – reduce admissions and housing triage

• Align our resources and priorities with health

• Scale up what we do well already

• Support transition to more prevention – pilots?


Thank you • [email protected]

• Robin.

Health begins at home, pop up uni, 3pm, 3 september 2015

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