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Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness and other excluded groups. Hosts of the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health.

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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵? Online Masterclass, Tuesday 20th October, 3:30-5pm. Researchers from the University of Manchester and Groundswell on what the evidence shows👇 tinyurl.com/5x9tdcjs
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🔊 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳, 𝟭𝟬-𝟭𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 Wanted: new research, innovation, collaboration and lived experience focused submissions on the themes of: Ending rough sleeping and the Neighbourhood health agenda & Inclusion Health. Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/4t3t3cjv
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
💡 New blog: ADHD, trauma & homelessness Dr Simone Steadman explores why neurofriendly, trauma-informed service design can reduce barriers, improve engagement and support better health outcomes. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/mvdu4e5u #EndingHomelessness #InclusionHealth #NHS
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲”: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 & 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Online Masterclass, 28th July, 3.30-5pm. Learn how homelessness, social care & inclusion health services can embed harm reduction principles to improve health & wellbeing outcomes👇 lnkd.in/eAWDvRD3
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📢 Booking is open for our Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health's CPD day at the University of Brighton on Friday 10th July, 9.30am to 4pm. Speakers include Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of @pathwayuk.bsky.social and former Chair of the RCGP. Find out more & book 👇 tinyurl.com/32mub3vv
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨Read our new blog: 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹 Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Jenny Drife shares a frontline perspective on why inclusion health must be central to policy & service design, and why equitable healthcare requires systemic change - not just frontline goodwill. 👉 tinyurl.com/4a8yd24w
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Big thanks to Takeda UK & Ireland for their donation of 15 laptops 💚 They'll make a real difference to the volunteers on our Lived Experience Programme 🙌 Thank you for backing our work on tackling health inequalities and ensuring people experiencing homelessness can access the care they need.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We know what works: ✅ Safe step-down care ✅ MDT hospital teams ✅ Tackling stigma ✅ Co-design with lived experience With national commitments to end discharge from hospital to the street in place, the priority now is delivery. Read the full blog here 👇 lnkd.in/ehxpjdfA
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢 New blog in our inclusion health series by @gemashwell.bsky.social on intermediate care and integrated services for people experiencing homelessness. It highlights stark inequalities - and the consequences when systems don’t work together - alongside what effective, joined-up care can achieve 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
💡Is Lived Experience shaping decisions in health and care? The 2nd blog in our new inclusion heath series written by Jamesy Dillon, Dr Nic Dickson and Dr Lynsay Crawford challenges us to move towards real co-production. Read the full blog here 👇 tinyurl.com/yfh978ck
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
✅ Holistic, person-centred care that wraps around the individual ✅ Services that are genuinely accessible, designed to meet people where they are 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 — 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The forthcoming Modern Service Framework on Mental Health and the move towards increased neighbourhood health services present an opportunity to drive change. Pathway is calling for: ✅ Equitable access to high-quality mental health care for people experiencing homelessness 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Hospital teams on the Pathway Partnership Programme see this reality. In 2024/25, over half of patients had mental health problems and 44% were also living with substance abuse. The significant barriers they face accessing support result in a vicious cycle of homelessness and poor mental health.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🧠 It’s Mental Health Awareness Week The connection between mental health and homelessness is deep, persistent - and too often unmet. Recent research shows: ➡️ Significant mental health needs before homelessness ➡️ Lack of access to support services ➡️ Rising self-medication to help with symptoms
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
➡️ Clinically led, multi-disciplinary teams to provide holistic support ➡️ A focus on prevention, integration & support developing neighbourhood health services, ➡️ A refresh of self-neglect and mental capacity policy & practice tools to support local authorities’ safeguarding responsibilities.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Nearly a third were facing a combination of mental health, substance misuse and safeguarding needs. If we are serious about preventing and responding to homelessness, our health and social care systems must be part of the solution. We are calling for 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New Government statistics published today show a concerning increase in the clinical and social complexity of people facing homelessness. Hospital teams across the @pathwayuk.bsky.social Partnership Programme are seeing this complexity grow day by day 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
In March, Pathways from Homelessness 2026 brought together 400 people to discuss shaping more inclusive health services to better support those most in need. We’re continuing the conversation in a new blog series. Read the first by @pathwayuk.bsky.social's CEO Alex Bax 👇 tinyurl.com/h4vmmm3s
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pathways from Homelessness 2026 is done. Huge thanks to our Lived Experience team, 400 colleagues and 65 expert speakers for your contributions to discussion, debate and shared learning. We hope you've been inspired, challenged and re-energised for the vital work you do in inclusion health.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Professor Kamila Hawthorne chairing an excellent penultimate session on the importance of cross sector collaboration to tackle homelessness and multiple disadvantage. A strong focus from all on the panel that lived experience must drive the system change & research needed to tackle homelessness.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Thank you to Juliet Mountford of @crisis-uk.bsky.social for chairing Housing for Recovery on day 2 of Pathways from Homelessness. Shocking research findings shared by Faye Sanders on the biological impact of poor quality housing, including early ageing of both children and adults.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pathways from Homelessness day 2 is in full swing after our early breakfast panel on rethinking access to care led by @mkushel.bsky.social. Today's first plenary, planned and led by @pathwayuk.bsky.social's Lived Experience team, is about to start: Homelessness Is not a choice: bustin’ the myths.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We’ve had an excellent first day at Pathways from Homelessness 2026. Thank you to everyone who joined us, to our brilliant expert speakers and all our panel Chairs. There is much to reflect on, absorb and take action on together. We return tomorrow for part 2.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Homelessness isn't just a housing issue, it's a childhood isssue as well." Lee Ball from @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social stressing the importance of building protective pathways as early as possible to a packed room at Pathways from Homelessness 2026.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
An excellent session at the 2026 Pathway conference on improving equity of access to health and well-being services. Thank you Dr Sarah Dalrymple, Specialty Registrar Stennack Surgery, and Dr Sian Hughes and Leanne Davies from @crisis-uk.bsky.social for sharing your expert insights and knowledge.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Pathways from Homelessness 2026 is underway 💚 A warm welcome to all. First up, Gareth Davis & Jamesy Dillon of @pathwayuk.bsky.social's Lived Experience team in discussion with @durkadougall.bsky.social, Prof Andy Knox MBE and Dr Amy Stevens on neighbourhoods, left shifts and national plans.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 𝙏𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝘾𝙤-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 @pathwayuk.bsky.social's next Masterclass, led by Dr Alex Macnamara, public health consultant for Hull City Council, is on Thursday 30th April, 3.30-5pm. Join us to hear about tackling stigma in health settings. Book your place here: tinyurl.com/mr3wph5t
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Fabulous to see @inclusiongp.bsky.social 💚
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📢 FINAL CALL for Pathways from Homelessness on 18 & 19 March! We are close to in-person capacity, so don’t delay in booking. You can also attend online, giving full access to the conference live stream and to the on demand video box set after the event 👇 tinyurl.com/4t3t3cjv
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
➡️ Professor Jane Currie, University of New South Wales, Australia ➡️ Professor David Buck, University of Houston, USA ➡️ Steven Rolfe, Arthur Labatt School of Nursing, Western University, Canada Find out about our conference programme and book your place 👇 tinyurl.com/4t3t3cjv
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Our 2026 Faculty for Homeless & Inclusion Health International Conference starts is fast approaching. Join us to hear from our international speakers: ➡️ @mkushel.bsky.social, University of California, USA ➡️ Dr Michale Anderson & Kristin Ingraham, Inner City Health Associates, Canada Also 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐁𝐄: Non-Executive Director, NHS England @durkadougall.bsky.social 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥: Chief Executive, Centre for Population Health 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐱 𝐌𝐁𝐄: Medical Director NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB Find out more and book your place 👇 tinyurl.com/4t3t3cjv
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It's less than 4 weeks until our Pathways from Homelessness conference taking place over 18 and 19 March. Join us to hear from: 𝐃𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫: National Medical Director, NSHE 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐁𝐄: Chief Executive, Crisis 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐁𝐄: Past Chair, RCGP; Pathway Chair and, also 👇
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@pathwayuk.bsky.social is delighted that Prof Kamila Hawthorne MBE and Dr Crystal Oldman CBE have been appointed to its Board, Kamila as Chair. They bring many years' experience of national leadership and front-line clinical practice in deprived communities. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/2s4druvn
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Excellent to see Peter Blackburn’s article in the BMA's The Doctor on the hospital homelessness teams who are part of pathwayuk.bsky.social's Partnership Programme. Their work is both life changing for people experiencing homelessness and a vital cost saver for the NHS 👇 tinyurl.com/mrbsk4r8
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📢 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. @pathwayuk.bsky.social's next Masterclass is on 26 February, 3.30pm to 5pm. Find out more and book your place here 👇 tinyurl.com/mr3wph5t
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thanks for sharing @inclusiongp.bsky.social
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
📢 The full agenda is now live for our 15th Annual International Homelessness and Inclusion Health Conference – Pathways from Homelessness 2026, taking place Wednesday 18 – Thursday 19 March 2026. View the full programme and book your place here 👇 tinyurl.com/5a6bvkp6
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Thanks for sharing @inclusiongp.bsky.social
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
How can local authorities work with the NHS to get the most out of the health commitments in the Government's National Plan for Ending Homelessness? Read @deeoconnell.bsky.social’s recent piece in The Municipal Journal 👇 tinyurl.com/36zsjhza
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In the Health Service Journal this week, Alex Bax, @pathwayuk.bsky.social's CEO, assesses whether the Government is on track to meet its manifesto pledge following the recent launch of the “National Plan to End Homelessness”. Read the full article here 👇 tinyurl.com/yd35fb4b
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📢 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙏𝙎𝘿 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. @pathwayuk.bsky.social's first online Masterclass of 2026 is on 27 January, 3.30pm to 5pm. Find out more and book here 👇 tinyurl.com/5423b4u3
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The commitments require further concrete action to bring real change, and there are also reasons for caution. Housing is the ultimate foundation to good health and the strategy overlooks key proven measures that would help end homelessness. Read more👇 tinyurl.com/24auukpr
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Pathway responds to the National Plan to End Homelessness  – Pathway
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We welcome ambitions set out in the Plan: ✅Improving existing funding streams to support specialist intermediate care. ✅Embedding housing officers in hospital discharge teams. ✅Improving access to care and challenging the stigma people facing homelessness experience.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Today, the Government has published its long-awaited National Plan to End Homelessness. We’re delighted to see a firm commitment to ending the unacceptable practice of discharging people from hospital to the street. @pathwayuk.bsky.social has long called for this vital and overdue change.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Doctors are the experts on health, and what helps and harms our health. It’s therefore so powerful to see them standing up for the dangers faced by people experiencing homelessness and calling for action in the Government’s forthcoming homelessness strategy. We support this call.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@pathwayuk.bsky.social has called for this change for many years and are very pleased to have contributed to the thinking. See our paper for next steps on implentation 👇 tinyurl.com/56xepe6y Many thanks to @nhsengland.bsky.social's health inequalities team, to Mary Hill & Cicely Ryder-Belson.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Recording of patient housing status drives: 🤕 Better understanding of the needs of patients facing homelessness 🏥 Better commissioning of services to meet people’s needs 🔦 Greater accountability for services and outcomes
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We warmly welcome the news that, for the first time, housing status has been included in @nhsengland.bsky.social's Statement of Information on Health Inequalities, setting out what information Trusts and Integrated Care Boards should collect to meet their equalities duties.
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Pathway @pathwayuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
@suzannahyoung.bsky.social thansk for sharing
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