Fuel poverty is defined as the need for a household to spend over 10% of its income to achieve temperatures required for health and comfort.1 Fuel poverty is dependent on: household income fuel prices home energy efficiency The number of households in England in fuel poverty doubled from 2 million …
Last month Haringey Council decided to withdraw funding to its lunch club centres for its elderly. Much concern was expressed and its scrutiny committee was called to take another look. Despite a near unanimous decision of this committee to instruct the Council to reconsider, Haringey Council remained resolute and from …
Busy roads, lack of open space and where we shop for food are just a few examples of how the built environment influences our physical and mental health. Planning can positively affect the health of residents by managing development and securing investment for the public realm. For example, planning policies …
Lancet UK Policy Matters is a website that aims to provide information to the public, professionals and policy makers about the evidence of how policies affect health. The UK is undergoing a period of significant policy change from reforms to the national health service in England to much broader areas …
This project is a collaboration between The Lancet and a team of public health registrars1 in England. You can find out more about the team below. Rob Aldridge Rob is a speciality registrar in public health and NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at University College London. Rob’s research at the Centre …