Innovation in Housing: Health and prevention in Cwm Taf Morgannwg

住房是人们健康的一个关键因素。维护不善、过度拥挤、寒冷、潮湿或不安全的房屋是造成身心健康不良的主要原因，也是造成人口差异扩大的主要原因。威尔士的国民健康保险制度每年要花费1亿英镑，因为慢性病患者病情加重，更频繁地去看全科医生或医院，这与医疗保健需求增加和获得护理的机会减少有关。优质住房对健康和福祉至关重要。每花费1英镑在家庭适应上可以节省7.50英镑的健康和社会护理成本，同时减少我们经常看到的更广泛的社会和健康差异。该项目将通过住房和健康数据的联系来确定最受益的家庭。我们将使用每次出售或租赁物业时创建的能源性能证书（EPC）中的详细信息。这些包含有用的信息，告诉我们很多关于房子的能源效率，以及可以做些什么来提高这一点。有一个名为ECO 4的计划，这是一个来自能源公司利润的10亿英镑的英国基金。ECO 4提供赠款，资助家庭节能升级，减少排放，电力和能源账单。赠款用于支付新的供暖系统，如锅炉、阁楼或安装，主要是为了提高能源效率、减少燃料短缺和能源成本，以及改善健康福利。该计划的一部分称为LA Flex，允许地方当局也建议财产接受赠款，以改善居住在那里的人有慢性健康状况。该项目有三个关键目标：确定将受益于ECO 4的目标人群和个人;制定如何交付操作的计划;并探索我们将如何与多个利益相关者以法定方式实现这一目标。作为一个团队，我们已经完成了一个成功的项目，我们研究了生活在社会住房中的人们在新冠肺炎发病率和住院率方面的差异由Hafod Housing开发。我们将再次与Hafod合作，交付这个项目，看看我们如何改善他们的住房存量，但我们旨在开发的许多方法将对Cwm Taf Morgannwg及其他地区的许多家庭有用。

Housing is a key factor in people's health. Poorly maintained, overcrowded, cold, damp or insecure homes are key generators of poor physical and mental health, as well as driving wider differences in the population. Poor housing costs the NHS in Wales in the region of £100m per year with people with chronic conditions becoming sicker, visiting the GP or hospital more often and is linked with both increased healthcare need and reduced access to care.Good quality housing is essential for health and well-being. Every £1 spent on home adaptations can generate £7.50 of health and social care cost savings, whilst reducing wider social and health differences that we often see.This project will identify the homes that can most benefit through the linkage of housing and health data. We will use the details from Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) that are created every time a property is sold or rented. These contain useful information which tells us a lot about the energy efficiency of a house and also what can be done to improve this.There is a scheme called ECO4 which is a UK-wide £1billion fund created from the profits of energy companies. ECO4 provides grants to fund energy efficient upgrades to homes reducing emissions, electricity and energy bills. Grants pay for new heating systems like boilers, loft or installation designed primarily to increase energy efficiency, reduce fuel poverty and energy costs and improvement health benefits. Part of this scheme called LA Flex allows local authorities to also propose properties to receive the grants for improvement where the people living there have a chronic health condition.This project has three key objectives; Identify the target population and individuals who will benefit from ECO4; Develop the plan how to deliver the operation; and Exploring of how we will deliver this in statutory way with multiple stakeholders.As a group we have already completed a successful project where we looked at the differences in Covid rates and hospital attendance for people living in Social Housing opened by Hafod Housing. We will work with Hafod again to deliver this project looking at how we can improve their housing stock but many of the approaches we aim to develop will be useful for many homes both in Cwm Taf Morgannwg and beyond.