Crisis, the UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness, and Pathway, the leading homeless and inclusion health charity, have published a report which shows how, according to Pathway, 'the national crisis facing both our health and housing systems leads to worsening health for people in inclusion health groups'.

As part of the report, which was launched at Pathway’s recent annual conference, the authors Theo Jackson, Dr. JJ Nadicksbernd, Dee O’Connell & Emily Page reviewed recent literature and cite a number of recent Unit publications from its Homelessness Research Programme. They also cite events at the Unit’s Homelessness series.

The Barometer

Jackson, T, Nadicksbernd, JJ, O’Connell, D, and Page, E. 2024. “Always at the Bottom of the Pile”: The Homeless and Inclusion Health Barometer 2024. London: Pathway; Crisis.

Unit work cited in the Barometer

Cornes, M., Heaslip, V., Tinelli, M., Clark, M., Biswell, E., Manthorpe, J., Coombes, J., Burridge, S., Dorney-Smith, S. (2023) ‘Home First Discharge to Assess and homelessness: Updated support tool and briefing notes complementing the High Impact Change Model for managing transfers of care.’ Partners in Care and Health. https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/68.7%20HICM%20HomelessnessAA.pdf [KCL project page]

Crane, M., Joly, L., Daly, B., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J., Cetrano, G., Ford, C. and Williams, P. (2023) ‘Integration, effectiveness and costs of different models of primary health care provision for people who are homeless: an evaluation study.’ Health Soc Care Deliv Res, 11(16). https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/WXUW5103#/abstract [KCL project page]

Harris, J. (ed.) 2022, Safeguarding Responses to Homelessness and Self-Neglect Communities of Practice Report: Key messages emerging from conversations in research study sites. NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, The Policy Institute, King’s College London, London. https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-075 [KCL project page]

Harris, J. (2023) Evidencing the social work role within responses to multiple exclusion homelessness. NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce, The Policy Institute, King’s College London. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/238415173/Social_work_role_within_responses_to_Homelessness_-_REPORT_2023.pdf [KCL project page]

Harris, J., Martineau, S., Manthorpe, J. Burridge, S., Ornelas, B., Tinelli, M., Cornes, M. (2023) ‘Social work practice with self-neglect and homelessness: Findings from vignette-based interviews.’ The British Journal of Social Work, 53(4) Pages 2256–2276. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac180 [KCL project page]

McCormack, F., Parry, S., Gidlow. C., Meakin, A., and Cornes, M. (2022) ‘Homelessness, hospital discharge and challenges in the context of limited resources: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ views on how to improve practice in a deprived setting.’ Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(6) pp. e4802-e4811. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13887

Tinelli, M., Wittenberg, R., Cornes, M., Aldridge, R. W., Clark, M., Byng, R., Foster, G., Fuller, J., Hayward, A., Hewett, N., Kilmister, A., Manthorpe, J., Neale, J., Biswell, E. & Whiteford, M. (2022) ‘The economic case for hospital discharge services for people experiencing homelessness in England: An in-depth analysis with different service configurations providing specialist care,’ Health and Social Care in the Community. 30 (6). https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14057 [KCL project page]

Events at the Unit cited in the Barometer

Cornes, M., Tinelli, M., Coombes, J. (2022) ‘Out of hospital care services and homelessness,’ Making Research Count. HSCWRU Homelessness series [Webinar] King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru/assets/events/homelessness/2022/cornes-et-al-07.06.22.pdf [KCL project page]

Harris, J., Burridge, S., Ornelas, B. (2023) ‘Safeguarding responses to homelessness & self-neglect. Emerging messages from a national study’ HSCWRU Homelessness series [Webinar] King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru/assets/events/homelessness/2023/safeguarding-meh-webinar-31.1.23.pdf [KCL project page]

Ornelas, B. and Meakin, A. (Nov. 2023) Multiple Exclusion Homelessness: Practitioner Safeguarding Toolkit. HSCWRU Homelessness series [Webinar] King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/multiple-exclusion-homelessness-practitioner-safeguarding-toolkit

Tinelli, M. (2023) ‘A data-driven approach to inform service implementation for people experiencing homelessness’. HSCWRU Homelessness series [Webinar] King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/a-data-driven-approach-to-inform-service-implementation-for-people-experiencing-homelessness [LSE project page]

• Sign up to the Homelessness series at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce (HSCWRU).
• Visit the Homelessness Research Programme at the Unit.