Delivering integrated health and social care services

"Across all forms of health care needs, both physical and mental, people experiencing homelessness report poorer diagnoses and greater barriers to accessing healthcare support than the general population, as evidenced in the Unhealthy State of Homelessness report. In 2022 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidelines on how to deliver integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness (NG214). They aimed to improve access to and engagement with health

and social care, and ensure care is coordinated across different services.

In response, a series of six case studies exploring services that exemplify best practice in delivering the NICE guidelines have been developed by the Homeless Health Consortium (HHC). The case studies illustrate how collaboration across the health and homelessness sectors can effectively reduce health inequalities."