County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership

Welcome

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

The County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership is a strategic partnership concerned with reducing fuel poverty and encouraging people to keep warm and keep healthy, rather than suffering from the effects of the cold. We also offer fire safety and home safety advice.

The partnership is made up of a number of organisations, including: NHS County Durham, tadea, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, Welfare Rights, Age Concern, Durham County Council and Durham Dales GP Led Commissioning Consortium.

This site is designed for partner organisations to use for their information and resources, as well as for the public to take our advice and work towards having a warm and healthy home.

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Hotspots Newsletter Autumn 2012

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

We have uploaded the latest Hotspots newsletter to our Hotspots Newsletter section of the site. You can also download it here:

Hotspots Newsletter Issue 7 Autumn 2012

If you are not already on our newsletter mailing list and you would like to receive it to your inbox, please email health@tadea.com.

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County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership Event 2012

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

On the 7th November, we hosted the County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership event for 2012, entitled Innovation, Progress and the Partnership Effect. We had 88 delegates in attendance and the event provided an excellent networking opportunity. The keynote speaker was Professor Eugene Milne, who presented on health inequalities and maintaining progress in the face of the changing shape of the NHS. There were also presentations from Steve Hunter from tadea, Chris Graham from Welfare Rights, and Liz Charles from the Durham Rural Community Council. Topics included: health inequalities, ECO and Green Deal, Welfare Reform, and the Durham Community Oil Scheme. Sarah Lee gave a presentation on the success of the Hotspots project and Energy on Prescription. She also invited two patients who had taken part in the Energy on Prescription scheme to explain the positive effect that it had had on their lives. These talks were particularly moving and well received. With a large attendance list and a variety of interesting topics, the event was a huge success and was a useful chance to network and share ideas.

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New leaflets online

Posted on October 31, 2012 by admin

We’ve added some new leaflets to the Other Leaflets page. These leaflets were produced by tadea (a member of the County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership and the managing agent for the Hotspots project) and they give details on tadea’s health projects, and offer advice on cost-effective measures for staying warm at home.

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County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership Event 7th November 2012

Posted on September 5, 2012 by admin

The County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership will be holding its third annual stakeholder event, focusing on the alleviation of fuel poverty and cold-related ill health. The event is in early development and this is an opportunity to ‘save the date’ before your diary gets too busy.

The event will be held on Wednesday 7th November 2012 in Durham. It will be a half-day event in the morning, followed by lunch.

An agenda will be circulated in due course, along with invitations, venue details and booking requirements. However, the event will cover topics such as:

• Green Deal and ECO
• National policy context including Professor Hills Fuel Poverty Review, DoH Cold Weather Plan
• NHS/Local Government/Welfare Reforms update
• Durham Fuel Poverty Projects incl. Hotspots, Energy on Prescription and more

The event will be a great networking opportunity too, with invitations going out to local, regional and national partners.

You don’t need to respond to this email, please just pop the date in your diary and we’ll send you more information over the coming weeks.

Many thanks,

Sarah Lee

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Energy on Prescription

Posted on July 2, 2012 by admin

The Energy on Prescription project paid the fuel bills of a number of County Durham’s most vulnerable residents between January and March 2012. The project was funded by the Warm Homes Healthy People fund and it was designed to allow older people and those with long term health conditions to heat their homes without being concerned about the cost, and thus receive the health benefits of living in a warmer home. The patients involved in the project were specially selected to take part by either their local GP practice, Age UK, or Macmillan Cancer Support. Project workers went out to the patients’ homes and took a gas and electricity meter reading at the beginning and the end of the project. We then calculated how much fuel they had used over that time and sent out a cheque to cover their bills. All of the patients involved have now received their cheques.

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Hotspots Feature on the British Lung Foundation Website

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

We recently produced a short article for the British Lung Foundation Breathe Easy Network website for their section for the north of England. You can find it here: British Lung Foundation Hotspots Article.

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Hotspots Referrer Feedback Reminder

Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

If you have received Hotspots training from us, please leave us some feedback here: Hotspots Referrer Feedback. The questionnaire will only take a few minutes of your time and it will help us to improve our service. Thank you!

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Winter Fuel Payments

Posted on December 7, 2011 by admin

The Winter Fuel Payment is a tax free payment designed to help older people to keep warm over the winter. It is paid to over 60s (anyone born on or before 5th January 1951).

Those people excluded from the Winter Fuel Payment include:

People who have been in hospital for more than 52 weeks as an inpatient receiving free treatment.
People who are in prison.
People in a care home (and have been for more than 12 weeks).

The payments are made between November and December, and if you are eligible, you can receive between £100 and £300 depending on your circumstances. To work out how much you are likely to receive, click here: Directgov How much you can get.

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