Partnership Praised For Joined-Up Approach To Reducing Homelessness

A partnership between the NHS and Peabody has been praised by London’s Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime for its joined-up approach to reducing homelessness and preventing repeated readmissions to hospital. The Peabody run service works to ensure homeless people who are medically fit to be discharged from hospital don’t go back onto the streets, providing short-term accommodation and ongoing wide-ranging support. As well as helping people after a crisis, protecting them from harm and boosting wellbeing, the service also works to free up hospital bed spaces, reduces pressure on wards and saves the NHS money through reduced readmissions. Read more on 24housing.

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