![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/fixing-damp-homes-could-save-nhs-over-1billion/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Exxclu-tagged.jpg&description=Damp and mould is associated with a number of health conditions including mental and social wellbeing, allergies, asthma and the effects of toxins from mould and fungal infections Fixing homes with damp and mould could save the NHS more than £1billion in savings - the equivalent cost of training 20,000 nurses. Research seen by the Mirror highlights the damaging impact poor housing is having on people's health and the NHS. A report, produced by think tank Demos, found fixing homes with category 1 hazards - those that present the most serious risk to life such as damp and mould - could save over £1billion in health costs. It also found that while repairing homes with excess cold hazards would cost £4.8billion, it would create a potential of £19billion in health benefits. Damp and mould is associated with a number of health conditions including mental and social wellbeing, allergies, asthma and the effects of toxins from mould and fungal infections. Cold homes can cause problems around high blood pressure and increase the number of instances of colds, heart attacks and pneumonia, while other hazards can lead to physical injuries such as falls or cuts. Experts said the "bleak truth" is that the UK's housing stock is the oldest and among the poorest quality and least energy efficient in Western Europe and has "some of the highest associated health and care costs". "The housing stock we have now is inadequate to meet people's needs, and this is only going to get worse as our population ages," it said. Awaab's law was created this year to force social landlords to fix poor housing conditions within strict time limits, after toddler Awaab Ishak died of a respiratory condition in December 2020. Simon Francis, co-ordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, yesterday (WED) told MPs it is estimated there were 4,706 excess winter deaths over 2022 to 2023 caused by living in a cold damp home in England, Scotland and Wales, up from 3,186 the winter before. Andrew O'Brien, Directo){kind=link}
Damp and mould is associated with a number of health conditions including mental and social wellbeing, allergies, asthma and the effects of toxins from mould and fungal infections
Fixing homes with damp and mould could save the NHS more than £1billion in savings – the equivalent cost of training 20,000 nurses. Research seen by the Mirror highlights the damaging impact poor housing is having on people’s health and the NHS.
A report, produced by think tank Demos, found fixing homes with category 1 hazards – those that present the most serious risk to life such as damp and mould – could save over £1billion in health costs. It also found that while repairing homes with excess cold hazards would cost £4.8billion, it would create a potential of £19billion in health benefits.
Damp and mould is associated with a number of health conditions including mental and social wellbeing, allergies, asthma and the effects of toxins from mould and fungal infections. Cold homes can cause problems around high blood pressure and increase the number of instances of colds, heart attacks and pneumonia, while other hazards can lead to physical injuries such as falls or cuts.
Experts said the “bleak truth” is that the UK’s housing stock is the oldest and among the poorest quality and least energy efficient in Western Europe and has “some of the highest associated health and care costs”. “The housing stock we have now is inadequate to meet people’s needs, and this is only going to get worse as our population ages,” it said.