Presentation on Tackling Health and Wellbeing issues related to cold homes.

Richard Watson – Health Inequalities Programme Manager for the NHS Hastings and Rother CCG, and Marie Jones – East Sussex Fuel Poverty Coordinator at Hastings Borough Council, delivered a presentation on Tackling Health and Wellbeing issues related to cold homes.

The presentation provided an update on progress and projects within this Programme, and included:

• East Sussex fuel poverty reduction pathway
• Training and awareness activity delivered in Rother
• East Sussex Winter Home Check service delivered in Rother:
  • New central heating systems
  • Replacement boiler
  • Storage heaters
  • Energy advice
  • Fuel Switching advice
• Key referral partners – where are the referrals coming from?
• Training delivered in the Rother area
• Contact details for the partnership

In the future, need to keep the momentum of referrals from the initial peak seen immediately following training.