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Winter Wellness 2014/15

Winter Wellness 2014/15. Anthony Ball Public Health aball1@cornwall.gov.uk. Keeping Warm Without Worry. Households trying to keep warm England – 2.3 million households - 10.4%; Cornwall – 30,000 households - 11.4%; Isles of Scilly – 194 households - 19.7%

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Winter Wellness 2014/15

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  1. Winter Wellness 2014/15 • Anthony Ball • Public Health • aball1@cornwall.gov.uk

  2. Keeping Warm Without Worry Households trying to keep warm • England – 2.3 million households - 10.4%; • Cornwall – 30,000 households - 11.4%; • Isles of Scilly – 194 households - 19.7% Impacts on health and well being • All ages • Young, old, those of working age • Preventable

  3. Winter Wellness since 2011/12 • 4,500 households (or 10,000) people; • 670 hospital admissions prevented; • 900 households helped through Winter Wellness Emergency Fund; • 200 households remain in work and progress towards work. “Warm without worrying”

  4. Last Winter, we helped 1,600 by: • 1600 sought advice – called Freephone • 647 referred to other partners for assistance; • 383 received energy advice (to use their heating systems better); • 298 households assisted by Winter Wellness Emergency Fund; Wider health benefits included: • NHS saved £44,821, 71 hospital admissions prevented (£1 Winter Wellness saved NHS £2); • CCF supported £30,000 of Winter Wellness support (£1 CCF generated £3.98 of Winter Wellness); • Cornwall Council Crisis and Care discretionary funds - helped 121 customers to receive Crisis and Care, Council Tax help and Discretionary Housing Payments • improving income, reducing their money worries.

  5. Keeping Warm Without Worry “I can now think because you freed up my money as it was all going on coal. I have completed my CV and am going to apply for jobs. I couldn’t face this when I was so cold. I lived in my fleece pyjamas”

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