Guidance

Health matters: rough sleeping

A professional resource for local authorities and commissioners on preventing and ending rough sleeping.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 30 September 2019
• Last updated: 11 February 2020 — See all updates

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Health matters: rough sleeping

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This edition of Health Matters focuses on the scale of rough sleeping in England, the causes and consequences of rough sleeping including the links with poor physical and mental ill health, prevention and effective interventions, and relevant calls to action.

Download the infographics, references and shorter version of this publication.

Published 30 September 2019
Last updated 11 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 11 February 2020

   Added rough-sleeper case studies My Right to Healthcare and The Westminster Integrated Care Network.

2. 30 September 2019

   First published.