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Preventing excess winter deaths and illness associated with cold homes

Quality standard [QS117] Published date: March 2016

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  • Quality statement 1: Year‑round planning to identify vulnerable local populations
  • Quality statement 2: Identifying people vulnerable to health problems associated with a cold home
  • Quality statement 3: Single‑point‑of‑contact health and housing referral service
  • Quality statement 4: Asking people about keeping warm at home
  • Quality statement 5: Identifying people vulnerable to health problems associated with cold homes on admission
  • Quality statement 6: Discharge plan
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Future quality standards

This quality standard has been developed in the context of all quality standards referred to NICE, including the following topics scheduled for future development:

  • Falls prevention

  • Internal air: health effects

The full list of quality standard topics referred to NICE is available from the quality standards topic library on the NICE website.


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