I had the pleasure of chairing the second in a series of webinars for The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on Healthy Living and Housing. The focus for this session was on care homes and community care. This built on the first session that focused on the links between Read more…
Written in response to a consultation on UK Social Housing: Building a sector standard approach for ESG reporting. To the ESG team, I welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation on approach and ESG criteria for social housing. I am Dr Sophie Taysom of Keyah Consulting. Keyah Consulting Read more…
I had the pleasure of chairing a webinar for The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on Healthy Living and Housing. This was the first of a six part series looking at the interplay between our lived environments and our health. You can access the session by clicking the link Read more…
In the previous article I touched on some of the evidence emerging of the impact of housing on health during lockdown. The issues with poor housing stock are certainly not new and follow years of a lack of investment. This issue has become all the more acute during lockdown and Read more…
Our homes and neighbourhoods are critical factors in our health and wellbeing. This has very much come to the fore during lockdown. In this two part series, first I touch on the current and emerging evidence of the impact of housing on health. I then put forward suggestions for where Read more…
With the easing of lockdown restrictions, much attention is being paid to the ‘new normal’ of managing social distancing in public spaces. In my local area, Lambeth Council have narrowed some roads to widen footpaths to ensure people can pass each other at an appropriate distance. Navigating our public spaces Read more…
This is the fifth article in a series articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. I look at some of the opportunities and issues that arise with tracking social distancing at work to reduce the risk of infection from Covid-19. In responding to Read more…
This is the fourth article in a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In this, I look at how local care models are being reshaped in the delivery of health services. The cases presented here were discussed as part of Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. This is the third article in the series. Here I discuss public perceptions and behaviours in response to Covid-19. This picks up on a point raised in Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In the first of this series, I discuss data for local resilience and recovery based on a webinar of the same title delivered by the Connected Read more…