Report uncovers how health crisis is fuelled by poor housing
A view of houses in north London, August, 2014
POOR housing is making the nation sick, according to a landmark report published today.
Three-quarters of health workers regularly see patients whose poor housing is harming their health, a poll by charity Medact found.
Another 45 per cent reported having to send a patient home knowing their housing would make them ill again.
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