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The Lowdown – the first year's issues Omnibus collection Searchable compilation of 200 pages of first 22 issues of The Lowdown since January 2019. And, truthfully, if it's not personal, for me it's pretty pointless" "There have been times when I've been given a generic plan which has little or no relevance to me. "When I struggle, I look for things that reinforce my negative view of myself - missing out on a safety plan on discharge reinforced that message that I am worthless. "Simon, who is from Derbyshire, said: "After one of my first hospital admissions, I received a safety plan through the post 18 months after I had been discharged. NHS 'took 18 months to help after suicide attempt' BBC report on gaping holes in NHS provision for serious mental illness:. Median average pay as of last March is a meagre £8.10 an hour, with parts of their hours unpaid: a quarter of staff are on zero-hours contracts." In London, 40% of care staff are from overseas. With 122,000 vacancies, this decade’s 25% increase in people over 65 means another 580,000 staff will be needed to care for them over the next 15 years. "The new points-based immigration system announced by the home secretary, Priti Patel, on Wednesday will see many more companies fleeing the sector for lack of staff. “…Social care is collapsing because too few people are willing to work gruelling hours in disgraceful conditions for pitiful pay. "The fourth biggest provider of home care for the frail, the Mears Group, … is abandoning its domiciliary care services. Social care is crumbling, and Johnson’s immigration plans will only make it worse Guardian's Polly Toynbee joins the dots to show the impact of the latest efforts to deter migrant workers:. The combined figures for the last quarter of 2019 were the highest in two years." 
December 2019 saw 148,000 delayed days across England, 15% higher than the same month a year earlier. "But the latest NHS figures show the problem is returning. Whatever we call it the facts are stark: "The number of “delayed days” in the NHS increased from an average of 114,000 a month in 2012 to more than 200,000 in October 2016, before extra funding and higher council taxes brought the numbers back down. Hospital ‘bed blocking’ numbers hit highest level since 2017 Guardian highlights another indicator of a system lacking capacity and very far from being "integrated": but headline uses the old-fashioned and perjorative phrase "bed blocking" when the proper terminology is delayed discharge or delayed transfers of care.
The letter has now been covered in both the Financial Times and The Guardian. They sent a collective letter to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Minister Robert Jenrick, highlighting the serious public health risk posed by the ban on evictions ending on the 23rd August. Housing is a key determinant of health and a right to good health means a right to have safe & secure housing. Mitigating public health risk from evictions Over the last few of weeks campaigners have been working hard to gather together health bodies such as the BMA, the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal College of General Practitioners, Pathways, Faculty of Public Health, the Royal College of Psychiatrists among others, to write to the government calling on them to protect those experiencing housing insecurity during the coronavirus crisis.
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