Fuel poverty and public health: case studies

Building on their ongoing work focusing on fuel poverty and health, the Panel's Analytical Manager has undertaken research looking at case studies of approaches which target both fuel poverty and health.

Health and FP Case Studies Report – FINAL.pdf

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Endnotes

[1] Department of Energy and Climate Change (2015) Catalogue of health-related fuel poverty schemes

[2]  Energy Systems Catapult (2023) Warm Home Prescription: Impact on Health and Wellbeing and Attitudes to Heat

[3] Sheffield Hallam University Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (2023) Warm Homes Prescription Impact and Value for Money Report

[4] Catapult Energy Systems (2024) Warm-Home-Prescription-Insights-and-Impact-Report.pdf

[5] Gentoo Group (2016) boiler-on-prescription-closing-report.pdf

[6] Ibid

[7] Sherriff, G, Lawler, C, Martin, PB, Butler, DE, Probin, M and Brown, P (2020) Reshaping health services and fuel poverty in the Outer Hebrides

[8] National Energy Action (2026) Futures-newsletter-October-2025.pdf

[9] National Energy Action (2026) Futures-newsletter-March-2026-v3.pdf

[10] WHAM (2024) WHAM-impact-report-2024.pdf

[11] Ibid

[12] Winter vaccine clinic drop-ins – Edinburgh | Home Energy Scotland; Home Energy Scotland delivering advice at NHS vaccination clinics;

[13] Helping Sickle Cell Patients With the Cost of Heating | West London Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centres (HCC)

[14] Lambeth launches support for those affected by sickle cell disease – Love LambethLove Lambeth

[15] The Clean Air Clinic model: transforming paediatric respiratory health – Hospital Healthcare Europe

[16] Ibid

[17] Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2025) clean-air-healthy-childhoods-report-2025.pdf

[18] Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2025) clean-air-healthy-childhoods-report-2025.pdf

[19] Ibid

[20] Energycarer support in Scotland – Energy Saving Trust

[21] Ibid

[22] Wade, F.; Webb, J.; McCrone, D.; Wakelin, J (2019) Evaluation of HES Homecare pilot

[23] Ibid

[24] Teodorowski, Piotr; Trevor, Miranda; Srinivasan, Kathiravan (2024) A qualitative evaluation of the Warm Banks Scheme as a response to the cost-of-living crisis in North East England. Health & Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14192

[25] Ibid

[26] Sawyer, A.; Huber, J.; Sherriff, N.; Darking, M. (2019) Fuel Poverty Reduction Evaluation: Evaluation of the NHS Hastings & Rother Clinical Commissioning Group Healthy Homes Programme

[27] Ibid

[28] Spyropoulos, K., Sams, L. and Ellis, N. (2025) Keep Warm, Keep Well Evaluation Report

[29] Ibid

[30] Ibid

[31] About SHINE | SHINE London

[32] SHINE Environment Scrutiny 130426.pdf

[33] SHINE Seasonal Health Intervention Network | Islington Council

[34] SHINE Environment Scrutiny 130426.pdf

[35] NHS Cheshire and Merseyside NHS (2023) NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Fuel Poverty Blueprint

[36] Graphnet (2023) Fuel Poverty Dashboard: A Population Health Management Evaluation Study

[37] Ibid

[38] Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (2026) Fuel Poverty 12-month Evaluation.pdf

[39] Ibid

[40] No Home Left Cold – UrbanTide

[41] Sunderland City Council Case Study – UrbanTide

[42] NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (2025) SPH-case-study_Warm-Homes-1.pdf

[43] Ibid

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