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Matt Edgar

A seasonal reminder that most of what determines good health starts outside the . Love what Matthew Lipson and colleagues have done here to explore the intersection of , and

Energy bills: Patients prescribed heating as part of health trial - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/business-637076

BBC NewsEnergy bills: Patients prescribed heating as part of health trialThe pilot will be expanded following its success, with one mum saying the difference was mind-blowing.

@mattedgar Saw this on the news this morning. Such an easy intervention that produces improved health, NHS savings and better lives. Win, win, win.

@theaardvark @mattedgar But it also shows a broken system. We end up having to create a bureaucratic process to "prescribe" an absence of the basic conditions for health. Many of the best interventions for good health are not medical but medicalising them just puts more pressure on a system that is barely functioning