Links to related news, blogs and other information
The following links are news, blogs, commentary, research and other information relevant to the cost of healthy living from external sources. These are limited to information focused on the UK context. Please send any other relevant links you think should be featured here to: Paul Watts (p.n.watts@uel.ac.uk).
- The Health Foundation (October,2022): ‘The cost-of-living crisis is a health emergency too’: https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/blogs/the-cost-of-living-crisis-is-a-health-emergency-too
- NHS Confederation (August, 2022): ‘The rising cost of living threatens to push households into vulnerable positions, increasing health inequalities and worsening health and wellbeing’: https://www.nhsconfed.org/topic/cost-living
- London School of Economics (February, 2023): ‘The cost-of-living crisis is a public health issue’: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-cost-of-living-crisis-is-a-public-health-issue/
- Royal Society for Public Health (Dec, 2022): ‘Our health: the price we will pay for the cost-of-living crisis’: https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/our-health-the-price-we-will-pay-for-the-cost-of-living-crisis.html
- Institute of Health Equity (January, 2023): ‘The Rising Cost of Living: A Review of Interventions to Reduce Impacts on Health Inequalities in London’: https://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/evidence-review-cost-of-living-and-health-inequalities-in-london
- Economics Observatory (May, 2023): ‘How is the cost of living crisis affecting public health?’: https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-the-cost-of-living-crisis-affecting-public-health
- British Medical Journal (May, 2022): ‘The cost of living crisis is another reminder that our health is shaped by our environment’: https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1343
- The Lancet (February, 2023): ‘The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences’: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(23)00003-0/fulltext
- NHS Providers (September, 2022): ‘Rising living costs: The impact on NHS, staff and patients’: https://nhsproviders.org/rising-living-costs-the-impact-on-nhs-staff-and-patients
Advice and support from external sources:
The following links are advice and support relevant to the cost of healthy living from external sources such as governmental and charitable organisations. These are limited to information focused on the UK context. Please send any other relevant links you think should be featured here to: Paul Watts (p.n.watts@uel.ac.uk).
Healthwatch: ‘Looking after your health during the Cost of Living crisis’: https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/advice-and-information/2023-05-26/looking-after-your-health-during-cost-living-crisis
GOV.UK: ‘Cost of living support’: https://www.gov.uk/cost-of-living
Citizens Advice: ‘Get help with the cost of living’: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/get-help-with-the-cost-of-living/
Age UK: ‘Help with the cost of living’: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/money-legal/cost-of-living/
Money Helper: ‘Help with the cost of living’: https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/money-troubles/cost-of-living
Help for Households: ‘Help with the cost of living’: https://helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk/
Step Change: ‘Coping with the rising cost of living’: https://www.stepchange.org/how-we-help/rising-cost-of-living.aspx
Turn2Us: ‘Support with the Cost of Living’: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Your-Situation/Cost-of-Living
Which?: ‘Cost of living help’: https://www.which.co.uk/topic/cost-of-living
Independent Age: ‘Cost of living support’: https://www.independentage.org/cost-of-living-support
Money Saving Expert: ‘Cost of living help guide’: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/cost-of-living-survival-kit/
Mental Health Foundation: ‘The cost-of-living and your mental health’: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/blogs/cost-living-and-your-mental-health