questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients experiencing homelessness are able to access planned medical treatment, including surgery, where a lack of stable accommodation may otherwise prevent procedures from going ahead; and whether he has assessed the impact of housing insecurity on patients being delayed or excluded from non-emergency care.
answerText: Ill health can be both a cause and consequence of homelessness; the health and wellbeing of people who experience homelessness are poorer than the general population and people who have experienced rough sleeping die decades sooner than those who have not...
heading: Health Services: Homelessness