Dear Editor, Yesterday Sarah Cassidy reported on research carried out by Age UK into the health effects of cold homes. Nearly thirty thousand deaths a year due to poor housing and high energy bills in the UK. This is a disgrace. It is also disappointing that the amazing Spread the Warmth campaign being fought by Age UK to rectify this situation seems to have garnered very little in the way of support from Green NGO's. Surely this is a clear climate change mitigation and health synergy where there should be
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Today a respected UK charity released estimates of the death toll and the cost to the NHS of cold homes nationwide. These figures are included in The Cost of Cold ( pdf ). It is a shocking state of affairs. The NHS is spending roughly £1.4bn per year treating conditions brought on my cold living conditions. Even after this expenditure roughly twenty seven thousand people a year die from conditions brought on by the combination of shoddy housing stock and high energy prices. While energy prices always hit t