Insights

Multiple long-term conditions

Illustration depicting four women from our case studies

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

01 Feb 2021

FinWell: London financial diaries

Addressing the twin challenges of poor health and financial difficulty

Multiple long-term conditions

Impact on Urban Health

Opinion

Shannon’s story

Shannon is a 55-year-old single mother with four teenagers. Her precarious working conditions negatively impacted her health, especially when she couldn’t take paid time off work when she needed it.

Multiple long-term conditions

Illustration of Andrea, sitting in a chair

Impact on Urban Health

Opinion

Andrea’s story

Andrea is a 44-year-old and originally from Latin America. Her housing conditions were extremely bad, and they made her feel sick. Though the damp in her house made her asthma worse, better housing was unaffordable to her.

Multiple long-term conditions

Impact on Urban Health

Opinion

Daliya’s story

Daliya is a 27-year-old mother with multiple long-term health conditions living in South London. Her income fluctuated from month to month and her financial struggles had a huge impact on her mental health.

Multiple long-term conditions

Impact on Urban Health

Opinion

Luisa’s story

Luisa is a 28-year-old mother of two young children, aged one and four. She lives with depression and anxiety. When Luisa's finances caused her depression to worsen, this manifested itself through physical symptoms.

Multiple long-term conditions

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

08 Dec 2020

The multiple conditions guidebook – one year on

A report from the Taskforce on Multiple Conditions

COVID-19 • Multiple long-term conditions

Rohan Martyres

Programme Director (maternity cover)

Opinion

20 Aug 2020

Financial shields during COVID-19 to protect health

How we're acting on the evidence that debt and money worries can lead to food insecurity, poor diets, higher stress levels and deteriorating mental health.

COVID-19 • Multiple long-term conditions

Sham Rajyaguru

Communications Manager

Opinion

03 Aug 2020

Neighbourhoods are key in responding to COVID-19

During the pandemic, we've seen people turn to their communities and neighbourhoods to support each other. We explain how hyper-local approaches are key to our work to improve urban health.

COVID-19 • Multiple long-term conditions

Barbara Reichwein

Programme Director

Opinion

06 May 2020

How we are acting on health inequalities during COVID-19

When our health suffers, so do our social and economic lives. Here's how we're supporting the health of our communities during the pandemic and beyond.