Having a disability can affect how people purchase, prepare and eat food (for example, difficulty reading labels, transporting food or using cooking equipment). A recent report from the US highlights that people with mental or physical disabilities are at greater risk of food insecurity. Due to the difference in social support between the UK and …
As the population ages, and the state pension age increases, supporting people with long-term conditions in the workplace will become increasingly important. The Work Foundation’s submission to the Health Committee in 2013 estimated that approximately 21 million people of working-age will have at least one long-term condition by 2030. [30] Evidence suggests that personalised, tailored …
Nationally, people with long-term conditions are less likely to be employed than those without. Among adults age 16-64 with a disability that limits their daily activities, almost half (46%) were in employment in 2012, compared with three quarters (76%) of non-disabled workers. Risk of unemployment varies greatly with different types of health condition – …
Children with SEND may require support to reach their potential. Some children and young people with SEND may also be subject to other factors such as lower educational outcomes, social deprivation and poverty. In 2011, The Children’s Society reported that 40% of disabled children were living in poverty, compared to a national average of 30%. …
Disability is strongly linked to deprivation, due to lower employment income and higher risk of benefit dependency among disabled residents. In Hackney, nearly a quarter of households with a disabled family member also include dependent children. Childhood disability often leads to additional living costs, increased risk of family breakdown and poverty. People with mental or …
Disabled residents in Hackney were more likely to express dissatisfaction with the local area in the 2015 survey than residents as a whole (12% compared to 6% of all respondents) and they are also more likely to perceive that the area has not improved over the past five years (22% of disabled residents, compared to …
Active travel (i.e. by foot or bicycle) can increase the amount of exercise that people are able to integrate into their daily lives. Being more active helps prevent or manage over 20 health conditions and diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, some cancers and obesity. Physical activity is also good for mental wellbeing and can …
The growth in population, housing and employment, both within the local area and in neighbouring boroughs, has obvious implications for transport demand and for congestion on Hackney and the City’s busy transport network. Poor air quality resulting from vehicle emissions in congested areas is harmful to health. In 2010, an estimated 9,416 deaths in Londoners …
At national level, disabled people are half as likely as non-disabled people to be physically active. Only one in four people with a learning disability take part in physical activity each month, compared to over half of those without a learning disability. We also know that health outcomes associated with physical inactivity are much more …
In the City of London, GP recorded smoking prevalence rates are much lower, but Figure 1 shows that similar patterns to Hackney can still be seen in those with active asthma (similar rates to those without) and those with SMI (higher smoking prevalence rates than those without). Learning disability data has been suppressed due to …