Guidance

New Homes fact sheet 4: New homes and healthcare facilities

Part of a series collecting key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration.

Applies to England

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Fact Sheet 4: New homes and healthcare facilities

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New homes and healthcare facilities

This fact sheet considers the relationship between new homes and healthcare facilities. It provides data on the recommended ratios of patients to GPs and looks at the link between the quality of homes and health outcomes. The fact sheet also provides information on other factors, aside from new homes, that affect local demand for healthcare facilities; and explains how the potential impact of new homes on healthcare facilities is assessed.

The development of the fact sheets series has involved consultation with local government officers, industry experts and community groups.

About the New Homes Fact Sheets

The New Homes Fact Sheets, developed by Homes England, are a series of key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration, created to support conversations with local communities.

They provide a fact-based resource for everyone to draw upon to effectively communicate the context and processes around new homes and regeneration.

The development of the fact sheet series has involved consultation with local government officers, community groups and industry experts.

The other fact sheets in this series are:

Fact sheet 1: The need for homes

Fact sheet 2: How new homes are planned

Fact sheet 3: Transport and infrastructure services

Fact sheet 5: New homes and school places

Fact sheet 6: The role of design and placemaking

Fact sheet 7: Homes and different land types

Fact sheet 8: Economic, social and environmental benefits

Fact sheet 9: What is affordable housing?

Fact sheet 10: New homes in rural areas

Guidance on how how the fact sheets were developed, and how they are intended to be used.

Published 2 November 2023