The Museum of Homelessness’s annual audit found that most deaths occurred among people living in emergency housing or hostels. People who slept badly or surfed the couch caused 63 deaths and seven deaths were due to Covid-19. Of the 253 cases in which the cause of death was confirmed, 41% involved drug and alcohol use and 12% committed suicide, which according to the charity reflects the general inadequacy of mental health services and detoxification. “It is heartbreaking to see so many people die and to feel so helpless in the face of such a serious emergency. “Government neglect means things continue to get worse with the new mental health, addiction and social housing forecast failing to make up for previous cuts,” said Jess Turtle, co-founder of the Museum of Homelessness. increase in deaths among the homeless He added: “Confidential inquiries into homeless deaths are needed to allow an honest assessment of what is happening to the most vulnerable people in the UK. “There should also be mandatory death checks for all local authorities – so that we can learn from every death.” The charity has warned that the cost of living crisis, rising evictions and excessive housing and homeless budgets are likely to endanger the lives of many more homeless people in the coming months. Of the 12 local government districts that recorded the highest death tolls in 2020, 11 recorded an increase last year. Seven recorded three-digit percentage points increase: Glasgow, Anfield, Bedford, Barnett, Southampton, Stoke and Tower Hamlets. Some local authorities have seen a significant drop in the number of homeless deaths, showing “positive progress” according to the Homeless Museum. They included Stirling, Manchester, Kingston upon Hull and Camden. The charity said Dying Homeless’s work used information from forensic investigations, media coverage, family testimonies and more than 300 Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to verify the details of each case. Last year it verified 1,286 “real and real” deaths across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from 976 in 2020 and 710 in 2020. That was likely to be underestimated, he said, as not all authorities responded to FoI requests. including big advisors like Birmingham and Blackpool. Rising death toll in Glasgow There were 325 homeless deaths in Northern Ireland, the figures show, although the Northern Ireland Housing Officer warned that this reflected a radically different definition of homelessness and included many people in safe housing that would not be defined as three other Βασιλείου. . The latest official figures for homeless deaths, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in December, estimate that at least 688 people died while homeless in 2020, although this only applies to England and Wales. This was a small drop in record numbers recorded in 2019, attributed to the “All Inside” program, when 37,000 homeless people were given a hotel room during the first months of the pandemic. Statisticians said the difficulty of collecting death logs during the lockdown meant it could be underestimated. A government spokesman said: “Every death on our streets is a tragedy. Our latest statistics published by the ONS estimate that homeless deaths decreased by 12% in 2020 compared to the previous year. “Even one death is too much, so city councils will receive 2 2 billion over the next three years to support the homeless.”
