Families are being rehoused hundreds of miles from home—GPs raise alarm over health harms and service strain

As England’s housing crisis deepens, local authorities are relocating homeless families out of area, affecting their mental health, continuity of care, medication access, and safeguarding—and leaving GPs to pick up the pieces

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BMJ
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2026-02-05
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2304
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Healthcare Systems and Challenges
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Families are being rehoused hundreds of miles from home—GPs raise alarm over health harms and service strain

Sally Howard
BMJ
Healthcare Systems and Challenges
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Families are being rehoused hundreds of miles from home—GPs raise alarm over health harms and service strain

Sally Howard
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As England’s housing crisis deepens, local authorities are relocating homeless families out of area, affecting their mental health, continuity of care, medication access, and safeguarding—and leaving GPs to pick up the pieces

BMJVol. 392
Transnational Press London (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 68%
Healthcare Systems and Challenges
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