Publish date: 8 June 2026
Housing association Prima Group and Mersey Care have joined forces to launch Healthy@Home.
The pioneering pilot project aims to improve health outcomes by better connecting housing conditions with medical and wellbeing support.
Prima Group has written to over 220 of its tenants in Wavertree and Picton in the east of the city inviting them to take part in the trial that will also help tackle health inequalities.
The housing association has shared a list of its properties in these areas with Mersey Care and with tenant consent, NHS colleagues will review property information to identify those who may benefit from additional support.
Tenants who choose to take part will meet jointly with a member of Mersey Care’s Integrated Care Team and their designated Prima Group neighbourhood housing officer.
Together they will assess whether practical, bespoke improvements could be made to the tenant’s home to help boost their health, independence and safety.
This could be a tenant with a respiratory illness whose symptoms would be improved by energy efficiency upgrades being made to their home to increase the ventilation.
Or small changes like installing grab handles to reduce the risk of frail tenants falling.
The long-term aim of Healthy@Home is to develop a framework for ongoing collaboration between social housing associations and the NHS so it can be rolled out nationally.
The project is being part-funded by the Fusion21 Foundation, a registered charity which helps build brighter futures in the communities where procurement experts Fusion21 operate.
The work is also supported by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and local GPs from Picton Primary Care Network. All health conversations, assessments and referrals will continue to take place between tenants, GPs and the Integrated Care Team and not include Prima Group.
Tenants do not have to take part in the pilot and those who do can change their mind at any time.