Do GPs write letter to help with housing?

[MsHopey]

I've got terrible mould in my living room. Originally my DS cot was against it until we moved the cot and saw how bad the mould was.
Been doing our best to keep him away from it, now he's a toddler he wants to eat the flaking paint .
I've contacted my local council (i am currently a tenant in a one bedroom flat) they've said I will need a GPs letter to prove it's affecting DS health before they seriously look at moving us.
DS is 11 months and has had several coughs and colds including a stomach infection that left him in hospital on a drip for 3 days when he was 4 months old.
But will do GPs write letters like this to the council? Is it common?

Did the hospital and doctor say it was directly to do with the damp and mouldings?

What have you done to tackle the mould?

Who is your current landlord? The council or a private landlord? You’ll get a much quicker resolve if you persue them about the state of the place. You could be on the waiting list for years if they agree to move you.

Mine did however I was 17 years old living in a flat with mould and after the 14th time of going their for my sons lung condition and pictures of the mould she wrote

But not in general for over crowding I am afraid many people who also won their own homes are over crowded

I've been using a bleach and water mix and spraying it down. We let fresh air in. We only have storage heaters so we do the best in winter, but they are pretty crap at heating a room, it just barely keeps the chill off.
We're in a top floor flat with a living room ceiling that drips in the rain or snow (we're on a waiting list for that too, obviously it's making the mould worse). The GP doesn't know about tj3 mould, so they couldn't specifically account it to that.
Also smoking causes a lot of the same problems as mould, I'm pretty sure there's no definitive way of saying anything is 100% mould related.
I just think the GP would need to say it's a possibility.

I'm in a low demand area. They just said I had to stay here 2 years before I could move. We're on 1 year 8 months. It wouldn't be the end of the world if we had to stay much longer, but I'm not happy about it.
We're already in a council property and 7 months down the line we've only had people look at it, say it needs fixing, and no one has came back to fix it.

It is very common at the council I work at.

I work at a school and we had a child with really bad asthma who missed a lot of school, the GP and us as a school wrote to the housing and the family were moved. the GP was really helpful.

Mould is awful

Email repairs about leaking roof, photograph the problems with roof and mold

If you don’t have a reply from repairs, email again. Don’t forget to put name address and contact phone number.

Then contact local councillor if nothing happens

I’d purchase a small resistor from Argos to put in the corner with mold and don’t put any wet washing in the flat

Radiator not resistor

I had a doctor write a letter to support my application. That was for medical priority banding though (needing wetroom and stuff) but it seemed like a pretty common occurrence, can’t hurt to ask anyway. I may have had to pay for the letter, can’t remember.

I hope it’s resolved soon. Mould is just awful when it won’t go away. Sympathies on the storage heaters too, I was frequently in tears during the snow this year because they just don’t make the house warm at all.

GP will write letter about health impacts but you are likely to have to pay £15-20 for it.

Mild is horrible.

I have a tumble dryer condensor. Nothing goes on airers because we have no room for them. Nothing goes on the storage heaters either. I follow all anti mould guidelines.

Repairs have said there's a very long waiting list and I'm on it. Not much else they can do.

Grrr *mold not mild!

Call Shelter. Environmental health need to take action.

Shelter is a housing charity and they give legal advice on their helpline.

Your HV will do it.

I have thought about my HV but I haven't seen her or heard from her since LO was 2 weeks old.
I'm not even sure how to contact her.

At work, there's a form that the GP's will sign to help with housing.

Dont know if your GP's do that or it's just a letter.

(GP)
The best someone can do is a statement of fact ie. child has had 4 chest infections this year, will be unable to say mould is the cause (because no one can prove it is).
We would charge standard private letter fee for this (around £18).

Speak to environmental health

I've just asked my GP to write a letter re housing and my DD with ASD. They charged me £20, and after two weeks said they've declined writing the letter, but refuse to tell me why.

Good luck OP.

Uniquack, I used to work in housing (council). Do you need any help?

@Rainhunter - will pm you .

@Uniquack

So, do you mean they've charged you £20 (and taken the money) but are refusing to give you the letter.
Doesn't sound right at all!

They will give me a refund. It was supposed to take a week, after which they said they declined to write the letter as DD has no issues. I then told the secretary to check the record, and it turned out the GP had been looking at the wrong patient record!!! They then said there were plenty issues so they would do a letter, for it to be declined again for no reason.

I work in social housing in the department that does the assessments on any housing application supporting evidence. We do receive doctor's letters daily, however, for property issues I'd be looking more for supporting letters from Environmental Health/Housing Standards. In my experience, doctor's just write what you ask them to, wheras EH will actually go out and assess the property.