Healthcare for refugees & asylum seekers – Role of community nursing

This one-day workshop featured presentations, discussions and networking to generate ideas and build learning about taking action to address the healthcare needs of refugees and asylum seekers.

Presentations

• Access to healthcare for children and pregnant women
  Leigh Daynes, Executive Director, Doctors of the World UK
• The mental health of asylum seekers
  Cornelius Katona, Medical Director, Helen Bamber Foundation
• Legal perspectives on the asylum and immigration process and on healthcare entitlements
  Zoe Harper, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
• Awarding good care in refugee health services
  Rose McCarthy, City of Sanctuary
• Challenges for torture survivors living in the UK
  Kolbassia Haoussou, Survivors Speak Out, Freedom from Torture
• FGM – new responsibilities for health professionals
  Jennifer Bourne, QN, Project Manager, Department of Health FGM Prevention Programme
• Video U.K. ‘Hackathon’ Helps Expand Refugees’ Access To Healthcare
  Raj Adgopul, Specialist in Public Health, First Byte CIC

Additional resources

Doctors of the World UK

www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk

Helen Bamber Foundation

helenbamber.org

Freedom From Torture

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/

Survivors Speak Out

www.freedomfromtorture.org/survivor-voices/7225

Department of Health FGM Prevention Programme

https://www.gov.uk/search?q=fgm

FirstByte

http://firstbyte.org.uk/

Antenatal care throughout Europe

• https://www.youtube.com/v/a8RtKPUZvAI

Additional materials regarding female genital mutilation (FGM): 

• For the introductory e-learning module on HEE click here. http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/female-genital-mutilation/ (you need an NHS email address to access these module).
• To watch videos on NHS Choices click here: http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/female-genital-mutilation.aspx
• For link to the Department of Health Mandatory Reporting Guidelines for HCP click here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fgm-mandatory-reporting-in-healthcare
• An article about creating an application which would help migrants to navigate NHS: http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2016/apr/12/hackathon-app-help-migrants-navigate-nhs?CMP=share_btn_tw