Healthcare for refugees & asylum seekers – Role of community nursing
27/4/2016
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
Helen Bamber Foundation
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
Antenatal care throughout Europe
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