The QNI Homeless Health Initiative

Are you a nurse working with people without a secure home? Join us to access free support!

The Queen’s Nursing Institute's Homeless Health Initiative, funded by the Big Lottery Fund for 3 years, supports nurses working with people lacking a secure home e.g. people who are on the streets, in B&Bs, hostels, refuges, friends/families’ floors – or any temporary housing.

Our support to community nurses working with homeless people includes:

-professional development opportunities;
-health promotion resources tailored to the homeless health field;
-best practice guidelines for homeless health care;
-peer support, networking, and information sharing.

The Initiative is keen to reach out to all community nurses, health visitors and midwives working with people without a secure home - including both specialist and general nurses. 

For further information on the initiative, contact Kate Tansley at kate.tansley@qni.org.uk.
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MINISTERIAL SUPPORT FOR HHI:

"Improving health outcomes and improving access to health care for homeless people is a key strand of our homelessness strategy and I’m pleased to hear the Queen’s Nursing Institute’s Homeless Health Initiative is helping to equip nurses, midwives and health visitors to work more effectively in their efforts to improve the health care for homeless and vulnerable people. I wish you every success with the Homeless Health Initiative."

Iain Wright (minister responsible for homelessness) Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government

Click here for the HHI leaflet.

Homeless People and Benefits: Signposting Tool for Nurses, click here to download a copy.

On the Ground: Mapping Homeless Healthcare, the Homeless Health Initiative launch report, click here.

For the QNI briefing paper on Health and Homelessness, click here.