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

https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/

Helen Bamber Foundation

helenbamber.org/

Freedom From Torture

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/

Survivors Speak Out

https://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