Perspectives on... Health needs of refugees and asylum seekers
Episode 15, Jun 01, 2022, 09:34 AM
#TeamGP Perspectives are peer-to-peer conversations digging into anything and everything general practice. This episode is part of a special series for Refugee Week 2022 where the panel discuss the complex and varied health needs and journeys of refugees and asylum seekers.
This episode is part of a special series for Refugee Week 2022. According to the Refugee Council, there were over 48,000 applications for asylum made in the UK in the past 12 months, and over 100,000 are awaiting an initial decision on their application. This panel discuss their work treating and caring for asylum seekers and refugees, and the varied, complex health needs and journeys they may have.
Guests
Guests
- Dr Hareen De Silva, @drhareendesilva
- Dr Emily Clark, @DeepEndEoE @DOTW_UK
Resources
- Public Health England - Migrant Health Guide: Countries A-Z
- BMA - Refugee and Asylum Seeker Patient Health Toolkit
- Fairhealth - courses about health inequalities
- CADUS
- Doctors of The World UK - Safe Surgeries
- Doctors of The World UK - Translated health information
- Article - Migrants in vulnerable circumstances: not a quick fix
- Article - Access to health care for migrants: why restrictive policies are failing
- BMA - help for refugee doctors
- Bridges Programme (Scotland)
- Building Bridges
- GMC - help for refugee doctors
- IPC - Resettlement Programme for Overseas Doctors
- Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project
- London Met University - Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit
- NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Refugees Doctors Programme
- Phoenix Project (Email: phoenixprojectoutreach@gmail.com | Twitter: @thephoenixprjct)
- REACHE Manchester (Email: reache@manchester.ac.uk | Twitter: @reachenw)
- Refugee Council
- Scotland Deanery - Refugee Doctors' Programme
- Scottish Refugee Council
- Wales Deanery - refugee doctors
- WARD (Wales)
Visit our web page for more information on the College's statements and response to refugee and vulnerable migrants and displaced doctors.
Please note that the views expressed in these conversations are that of RCGP members and may not represent RCGP views or policy.
Please note that the views expressed in these conversations are that of RCGP members and may not represent RCGP views or policy.