For World Refugee Day 2022, Dr Olivia Farrant shares how the UCLH Respond service is taking the frontline to contingency accommodation sites to deliver trauma-informed, holistic care for asylum seeker communities in London.
Find podcasts and webinars produced by Transformation Partners in Health and Care’s (TPHC) Homeless Health programme team and partners in London, sharing insights and the latest work developments in homeless health from colleagues across health, housing and the third-sector. Find more content on our homeless health learning and resources page. London Health Podcast episodes on […]
The London Health Podcast looks to tackle specific issues affecting health and care, so that we can make London the world’s healthiest city. Latest episode Transformation Partners in Health and Care · #AskAboutAsthma: Clean Air Clinics Jump to playlist Perinatal mental health The perinatal period is usually defined as the time between conceiving a baby […]
In this homeless health blog, Dr Jenny Drife shares reflections and thought-provoking insights on links between homelessness and loneliness for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 2022. Jenny is a member of the START Community Mental Health Team for people sleeping rough in Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon.
The bespoke Pan-London Substance Misuse Programme for people who sleep rough, are in hostel accommodation, or at risk of return to the street, offers people currently sleeping rough a potentially life-saving opportunity to access valuable substance misuse treatment and recovery services that have been designed to meet their needs and vulnerabilities. The programme aims to maximise and maintain […]
The London Homeless Mental Health Steering Group was convened in September 2021. The group is chaired by Sharon Spain, Director of Nursing and Quality SWLSTG. The group aims to provide systems leadership in relation to the development and delivery of a mental health action plan and opportunities to optimise the impact of the NHS Long […]
Healthy London Partnership (HLP) secured funding from the Shared Outcomes Fund to help transform a pan-London approach to the out-of-hospital intermediate care, social care and recovery pathway for the homeless population across London. The funding has been used to assemble a project team to scope and deliver this project. Recent work has included: Developing and […]
Dr Jasmin Malik is chairing the London Homeless Health Primary Care Steering Group, which has been established to bring key partners together at the city level, to oversee the citywide primary care workstream. Amongst others, the group will work to: develop primary care commissioning around homelessness services and close the gap in GP registration for […]
Co-Clinical Leads Dr Jasmin Malik and Dr Caroline Shulman joined HLP’s Homeless Health programme in September 2021. Jasmin and Caroline bring valuable skill sets to their joint leadership role having worked with inclusion health groups in primary care across London for a number of years. Working within the homeless health network, their combined knowledge, experience and […]
London Homeless Health Partner newsletter Join our mailing list Sign up to our mailing list to receive key updates and news about our programme, and the latest work from our partners across London. April 2022 Read full edition Clinical leads update Full workstream updates Drug & alcohol Mental health Out-of-hospital care Primary care […]