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Homeless UK Shelter - Advice Finder National Organisations Shelter Crisis St Mungo's Pathway Groundswell Useful Publications Cost analysis of homeless patients NHS Constitution NHS Outcomes Framework (2014/15) 2012 Health & Social Care Act Standards for Commissioners and Service Providers Public Health Outcomes Framework |
This search page lets you find the Local Council contacts, Citizen's Advice Bureaus, hostels and shelters and some charitable organisations. You can search by name of organisation or area. Shelter have a similar service . Shelter are principally a HOUSING charity who campaign to end homelessness. They provide advice on housing to anyone in any situation. Crisis are a national HOMELESS charity for single homeless people. They have very good facts and figures about homelessness and also run 'Crisis Skylight' centres, which are accredited education, training and employment centres to help homeless people get back into work. St Mungo's currently operate shelters south of Oxfordshire. Like Shelter and Crisis there are a large national organisation. St Mungo's also manage a multi-agency database in London called CHAIN, which collects robust data about rough sleepers in the capital. Pathway is specifically a HEALTHCARE charity. For up to date information on healthcare policy, research and projects relating to homelessness then look here. The Faculty for Homeless & Inclusion Health developed from here. They have a model of multiagency healthcare for homeless patients and run a successful INREACH project at University College Hospital London. Pathway may be the first charity to create accredited post graduate qualifications in 'homeless and inclusion health'. A homeless charity focussing on inclusive solutions. Some very interesting projects have come out of Groundswell, including the Homeless Health Peer Advocacy programme, where people with experience of homelessness who want to become involved in health & social care receive training about health care systems and work alongside health care professionals. They then help act as advocates to help other homeless people access and navigate the health care system. From the office of the chief analyst of the Department of Health. A detailed look at the costs of providing healthcare to single homeless people. For the first time all the details of what staff, patients and the public can expect from the NHS. Ever wondered what the current hot topics for the NHS are? Find out here. For the first time, a legally binding mandate for health and social care. Establishes a legal duty to reduce health inequalities. The standards of healthcare for homeless patients that should be available. Sets clear the aim to "improve the health of the poorest fastest". |