Homeless Health Care is a multi-disciplinary educational resource for all non-specialist health care professionals in the U.K. who have contact with homeless patients. It aims to be a brief introduction to some of the many complex and interesting issues relating to healthcare for homeless patients.
Feedback gained from doctors, nurses, students, receptionists and practice managers who have contact with homeless patients outside of specialist settings showed that they wanted a resource that would:
This website is broken into three sections, each containing 'modules' of information that can be accessed at your own pace. The modules are:
At the end of each section is a QUIZ and a FEEDBACK FORM, which will help you consolidate any learning points and give an opportunity to suggest improvements to this site.
IF YOU ARE HOMELESS or at risk of homelessness then you should CLICK HERE.
Feedback gained from doctors, nurses, students, receptionists and practice managers who have contact with homeless patients outside of specialist settings showed that they wanted a resource that would:
- inform them about the issue of homelessness in healthcare
- contain clinical information about drugs and alcohol misuse and other topics such as personality disorders
- provide advice about how to handle challenging consultations
- explain how to signpost patients more effectively to services in their locality
- contain information about how to improve the quality of access they can offer to their homeless populations
This website is broken into three sections, each containing 'modules' of information that can be accessed at your own pace. The modules are:
- ABOUT HOMELESSNESS
- HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (including CLINICAL RESOURCES & COMMUNICATION SKILLS)
- COMMISSIONERS
At the end of each section is a QUIZ and a FEEDBACK FORM, which will help you consolidate any learning points and give an opportunity to suggest improvements to this site.
IF YOU ARE HOMELESS or at risk of homelessness then you should CLICK HERE.
References
* Homelessness: A Silent Killer - Crisis Report 2011 - http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/Homelessness%20-%20a%20silent%20killer.pdf. The figure quoted is not life expectancy and relates to 'street homeless' or 'rough sleepers'.
* Homelessness: A Silent Killer - Crisis Report 2011 - http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/Homelessness%20-%20a%20silent%20killer.pdf. The figure quoted is not life expectancy and relates to 'street homeless' or 'rough sleepers'.
Copyright Dr. Richard Simpson MBChB, BSc, DRCOG, MRCGP 2015.
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