Mobile Clinic team to support people experiencing homelessness

Today, we’re launching a new Mobile Clinic service helping people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough in the City of London. Volunteer GPs and nurses will offer advice on health conditions, register patients with local GP practices, attend to immediate health needs, provide new socks and gloves and offer screenings for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The aim is to work towards sustainable access to healthcare, so that people experiencing homelessness will be able to access mainstream NHS services and rely on them in times of need. We have teamed up with the City of London Corporation, which governs the Square Mile, to run the service as a six months pilot on a weekly basis. Visitors will be offered hot drinks and refreshments, and referred to other support services, such as dentists, opticians, and drug and alcohol teams. Women experiencing homelessness will be offered sanitary products and referred to our Women and Children’s clinic. Marianne Fredericks, Chairman of City of London Corporation’s Health and Wellbeing Board said: “We know that rough sleepers experience a whole host of barriers when it comes to accessing proper healthcare. “Doctors of the World provides fantastic support for the most vulnerable in our society, and this pioneering service will be invaluable for the Square Mile’s homeless population. “Together we are supporting the them with medical care in a safe environment, and helping them get off the streets for good.” Dur...
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