Asylum seekers and refugees
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See also
External links
- Good "reading list" of resources (mostly with web links) relating to refugee health care, from The Kings Fund.[1]
- Leaflet for refugees "How to register with a doctor (GP)" (near the bottom of this NHS Direct page).
- The BMA produced guidance relating to asylum-seekers .[2]
- DH page with resources for asylum seekers and refugees (some of the ASCT newsletters you can download from that page contain some very useful links).
- DH leaflet for refugees and others ("This fact sheet has been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.")
- Asylum Support
- Refugee Council