Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees
People seeking asylum and refugees living in initial accommodation in the UK can experience significant barriers to accessing care. They often have complex health and social needs and may experience fragmentation in the delivery of services. The Respond Integrated Refugee Health Service, hosted by U...
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| author | Allison Ward Sarah Eisen Paola Cinardo Nicky Longley Philippa Harris Olivia Twose Aileen Ni Chaoilte Lucy Bradbeer |
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| description | People seeking asylum and refugees living in initial accommodation in the UK can experience significant barriers to accessing care. They often have complex health and social needs and may experience fragmentation in the delivery of services. The Respond Integrated Refugee Health Service, hosted by University College London Hospital and operating across North Central London, has been created to address some of these challenges. In addition to offering in-person holistic health and well-being assessments, infection screening and onward care planning, Respond has developed an online multidisciplinary team (MDT) forum to support professionals working with the most complex of cases. Key professional groups from across the network are invited to contribute to multidisciplinary care planning, providing an efficient and streamlined multiagency model of care, improved access to interdisciplinary pathways and opportunities for interprofessional learning. Here, we describe the creation of the Respond Complex Refugee Health Advice and Guidance MDT and discuss the perceived benefits and limitations of the MDT approach in improving the care of people seeking asylum and refugees. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ff3fbb2df984541a6935233b11ae1942025-08-20T01:57:35ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Paediatrics Open2399-97722024-12-018110.1136/bmjpo-2024-002869Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugeesAllison Ward0Sarah Eisen1Paola Cinardo2Nicky Longley3Philippa Harris4Olivia Twose5Aileen Ni Chaoilte6Lucy Bradbeer7Paediatrics, University College Hospital Children and Young People`s Services, London, UKUniversity College LondonUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK1University College London HospitalPrimary Care International, Oxford, UKJames Wigg Practice, London, UKUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKSouth Islington Health Inequalities Lead, Primary Care Network, London, UKPeople seeking asylum and refugees living in initial accommodation in the UK can experience significant barriers to accessing care. They often have complex health and social needs and may experience fragmentation in the delivery of services. The Respond Integrated Refugee Health Service, hosted by University College London Hospital and operating across North Central London, has been created to address some of these challenges. In addition to offering in-person holistic health and well-being assessments, infection screening and onward care planning, Respond has developed an online multidisciplinary team (MDT) forum to support professionals working with the most complex of cases. Key professional groups from across the network are invited to contribute to multidisciplinary care planning, providing an efficient and streamlined multiagency model of care, improved access to interdisciplinary pathways and opportunities for interprofessional learning. Here, we describe the creation of the Respond Complex Refugee Health Advice and Guidance MDT and discuss the perceived benefits and limitations of the MDT approach in improving the care of people seeking asylum and refugees.https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e002869.full |
| spellingShingle | Allison Ward Sarah Eisen Paola Cinardo Nicky Longley Philippa Harris Olivia Twose Aileen Ni Chaoilte Lucy Bradbeer Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees BMJ Paediatrics Open |
| title | Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees |
| title_full | Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees |
| title_fullStr | Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees |
| title_short | Empowering professionals: a multidisciplinary approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees |
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