The Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s Refugee and Asylum Seeker Service supports refugees, asylum seekers, and people with insecure immigration status by improving access to healthcare and helping to reduce health inequalities. Working closely with community partners, the service helps people navigate the NHS and connect with wider support services.
As part of this year’s Refugee Week celebrations, the GSTT Refugee and Asylum Seeker Service is proud to support community led events organised in partnership with local organisations which include: Wellbeing Day and community sports activities to provide opportunities for people to connect, build friendships, break down barriers, and celebrate the strength and diversity of our local communities.
Serina Aboim is Deputy Head of Nursing, Health inclusion and continence service at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and is a member of our core team/committee.
We are also proud to have in our team Tori Cooper who is Deputy Chief Nurse Quality Improvement and Vulnerable Patients, at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and Trustee at GuildCare.
The HVHF has a long history of supporting equitable access to healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees as well as other disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. We strongly believe that all humans have the right to be treated with decency and dignity and abhor all forms of dehumanisation and demonisation of individuals and groups.
Paquita de Zulueta wrote for the BMJ on this topic in 2011.