Mental Health Awareness Week 2023: 15 to 21 May – Anxiety
Anxiety is an important human emotion but, in some circumstances, it can get out of hand and become a mental…
Posts Categorized: Welcome
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How to find an NHS dentist?
How to find an NHS dentist in England?
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How to register with a GP in the UK?
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Inspiring story
How wonderful to see a psychiatrist who fled war-torn Iraq and settled in Norfolk is leading a new clinic to…
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Mental health top tips
City of Sanctuary partner Mental Health Foundation have just published a new set of mental health top tips and how…
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New Wellbeing and Health Stream Coordinator!
As of March, City of Sanctuary UK is thrilled to welcome Zaina Aljumma the brand new The Wellbeing and Health…
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Campaign to end NHS charging: statement from Royal College of Paediatrics
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published a statement calling for the abolition of all NHS…
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City of Sanctuary Health Stream and Doctors of the World UK Safe Surgeries collaboration
As mentioned in the Health Stream leaflet, City of Sanctuary ( CoS) and Doctors of the World (DOTW) are working…
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Test and trace scam
You may get a call from the genuine NHS Test and Trace number 0300 013 5000 but how do you know it is genuine?
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Patients not Passports – New Toolkit
The ‘Patients not Passports’ Toolkit has recently been launched by Docs Not Cops, Migrants Organise, and Medact. The Toolkit offers resources…
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Safe Surgeries and Surgeries of Sanctuary – improving welcome in GP practices
Safe Surgeries and Surgeries of Sanctuary – improving welcome in GP practices
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Legal Victory Protects Patients from NHS Data Sharing
Legal Victory Protects Patients from NHS Data Sharing
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Changes to Accessing Healthcare – Impact on Refugees & Asylum-Seekers – Take Action Now!
Changes to Accessing Healthcare – Impact on Refugees & Asylum-Seekers
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Searching for Potential Claimants to Challenge Home Office Access of NHS Data
In light of ongoing concerns around the data-sharing agreement between the Home Office and NHS Digital, a number of agencies are considering legal action to challenge the practice. They are looking for an individual or organisation who objects to the practice and preferably, someone who has been directly impacted by…
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Dramatic increase in HO tracing requests through the NHS
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NHS Digital (formerly HSCIC), the Department of Health (DoH) and the Home Office, makes clear that NHS Digital is required by law to hand over non-clinical patient details to the Home Office, including last known addresses, dates of birth, GP’s details and the date registered…
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Health Stream in Action: Refugees’ Journeys: Wellbeing Justice and Resilience Conference
Coventry University and City of Sanctuary collaborated with organisations from across the country, including Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust…
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“City of Sanctuary Health Stream is taking off”
The City of Sanctuary Health stream provides a forum for asylum seekers and refugees to have a voice, to share their experiences and for these to be used to influence health research, policy and practice. We want to ensure that the Department of Health's slogan " No decision about me, without…