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Archive This page provides links to and downloads of documents and resources that have featured on the site previously but may well be dated. Please keep this in mind when using them!
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Working with families
Dr John Barcroft is a Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist currently volunteering for the Children and Families Team at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
 09/01/2006
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Providing health care for refugee children and unaccompanied minors
Margaret A Lynch, Professor of Community Paediatrics Guys, Kings and St Thomas School of Medicine
09/01/2006
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Medact letter to Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, The Secretary of State for Health
Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 614 and consultation document Proposals to exclude overseas visitors from eligibility to free NHS Primary Medical Services.
 09/06/2005
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Report by Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commisioner for Human Rights
Report by Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commisioner for Human Rights, on his visit to the United Kingdom 4th - 12th November 2004.
 09/06/2005
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'Fit to be Detained' Challenging the detention of asylum seekers and migrants with health needs' by BID.
The report is based on the cases of 13 adults and 3 children with health needs, held in UK prisons and Immigration Removal Centres for periods ranging from 40 to 720 days (an average of 250 days). It includes findings of a report on the health and medical needs of immigration detainees by the independent humanitarian medical agency Médecins Sans Frontières.
18/05/2005
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A study of asylum seekers with special needs (April 2005)
This report documents the findings of a survey of asylum seekers with special needs. The overall aim of the study was to find out about their general health status and special needs, and highlight the range of issues that are not being addressed by the current support system.
04/05/2005
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Charges for Overseas Visitors for HIV/AIDS treatment - Health Select Committee
Since our report, the Government has introduced changes to the regulations relating to charges for NHS treatment for overseas visitors in an attempt to combat 'health tourism'. This now means that people who are in the country without proper authority, including illegal immigrants, failed asylum seekers and visa overstayers, will be charged for all NHS treatment.
Follow the website link and then click the hyperlink "Select committee publications" followed by "Health". Here you can browse the reports in HTML format.
20/04/2005
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Viewpoint - healthworkers speak out
A collection of articles from press and journals.
20/04/2005
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A question of ethics?
Doctors dealing with asylum seekers need clearer direction on how to manage human rights issues and avoid being drawn into abuses.
11/11/2004
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Message Archive
Members of the network can view archived messages and change their message settings at the Yahoo groups site. You must be a member to access this site.
07/07/2004
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