General
Access to NHS Health Care for Migrants
A short guide for for people working in frontline charities and advice services, MPs’ caseworkers, volunteers and mental health advocates, 2018
Maternity Action
A series of information sheets which provide a guide to maternity rights and benefits for pregnant women and new mothers according to their immigration status, 2020.
Institute of Community Reporters
Experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Health of Migrants in the UK
What do we know? Dr Hiranthi Jayaweera, The Migration Observatory, 2020
Sczepura, A 2005
Access to health care for ethnic minority populations Postgraduate Medical Journal; 81:141–147.
Health Experiences of Chinese people in the UK
Better Health Briefing 10, Race Equality Foundation, 2008.
Primary Concern
Access to GP Practices for Black and Minority Ethnic communities in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster. A Report by the BME Health Forum June 2008
Inclusion Health: improving primary care for socially excluded people. Department of Health, 2010
Race Equality Foundation
Better Health briefings, tools, links and resources.
Report, resources and recommendations from the Good Practices for Access & Well Being project:
BME Health Forum
BME Health Forum Publications
Migrant Health Guide
Supporting health practitioners who care for migrants (Site archived)
Maternity Action
Information on rights, advice and research
Medact
Refugee and asylum health, and health and conflict
Northwest Regional Strategic Migration Partnership
Advice, development and consultation services to organisations in the North West whose work is affected by migration from overseas.
Migration Yorkshire
Advancing Health Equity
Disparities Research for Change
Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit
Clarifying what aspects of health inequalities and their socio-economic causes influence the problem you plan to address
Doctors of the World UK
Clinic and advocacy programmes in London that provide medical care, information and practical support to excluded people such as destitute migrants
Refugees and asylum seekers
A review from an equality and human rights perspective. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research report 52. Health status and health and social care: access, needs and summary pp 19-35
Global Health Watch 5
Addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners within the context of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (2018).
Franks, Gawn and Bowden, 2007
Barriers to access to mental health services for migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers. Journal of Public Mental Health, 6(), March 2007, pp.33-41
University of the West of Scotland
Report on the situation of the Roma community in Govanhill, Glasgow. L Poole & K Adamson
Refugee health care
Reading list. The King’s Fund, 2013
Entitlement to healthcare
Migrant Health Guide
NHS entitlements
The NHS Constitution for England
NHS System Oversight Framework 2021/22
Registration and treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants.
ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners Association)
Signposting to registered immigration advice. ILPA also provides information about changes to legal aid.
Advice Now
Selection of all the best legal information from a wide range of providers.
Migrants Rights
Sources of advice and support.
Minority Ethnic Health Discussion Forum
Responsive email discussion group that offers direct access to experiences and good practice in minority ethnic health.
Access to Healthcare
A guide for organisations working with people seeking asylum
Building awareness, contacts and signposting
Who holds the information you need?
Including migrant populations in Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: a guide. Rose N, Stirling S, Ricketts A, Chappel D. 2011. See: Appendix 4: Starting contacts (p38).
Advice UK
Key steps to effective signposting and referral 2005.
Specific improvements
Pathways into and through care
TS4SE videos about how to use the NHS in England.
The NHS
The NHS - Farsi (Persian)
GPs
GPs - Farsi (Persian)
Self Care
Self Care - Farsi (Persian)
Hospitals
Emergency Care
Save the Children
Asian Women, Domestic Violence and Mental Health: A Toolkit for Health Professionals. Section 3: Access to Healthcare: pp 12-15
The “snowy white peaks” of the NHS
Middlesex University: a survey of discrimination in governance and leadership and the potential impact on patient care in London and England.
Beyond the snowy white peaks of the NHS
The Race Equality Action Plan to address the absence of black and minority ethnic staff from senior positions.
Community engagement and partnership working
Building better partnerships
Guidelines for multi agency groups working with asylum seekers and refugees in the East of England. Refugee Council & MENTER, 2005
The Collaboration Primer
Proven strategies, considerations and tools to get you started. HRET Health Research and Educational Trust, 2005
Not another consultation
Making community engagement informal and fun. Involve & Local Government Improvement and Development
TS4SE Guide to Community Engagement and Refugee & Migrant Communities
Community Engagement
The Centre for Ethnicity and Health model. Jane Fountain, Kamlesh Patel, Jez Buffin, 2007.
Migration information monitoring
Ethnic monitoring
Is health equality possible without it? Better Health Briefing paper 21
User views of Monitoring Ethnicity Data
HRET Disparities Toolkit
A toolkit for collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language information for patients
Glasgow’s Learning - Equality Outcomes
E-learning toolkit for service development, planning and trouble shooting, see the specific section on equalities monitoring.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
From NHS Scotland. Equalities in Health: Race & Ethnicity
Race Forward
Racial equity impact assessment toolkit.
Refugees and asylum seekers
A review from an equality and human rights perspective. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research report 52. Implications for Data Collection pp 120-128 (2010).
Equality Framework for Local Government
Updated to reflect the latest legislation affecting equality (2020).
Undocumented migrants
Chinese Whispers
The true story behind Britain’s hidden army of labour. Hsiao-Hung Pai
BMC Healthcare
Supporting Access to Healthcare for Undocumented Migrants in European Countries (2019).
First Do No Harm
Denying healthcare to people whose asylum claims have failed. Refugee Council, 2006
Refugee Council Report
Refugee Council calls on London Mayor candidates to pledge support for homeless refugees.
PICUM
Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, 2011. Preventing Undocumented Pregnant Women and Children from Accessing health Care: fostering health inequalities in Europe.
No Right to Dream
The social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants in Britain. 2009. Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Positive Action
Destitution support for refused asylum seekers