CONTENTS:

Sharing Experiences: News from Health Professionals across the EU:

  • Linking with General Practictioners to Prevent Homelessness – a Case Study from Kent by Rachel Kelly
  • Homeless people with psychiatric and/or addiction problems: an assertive outreach project by Gunther Hannot
  • Community nurses in the UK say improvement needed to hospital discharge for the homeless by David Parker-Radford

Resources:

  • Scottish Public Health Network: Restoring the Public Health response to Homelessnessin Scotland
  • The role of psychosocial interventions in drug treatment – a new analysis of EMCDDA
  • New legal report on access to healthcare in 12 countries – from Medecins du Monde
  • Homeless Patients in Intensive Care Units – Research from a French tertiary care university hospital
  • The case for investing in public health – WHO report
  • WHO global strategy on people-centred and integrated health services
  • Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experiences – a book
  • How to improve support and services for destitute migrants? – a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Safely Home: What Happens When People Leave Hospital and Care Settings? – a report by Healthwatch
    England