Doctors of the World UK launched a new Mobile Clinic service helping people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough in the City of London.
Volunteer GPs and nurses will offer advice on health conditions, register patients with local GP practices, attend to immediate health needs, provide new socks and gloves and offer screenings for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
The aim is to work towards sustainable access to healthcare, so that people experiencing homelessness will be able to access mainstream NHS services and rely on them in times of need.
They have teamed up with the City of London Corporation, which governs the Square Mile, to run the service as a six months pilot on a weekly basis.
Visitors will be offered hot drinks and refreshments, and referred to other support services, such as dentists, opticians, and drug and alcohol teams. Women experiencing homelessness will be offered sanitary products and referred to our Women and Children’s clinic.