This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Friday, 8 December 2017
Locked up, locked out: health and human rights in immigration detention
Locked up, locked out: health and human rights in immigration detention This report outlines how aspects of current detention policies and practices, such as no clear time-limits on how long people will be detained, are detrimental to the health of migrants and asylum-seekers, and also sets out the challenges doctors face when providing healthcare in detention settings. It argues that the detention of people who have not been convicted of a crime should be a measure of last resort and should be phased out. British Medical Association
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