GP surgeries deny care to vulnerable people without ID documents Many practices are refusing to take new patients without checks that breach NHS rules
GPs are wrongly denying care to homeless people, travellers and recent arrivals into the UK by telling them to produce photographic identification or proof of address before they can register or get urgent treatment.
Sex workers and drug users are also being prevented from accessing GP surgeries for the same reason, according to findings published in the British Journal of General Practice. The Guardian#
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GPs are wrongly denying care to homeless people, travellers and recent arrivals into the UK by telling them to produce photographic identification or proof of address before they can register or get urgent treatment.
Sex workers and drug users are also being prevented from accessing GP surgeries for the same reason, according to findings published in the British Journal of General Practice. The Guardian#
See also:
- Provision and accessibility of primary healthcare services for people who are homeless: a qualitative study of patient perspectives in the UK (abstract) British Journal of General Practice
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