Doctors for the homeless and rootless

Matthews, Philip

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“…Estimates have suggested that up to 500 000 people in England could be living with no permanent address 2. From 1977, housing authorities in the UK were required to prioritise homeless families with children and single people who were made homeless as a result of emergencies.…”

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Do emergency department attendances by homeless people increase in cold weather?

Brown

Goodacre

Cross

2010

Emergency Medicine Journal

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Do emergency department attendances by homeless people increase in cold weather?

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Goodacre

Cross

2010

Emergency Medicine Journal

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“…It examines the trends in demands placed upon an A&E department at a district general hospital on the Wirral, by the "homeless". The Wirral peninsula (figure) lies Attendance rates to the accident and emergency (A&E) departmentfrom 1983-1986and 1987Category 1983-19861987 Total …”

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Trends in the use of accident and emergency services by the homeless on the Wirral.

Earnshaw

Barnes²,

Brown³

1996

Emergency Medicine Journal

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Objective-To examine the use of accident and emergency (A&E) services by the homeless, with particular reference to the use of psychiatric services generated by this attendance. Methods-A retrospective study ofattendance registers at a large A&E department over an eight year period, during which there were 566 separate attendances by homeless patients out of a total of 421 237 adult attendances (1.3 per 1000). Results-There was no significant change in rates of attendances over the eight year period (P = 0.41), in the broad demographic details of the groups, or in the use of psychiatric services. Conclusions-There has been no significant increase in the use ofA&E services by homeless people in the population studied over the eight year period. Several possible explanations for this are given.(T Accid Emerg Med 1996;13:334-336)

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Homelessness and Mental Illness

Scott

1993

Br J Psychiatry

192

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In Great Britain 1-2 million people may be homeless. Most homeless people are men, but about 10-25% are women, of whom about half are accompanied by children. Significant mental illness is present in 30-50% of the homeless: functional psychoses predominate; acute distress and personality dysfunction are also prevalent. Co-morbidity of mental illness and substance abuse occurs in 20%, and physical morbidity rates exceed those of domiciled populations. The homeless mentally ill also have many social needs. Pathways to homelessness are complex; deinstitutionalization may be only one possible cause of the increase in the number of homeless people. There is much recent research estimating the extent of mental illness and the characteristics of selected subgroups of accessible homeless people. The evaluation of potential service solutions has received less attention. This review outlines the research, highlights current views on the definition and classification of homeless populations, and offers some guidelines on avenues which need to be explored.

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Doctors for the homeless and rootless

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Do emergency department attendances by homeless people increase in cold weather?

Do emergency department attendances by homeless people increase in cold weather?

Trends in the use of accident and emergency services by the homeless on the Wirral.

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