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Project: London
PROJECT: LONDON - TAKING HEALTHCARE TO THE STREETS - A new initiative being launched by Médecins du Monde UK
Project: London is a new initiative from Médecins du Monde UK to help improve access to healthcare for vulnerable groups in London. First and foremost, Project: London is an advocacy project that will provide information, advice and practical assistance to vulnerable people to help them access NHS and other services. In order to reach the most hard-to-reach groups, Project: London volunteer teams will provide basic healthcare in the interim period, until these people reach mainstream services.
The Project: London team for each session will consist of a qualified doctor, a nurse, and at least two support workers. All volunteers have undergone training by Médecins du Monde UK.
Project: London will work with, and in the premises of, three partner organisations which provide complementary services for three groups of vulnerable people who need help to access healthcare. The London-based organisations and their client groups are:
Praxis: working with displaced people and new residents
Providence Row: working with homeless people
U-Turn: working with vulnerable women involved in prostitution
Project: London's first Annual Report will be published in early 2007, based on data collected about obstacles to accessing healthcare and the health needs of its service users. Médecins du Monde will also release results of a European enquiry into the difficulty of access to healthcare in six European countries. These documents will be used as a basis to advocate for vulnerable people to get the medical care that they need. The information collected about Project: London's activities will enable monitoring of the project's progress against a defined set of indicators and targets.
There will be a full-scale review of the project after two years.