Andrea van der Gevel Nurse Centrum van Dienstverlening Andrea van der Gevel is a RN Nurse working with this target group for more than 20 years. As a Care coördinator for a medicale respit unit in a Night shelter in Rotterdam. Specialty is finding financial flows for the target group so they can connect to…
Dr Lucy Potter GP Homeless Health Service, Bristol Dr Lucy Potter is a GP and NIHR In-Practice Fellow at the University of Bristol. She runs a drop in clinic for street sex working women under the Homeless Health Service and is researching healthcare provision for this group.
Dr Natalie Bradley StR Special Care Dentistry Inner North East London Natalie graduated from Newcastle University in 2014 before moving to London to complete her foundation and core training posts in London. She then gained experience in community dentistry treating special care and paediatric patients including epidemiology, domiciliary work and use of conscious sedation. In…
John Conolly Lead Counsellor Homeless Health Service, CLCH NHS Trust, London The interface between exclusion and self- exclusion has always been one of his main interests, and has paralleled his professional development from psychology, organisational psychology, psychotherapy and presently ‘pre-treatment therapy’, which is increasingly attracting national and international attention. He has led the Westminster Homeless…
Dr Daisy Higginson GP Edinburgh Access Practice Daisy undertook her medical degree at Edinburgh University, staying in Edinburgh to finish her foundation training. Following this she completed the East Africa Diploma in Tropical Medicine based between academic faculties in Tanzania and Uganda. This led her to take on a role in GUM/ HIV medicine in…
Caroline Bernard Head of Policy and Communications Homeless Link Caroline is Head of Policy and Communications at Homeless Link. Caroline is responsible for a seven-strong team of policy, communications, information and research professionals, and is Homeless Link’s strategic lead for its membership of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance. Caroline has led policy and communications…
Sarah Sweeney Communications and Health Policy Co-ordinator Friends Families and Travellers Sarah Sweeney is Communications and Health Policy Co-ordinator at Friends Families and Travellers where she leads the organisation’s work on the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance. Sarah first became interested in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller health while working in community development with Roma communities…
Elzbieta Orciari Nurse Team Leader Luther Street Medical Centre, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Registered nurse with inclusion health experience in both statutory and voluntary sectors. Professional interests include health partnerships, health system strengthening, Public Health and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities.
Dr Emma Warren GP Luther Street Medical Centre, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Emma studied medicine at the University of Liverpool and completed her foundation years in Barrow-in-Furness, an area noted for its high levels of social deprivation and poverty. Emma gained further experience in the healthcare of vulnerable groups, on placements abroad in rural…
Dr John Budd GP, Edinburgh Access Practice (EAP) Co-ordinator, Lothian Deprivation Interest Group (DIG) I have been working as a GP with the Access Practice since 2006. We are a GP practice providing a range of health care services for homeless people in Edinburgh, in partnership with social work and housing colleagues. Previously I worked…