Dr Chris Sargeant

GP Lead Pathway Homeless Team

Brighton and Sussex University Hospital

Chris is a GP and in 1998 set up Morley Street Surgery (later Brighton Homeless Healthcare), a GP surgery for homeless people in central Brighton. Having completed an MSc in Addictions, he became the clinical lead for Islington’s Primary Care Drug Service in 2009.

In 2012 Chris joined Pathway as GP lead for the BSUH (Brighton and Sussex Hospitals Trust) hospital team as part of the clinical trial looking at the Pathway approach to improving the in-patient care of homeless people. The team has since become well established, and has expanded to include outreach and advocacy workers who follow up patients after discharge. Plans are in place to further develop this ‘Pathway Plus ’model into a fully integrated health, housing and social care team.

Chris is a part time Senior Clinical Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and chair the Faculty of Homeless and Inclusion Health education committee.