Congratulation to Sharon White, young people's mental health nurse, who's going to Downing Street today in recognition of her excellent work
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:54:11
York Street Health Practice
From 1 January 2011 the Health Access (HAT) and No Fixed Abode (NFA) services in Leeds merged to become the York Street Health Practice to offer healthcare for the vulnerably transient and homeless people in Leeds.
What we do
This innovative new service continues to provide well-established primary care to the homeless and vulnerably housed people of Leeds who may have a range of issues including mental health, alcohol and drug use. The newly merged service provides an increased list size and registration for people currently seeking asylum.
The new service provides:
Primary Care Registration
GP and nursing service
Mental health service
Alcohol service
Support service
Drug service (funded by Safer Leeds)
Primary care registration is open to all adults who are homeless or vulnerably transient (including asylum seekers).
It also provides:
New arrival assessment and screening for asylum seekers
Outreach service
Consultancy, advice and training
Our team
Our experienced, dedicated multi-disciplinary team comprises mental health nurses, support workers, drug therapists, GPs, practice nurses, nurse practitioner, client support workers and administrative staff.
How to refer to us
You can refer by telephone, fax or email.
Contact us
We are based at 68 York Street, Leeds LS9 8AA.
Tel: 0113 295 4840 Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm
Fax: 0113 247 0290
E: yorkstreet@nhs.net
Heads of Service:
Elaine Goodwin e.goodwin@nhs.net
Catherine Hall catherine.hall@nhs.net
Our aims
Our work with vulnerably transient and homeless populations of Leeds, including refugees and asylum seekers is designed to:
- increase access to health services by providing a specialist primary care service;
- increase health access for asylum seeking families with new arrival assessment and introduction to mainstream GP services;
- improve physical health, mental and emotional wellbeing and ensure access to local primary care health services;
- link in with organisations able to provide specialist advice, housing and social care support or hospital services;
- protect public health by reducing the risk of spread of communicable diseases; and
- provide expert advice, training and support to other health services so they are able to work better with these vulnerable groups.
16 May 2012