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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service
- GBT Ref No: 88415452
- Deadline: 29 Sep 2023
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: No Reference
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Title : Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service
Location Of Contract : RM1 3BB
Industry : Health and social work services - 85000000
Description : This is not an invitation to tender. Havering currently has circa 200 Ukrainian Refugees, around half of whom are women and half of whom are children. There are also circa 250 asylum seekers housed within a contingency hotel, all of which are adult males. One of the priority health needs for this cohort, is the provision of a mental health and wellbeing support service. This cohort tends to display symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety at levels far greater than the general population. This is often due to the severe trauma they have experienced or witnessed before arriving in the UK but can sometimes be due to what they experience whilst here. Asylum seekers and refugees are some of the poorest and most marginalised in society, arriving in a new country and navigating the healthcare landscape can be challenging, being able to travel to health & wellbeing services located throughout the borough can become an impossible ask for many as they simply do not have the financial means to get to all available services. There is also a significant lack of understanding and trust in mental health services amongst this cohort and a subsequent reluctance to seek mental health support. This is principally due to how mental health is often perceived in their countri... - Documents :
Purchaser : LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING
Town Hall,Main Road ROMFORD RM13BB England
Email :Matthew.Henry1@nhs.net
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