CONTENTS:

Sharing Experiences: News from Health Professionals across the EU:

• Linking with General Practictioners to Prevent Homelessness – a Case Study from Kent by Rachel Kelly
• Homeless people with psychiatric and/or addiction problems: an assertive outreach project by Gunther Hannot
• Community nurses in the UK say improvement needed to hospital discharge for the homeless by David Parker-Radford

Resources:

• Scottish Public Health Network: Restoring the Public Health response to Homelessnessin Scotland
• The role of psychosocial interventions in drug treatment – a new analysis of EMCDDA
• New legal report on access to healthcare in 12 countries – from Medecins du Monde
• Homeless Patients in Intensive Care Units – Research from a French tertiary care university hospital
• The case for investing in public health – WHO report
• WHO global strategy on people-centred and integrated health services
• Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experiences – a book
• How to improve support and services for destitute migrants? – a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Safely Home: What Happens When People Leave Hospital and Care Settings? – a report by Healthwatch
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