Doctors have called on Glasgow health leaders to reverse the closure of a specialist GP service for the homeless.
GPs at the specialist GP practice for the homeless in Glasgow have now been incorporated into the city's Complex Needs Service
The Hunter Street practice in the Gallowgate area of the city closed on March 31 as part of a reorganisation of the Complex Needs Service , which shares the premises. In a statement, 'GPs at the Deep End' said:"The many clinical teams in the city who support people experiencing homelessness including Emergency Department colleagues are very worried.
Edinburgh has a specialist GP practice for the homeless which is run by the health board, and similar services on a smaller scale are in place in Aberdeen and Ayrshire.Official guidance stipulates that health and social care for people experiencing homelessness should be based on an assessment of the"quality and capacity of existing mainstream and specialist service provision".
The Queens Nursing Institute Scotland, a charity promoting high-quality nursing in the community and which works with Deep End GPs, said the closure"is likely to further exacerbate existing health inequalities" for homeless people and backed calls to reverse the decision.The HSCP said an equality and diversity impact assessment is currently underway and will be completed within three months of the service change"in line with NHS guidance".
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