What Project: London will do

Project: London will help people to access health care through its teams of trained volunteers, who will provide people with information, advice, and practical support to access mainstream health services. By working with, and in the premises of, three partner organisations, we are targeting vulnerable migrants, homeless people, and female street sex workers. Priority will be given to people not registered with a general practitioner or who have been denied access to health care. Specially trained support workers will inform people about how to access and use mainstream services, providing information in the service user's own language if necessary. They will help people to register with a general practitioner and to access specialist services such as dental care or counselling. The volunteers will also advocate on behalf of service users if they struggle to access services by making phone calls, organising interpreting services, or accompanying people to their appointments. People coming to Project: London will be able to discuss their health concerns …