We have doctors and staff who are able to speak passable French and Spanish and have a telephone translation service for Asylum Seekers. We can also provide an internet text translation service which offers text translation in a number of languages.
These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.
Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages