Birmingham Homeless Health Exchange

The GP Primary Care Services, including our Mental Health and Outreach Services, take into account the complex needs of those who are Homeless building a trusting relationship to allow and encourage engagement to support their health needs which helps to reduce health inequalities across Birmingham.

We have a holistic and patient-centred approach to healthcare provision, working across Birmingham with partnership working with BSMHFT, Birmingham City Council and Crisis to name but a few.

Some of the health problems we can help you with are:

• General health advice and treatment
• Support and advice for mental health issues
• Sexual health and contraception advice
• Drugs/alcohol support and referral to other specialist services
• Minor injury care
• Wound care, dressings and scans.
• Testing and counselling for bloodborne viruses such as HIV/hepatitis B & C
• Referrals and liaison with other health and homeless services
• Free flu and hep B vaccination

The Homeless Health Exchange is committed to helping people get the health care that they need. At The Homeless Health Exchange we provide responsive NHS General Practice services (GP), designed to meet the needs of people who are homeless or in unstable accommodation; those who have come to Birmingham as refugees or to seek asylum. We work in partnership with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) to meet the needs of our patients.

We are a team of doctors, nurses, Mental Health, Outreach, Substance Misuse and health link workers and support staff who provide confidential health advice, treatment and support to people who are homeless. This includes those who are rough sleeping and those living in temporary accommodation