My Voice Matters: Experiences of refugees accessing and using health and social care in BaNES and Swindon

Report - 2 November 2023

My Voice Matters is ensuring the voice of people with diverse lived experiences and backgrounds are heard.
We are proud to be able to give the opportunity for seldom heard voices to be heard by providers and wider organisations in their own words.

This report was written by Dr Aanchal Rana as a practice track report for the degree of MSc Global and Public Health Policy at the University of Bath.

We offered her access to our team and engagement pathways to support her delivering this piece of work. All opinions and findings are her own.

Common health challenges of refugees include:

 

  • Untreated communicable infections
  • Poorly controlled chronic conditions
  • Maternity care
  • Mental wellness and expert help needs.
  • War-related injuries.

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