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Abstract
This review outlines current literature regarding access to and quality of healthcare for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees in the UK. The multiple factors influencing their experiences are explored, alongside the optimal design of services to best address their needs. A consensus view of best practice is described in the form of service delivery standards for care delivered by paediatricians in emergency departments, inpatient, outpatient and other community settings.
- Emergency Care
- Global Health
- Healthcare Disparities
- Mental health
- Health services research
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Collaborators On behalf of the ‘International Child Health Group Advocacy Group’: Yasmin Moore, Amy Stevens, Allison Ward, Andrew Roland, Sarah Eisen, Erva Nur Cinar, Christian Harkensee, Jessica Keeble, Maria Marcolin, Pallavi Patel, Sally Price.
Contributors YM: prepared the initial draft of the manuscript. AS, AW, AGR and SE: contributed to writing and subsequent revisions. All authors approved the final manuscript. YM: guarantor.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests YM, AS: no competing interests to declare. AW: Consultant Paediatrician (Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; University College Hospital London NHS Foundation Trust); Clinical Lead at UCLH Respond (complex care service for people seeking asylum and refugees). No financial interests in relation to this work. Holds current NIHR funding for research in the field of migrant health. AGR: Consultant Paediatrician (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust); Honorary Professor (Children’s Rights, Law, and Advocacy) at the University of Salford; Lead Employer Medical Director at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Officer for Child Protection at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Chair of the Board of Trustees of SicKids; Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of M’Lop Tapang; Member of the Advisory Council (and Fellow) of the Churchill Fellowship. Has received expenses from the RCPCH in relation to speaking activities at conferences and other meetings. No speaking fees have been received from any organisation. Holds current NIHR funding for research in the field of migrant health. SE: Consultant Paediatrician (University College Hospital London NHS Foundation Trust); Clinical Co-Lead at Respond (complex care service for people seeking asylum and refugees); Honorary Assistant Professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. No financial interests in relation to this work. Holds current NIHR funding for research in the field of migrant health.
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