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Black women are at highest risk of self-harm
Research from the universities of Oxford and Manchester has found that young black women are disproportionately likely to suffer from self-harm and least likely to receive follow up specialist psychiatric care afterwards.
2 September 2010 (external article)
hackney gazette Hackney black mental health project looses funding
A centre run in Hackney to tackle the disproportionate ratio of black men suffering mental health problems by focus group 4Sight will face closure after its NHS funding stops this September.
25 August 2010 (external article)
independent Damage to children in detention exposed
A new report by Medical Justice, due to be published in September, reveals the extent of physical and emotional harm to children detained in immigration removal centres, with two-thirds of children becoming ill or being hurt whilst in detention.
9 August 2010 (external article)
Asylum health project expands provision
The free healthcare advocacy programme, Project: London, is to open its doors one Saturday of every month to accommodate the rising numbers of users.
23 June 2010 (198 words)
voice online Increase in black people detained under Mental Health Act
The latest NHS data reveals that over half of those detained involuntarily under the Mental Health Act are black.
18 May 2010 (external article)
guardian Three Yarl's Wood doctors investigated
Three doctors working at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre are facing investigation by the General Medical Council after complaints over numerous alleged cases of substandard patient care.
25 March 2010 (external article)
independent Refugees 'denied vital healthcare services'
A report commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that victims of torture seeking sanctuary in Britain are being denied vital healthcare in detention centres and the community.
11 March 2010 (external article)
guardian Migrant children face ordeal after lone journey to Britain
A report from Unicef has found that migrant children who arrive in England without parents or relatives are met with racism and a culture of disbelief that is exacerbating their mental trauma.
11 March 2010 (external article)
guardian Detention of children 'distressing and harmful'
The Children's Commissioner for England has found that the detention of children at immigration removal centres is 'extremely distressing'. The report is also critical of healthcare children receive while detained.
17 February 2010 (external article)
guardian Compensation for detention at Oakington
A Bolivian family of five, who were detained unlawfully at Oakington detention centre in Cambridge, have been awarded £100,000 compensation for false imprisonment in 2004.
1 February 2010 (external article)
bbc news HIV-positive woman challenges removal to detention centre
A HIV-positive woman, who has been living in Belfast for years and who was then moved to a detention centre in England, has begun a legal challenge as the move which failed to take in to account her healthcare situation.
1 February 2010 (external article)
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Government failing mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers
A new report has found that restrictive and contradictory government policies have severe implications for the mental health and well-being of refugees and asylum seekers.
7 January 2010 (994 words)
Health professionals speak out against detention of children
Every year hundreds of children in the UK are detained in immigration centres because their families face deportation, this policy is harmful and must change say medical experts.
10 December 2009 (431 words)
Blow to Black mental health in Birmingham
A petition is to be delivered to Downing Street in protest at the forced closure of Birmingham's only Black-led community mental health service.
1 October 2009 (825 words)
comment
Bad science?
By Frances Webber
The UK Border Agency is trialing a controversial isotope analysis to determine nationality.
24 September 2009 (608 words)
Godfrey Moyo - prisoner or patient?
On 6 July 2009, an inquest jury recorded a highly critical verdict of neglect in the death of Godfrey Moyo in HMP Belmarsh.
30 July 2009 (2325 words)
nursing times NHS to provide treatment for refused asylum seekers
The government has announced that free NHS treatment is to be given to refused asylum seekers who cannot leave the country 'through no fault of their own'.
22 July 2009 (external article)
bbc news Refused asylum seekers health help in Wales
A new set of rules has come into force in Wales which will see refused asylum seekers given access to free NHS healthcare unlike the rest of the UK, where refused asylum seekers are barred from receiving free treatment.
15 July 2009 (external article)
scotsman 'Alarming' statistics on attempted suicides
New research shows that 22% of women seeking asylum in Scotland have attempted to commit suicide, whilst 70% have experienced physical or sexual violence.
19 June 2009 (external article)
bbc news BMA warns on new immigration rules
The British Medical Association has warned that hundreds of foreign junior doctors could be forced from the NHS when changes to laws came in to force.
14 May 2009 (external article)
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