No recourse to public funds (NRPF): Understanding challenges, barriers, and experiences of people under NRPF webinar is taking place on Thursday 17 October from 12:30pm-2:00pm.
Register for the webinar
A series of lunchtime webinars are being hosted by the Trust to provide a space to hear from population health experts and specialists. The sessions will enable guests to learn, reflect and discuss what the population health topic means in terms of how we work as an NHS Trust and with partners across place.
They are open for all Trust colleagues, service users, carers, governors, members and ICB colleagues, voluntary sector partners and local authority public health teams from North East London (NEL) and Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK).
A key strategic objective for East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) is improving population health, using the principles as set out by Professor Sir Michael Marmot in Fair Society, Healthy Lives. This includes supporting service users, carers, and the communities we service to achieve a healthy standard of living.
We know there are challenges for people with No Recourse to Public Funds to achieve this goal, and that understanding how we can best help can be challenging for health care providers.
We are therefore bringing this webinar together to:
- Help raise awareness of what we mean by No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and how this can impact peoples access to health care support.
- Understand what population groups may be affected by NRPF and what this looks like in some of the care services we support.
- Provide health and care staff with advice on how best to support people with NRPF
We will be hearing from many expert speakers as well as those with lived experiences.
Speakers:
- Anna Miller, Doctors of the World
Anna Miller is Head of Policy & Advocacy at Doctors of the World UK. She leads Doctors of the World’s work to end NHS healthcare charges for migrant patients and, in 2017, she oversaw the Stop Sharing campaign which ended the policy to share NHS patient records with the Home Office for immigration enforcement.
Previously, Anna worked on Médecins du Monde’s European Observatory programme, which publishes an annual report on healthcare exclusion across Europe and advocates for policy change at European level.
She has a background in policy, campaigning and public affairs, working with NGOs at UK and EU level to improve access to justice, housing, and public services.
- Stephanie Simeon, Luton Citizens Advice Bureau
Stephanie Simon is the Chief Executive at Citizens Advice Luton. She has dedicated 31 years at Citizens Advice Luton to promoting health and well-being, empowering residents with the knowledge and confidence to tackle life's challenges.
In her work in supporting and empowering residents, Stephanie draws from her own lived experience as a child of a single mother and growing up in a council estate in one of the most deprived wards in Luton. She has channelled her personal experience to advocate for others facing similar struggles.
The team at Citizens Advice are passionate about helping clients with No Recourse to Public Funds deal with the heart-breaking challenges they face with little or no help from the benefits system. Stephanie’s experiences drives her to support clients who face ongoing challenges and to use data to influence policy change.
- Peter Buchman, Pathways
Clinical Lead Pathway Homeless Team at the Royal London Hospital, GP at Health E1-Homeless Medical Centre and GP Deputy Clinical Lead for Pathway Partnership Programme.
Peter completed his GP training in Sydney where he first developed an interest in working with homeless & socially excluded people. Peter started working at Health E1-Homeless Medical Centre in East London in 2003 & continues to work as a homeless and inclusion health GP there today. He worked as a GP with Special Interest in Substance Misuse in London for over 10 years. He started the Pathway Homeless Team at the Royal London Hospital in 2011. Peter continues to be clinical lead of the team.
Peter also joined the Pathway charity in May 2023 as GP Deputy Clinical Lead for the Partnership Programme. The programme helps commission, set up and support Pathway Homeless hospital teams across the UK.
- Maria Iglesias, Praxis
Maria Iglesias has 24 years of experience working in the migrant and homelessness sectors. For the last eight years, she has worked as Head of Services Operations at Praxis, a charity for migrants and refugees supporting over 2500 people at risk per year. At Praxis, she is responsible for all operational services, including Praxis Advice Service, the largest free advice service for migrants at risk in London, with over 22 staff providing specialist immigration advice to destitute migrants in different settings, including the hospital discharge project in partnership with London Pathways. Maria previously worked at St Mungo’s for 16 years, managing St Mungo’s Complex Needs Team and several supported housing projects in North London, and as a specialist Mental Health worker. She has a degree
in Clinical Psychology, an MSc in Health Psychology and an MSc in Forensic Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry from the Institute of Psychiatry. She has been a trustee for Homeless Link since 2021
- Jess Potter, Patients not Passports
Jess Potter is a consultant in respiratory medicine and lead of the TB service at North Middlesex University Hospital. She is also an academic at UCL with research interests in critical public health, healthcare access, migration and TB. Jess is part of the #PatientsNotPassports campaign - a broad coalition of organisations campaigning for the right to health for all.