LInks concerning care for refugees

Deparment of Health Information regarding health care for refugees from Kosovo on the world-wide web, and on the NHSWeb.

Further information is available on a network of specialist services (including voluntary services) offering advice on mental health issues - that might be able to help these refugees - is available here, including specific advice for Kosovan refugees.

Drs Philip Matthews and Fahri Seljmani have produced "Working with Kosovar/Albanian patients -- a medical phrasebook and resource". You can ask them for a printed copy through Patsy Ryan, Head of Communications, Thameside Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Thurrock Community Hopsital, Long Lane, Grays, Essex, RM16 2PX on 01375 364479, Fax 01375 364454. Alternatively, the document has been converted to pdf format and can downloaded by clicking here.

Local government agency information regarding asylum seekers, including refugees.

The Refugee Council has useful information, links, and "games" to give people an idea what it might be like to be a refugee.