Changing the outlook for homeless people
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Changing the outlook for homeless people

Erin Dean Freelance journalist

One in 200 people in the UK is without a home and increasing numbers are sleeping rough. The RCN has called for a national plan to boost access to healthcare for this vulnerable group

The RCN is calling on all four UK governments and the NHS to agree a rapid plan to make routine care and treatment for homeless people more easily available during the cold winter months.

Nursing Standard. 32, 16-19, 26-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.16.26.s20

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