Table 2 Summary of perceptions of frontline staff
Statutory | |
|---|---|
General Practitioners | • Most asylum seekers young mothers, many children, some pregnant within days of delivery |
|  | • No medical cards available |
|  | • No medical notes available |
|  | • No clarity about previous tests - possibly repeated unnecessarily |
|  | • Waiting room overcrowded |
Public Health Nurses | • No medical notes available |
|  | • No clarity about previous procedures, e.g. vaccines |
|  | • Waiting room overcrowded |
Community Welfare Officer | • Waiting room overcrowded |
|  | • Local service users' ill-feeling towards asylum seekers |
|  | • Local service users stopped attending |
Social Worker | • Foster places for children during hospitalisation of asylum seekers required, drain on resources |
Non-statutory | |
Refugee Support Group | • Out of their geographical region and official remit |
|  | • Limited resources to respond |