Homeless Healthcare

Our goals are to have:

• A network of mobile clinics across the metropolitan area, run by dedicated clinicians with a special interest in working with homeless and marginalised people.
• Sustainable funding to support delivery of GP clinics for Perth’s homeless, and continuation of the ‘Street Health’ pilot project (giving daily access to a registered nurse for people who are sleeping rough).
• A medical recovery centre where homeless people can have their health needs addressed when they do not require the full, expensive services of a hospital, but are not yet well enough for life on the streets.
• A collaborative research and education unit focussed on expanding the international knowledge base of effective interventions to improve the health of homeless people, and providing leading professional development about evidence-based health and social interventions to support homeless people.
• A commitment from Government to provide sustainable funding for health services for homeless people.