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A look back at 2021

For many of us, these have been the longest two years of our lives.

A lot has changed since the UK first went into lockdown in March 2020, what hasn’t changed though is the commitment by Doctors of the World to ensuring universal access to healthcare in the UK and abroad.

A round-up of DOTW COVID-19 vaccine resources

The Doctors of the World vaccine project is approaching its first anniversary, so we wanted to recap on some of the resources we have available for professionals and individuals needing support and information.

Joint letter: Concerns about the health implications of the Nationality and Borders Bill

Doctors of the World, alongside other leading healthcare organisations, has written to the Home Secretary in the wake of last week’s tragic loss of life in the English Channel.

DOTW contribute to ground-breaking report on sexual and gender-based violence

A ground-breaking report from University of Birmingham has found that there are too many barriers stopping refugee and migrant survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the UK getting essential health support they need.

Joint letter: Safe routes, compassion and fairness need to be at heart of Government’s approach to people seeking sanctuary

Following the tragic deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel – including children – it is time for serious action. We cannot stand by and let this Government’s harsh rhetoric and ill-thought-out approach go unchecked.

Doctors of the World intervene in migrant healthcare rights case in the High Court

Doctors of the World has provided evidence and legal arguments in an important case – about denying healthcare to people living in the UK without secure immigration status – which was heard in the High Court on 16 November 2021.

Open Letter to the Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Doctors of the World and The 3 million have written to The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to raise our concern that people who received their COVID vaccinations abroad or in a pop-up/walk-in vaccination centre without an NHS number are not recognised by the NHS as vaccinated.

List of Multilingual Resources for Afghans

To support people from Afghanistan, Doctors of the World has compiled a list of resources for individuals and for professionals who are working with them. The official languages of Afghanistan are Pashto and Dari (which is a variation of Farsi), and we have also included Urdu as it has been reported that a number of caseworkers have been working with families to whom Urdu is their primary language.

New report reveals the extent of the barriers migrants face accessing healthcare during the pandemic

Doctors of the World (DOTW) and the University of Birmingham (UoB) have today published, Migration and Vulnerability during the Pandemic: Barriers to Wellbeing, which has revealed that refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reported higher levels of bad health and inadequate housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Safe Surgeries provide hope for vulnerable members of our communities excluded from 76% of UK GP practices

Leading health charity, Doctors of the World (DOTW), is today celebrating the 500 GP surgeries across the UK who have signed up to the charity’s Safe Surgeries initiative. By signing Read More

Left out in the cold

Doctors of the World (DOTW) has released a recording of the webinar Left out in the cold: The extreme unmet health and service needs of street sex workers in East London before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.