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HEALTH INCLUSION


We are so very pleased to have been the recipient of this year's award for Best Initiative for Tackling Homelessness for our Health Inclusion work. However this wouldn't have been possible without the commitment, support and hard work of our partners at St Marks in Southport, PC24 in South Sefton, CGL, Hep C Trust, Dentaid and everyone at Southport Hospital AED, HALT, MHLT, Discharge Facilitators and Safeguarding and the many individuals who support our team to deliver these essential services.

A wider team success!


WORKING TOGETHER

We work with you to come up with the very best solutions for your circumstances



What our clients say


“Feeling much better this morning thanks to you getting me in with the GP yesterday. I don’t know what I’d do without you. Thank you”

“ so very kind and thoughtful with me on the ward. It made such a difference knowing that there was help for me when I leave the hospital”


“Just looked in the bag at the toiletries – you really don’t understand how you have made me feel. Thank you very very much”

HEALTH INCLUSION

StreetSeen is the collective name for Light for Life’s interventions for individuals involved in street activity, whether that be Rough Sleeping, begging or street drinking/using substances. Light for Life provides Health & Wellbeing Services across the Sefton area for people with people with multiple and /or complex needs. 

StreetSeen@St.Marks is a joint initiative between Light for Life and St. Marks Medical Centre, Southport. Working in partnership with St. Marks Medical Centre and PC24 in South Sefton, we provide a specialist Health & Wellbeing Clinic for vulnerable people. This is a special GP led clinic providing access to a full range of clinical services for people who may find it difficult to engage with services due to their complex needs and lifestyles.

The service also provides in-reach support at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospital Trust for those at risk of homelessness to ensure appropriate support is in place on discharge to minimise repeat presentations.

Health & Wellbeing staff work alongside colleagues in both Health and Accommodation Services to bring about positive outcomes for those who are most vulnerable.

Health & Wellbeing Services include:
  • Access to GP, Mental Health Nurse and General Nursing
  • Accompanied appointments
  • On-going support for referrals to specialists/secondary health care services
  • Hospital In-reach Service
  • Support to engage with addiction and mental health services
  • Referrals for patients in A and E or admitted to wards who are homeless
  • Face to face assessments with patients for accommodation
  • Links into Social Care, Housing, Probation to ensure that patients have safe places to - go to on discharge
  • Ongoing support to reduce admissions and improve quality of life
  • Randomised Hep C testing 
  • Counselling/CBT
  • Access to dental treatment