Introduction
Meeting the health and wellbeing needs of residents born outside the UK is becoming increasingly important due to the multifaceted factors influencing the delivery of services e.g. UK migrant health policy, UK migration policy, conflict and human rights violations amongst others.
Over the last 10 years, the number of people coming from other countries for reasons including; to work, to study, to be with their family and because they are refugees to Wakefield district, has grown. Because of this, and national policy decisions, the need for services to support non-UK born communities has also grown. However, over time, these services may be offering different types of health and wellbeing support and care, and may not always meet the needs of our residents born outside of the UK. To make sure health and wellbeing services are the best they can be, the Health Needs Assessment Working Group are working with non-UK born communities, those who work with them and service providers, to carry out a Wakefield Health Needs Assessment for residents born outside the UK.
Phases of the Health Needs Assessment
The health needs assessment is being broken down into a number of different pieces of work. These include,
- the views and experiences of people and organisations who work with and provide services for non-UK born communities,
- the voices of those with lived experiences of being a non-UK born national living in Wakefield District,
- and a report describing the demographic and health profile of non-UK born communities residing in Wakefield.
The work should be finished later in 2024, but reports and summaries from completed phases will be shared below as they become available.
Reports
- Summary Report Number 1: Organisational Stakeholder Engagement
- This report summarises the qualitative findings following a series of focus groups and in-depth interviews. 57 organisational stakeholders were represented from a wide range of sectors and organisations, including those who work at local government level, those who work in migrant services, NHS and healthcare professionals and those who work in the third sector.