Funders and Partner Links
This page contains links to some of the agencies we are collaborating with, and to some of our funders and supporters
NHS Partners
TB Find and Treat
A specialist service that works with a mobile x-ray unit and alongside other front line services to tackle TB among the most ‘hard-to-reach’ groups. Homeless people are one of the services key target groups and are particularly at risk from TB. London Pathway has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Find & Treat focussed on improving the links between street based and hospital based services.
http://www.findandtreat.com/TB_Find_%26_Treat/TB_Find_and_Treat_.html
Barts and the London NHS Trust
We delighted to have been commissioned to carry out a Pathway needs assessment of health care for the homeless in the Royal London Hospital. We expect this to lead to the establishment of a Pathway service in the hospital in autumn 2011. The needs assessment will be published shortly.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
BSUH have commissioned us to carry out a needs assessment of healthcare for homeless people in their hospital. Work is well under way and we look forward to seeing a Pathway service established there later in 2011.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Our first Pathway service has been running at UCLH for nearly two years. As part of our Health Foundation funded project we hope to begin to publish regular service performance data on this web site in the near future.
http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/Pages/home.aspx
The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust
We launched a pilot Pathway team in the Royal Free Hospital in November 2012. We've been supporting our two new colleagues to get going and look forward to seeing the results they can achieve for homeless patients there.
Partners in the homelessness sector
St Mungo’s
One of the UK’s leading homelessness agencies. We are working with St Mungo’s to define new ways to integrate healthcare provision into hostels for the homeless and to develop new forms of residential care for chronically sick homeless people.
Thamesreach
One of London's largest voluntary sector homelessness agencies. We are working with Thamesreach on the development of our Care Navigator programme. Thamesreach are providing payroll services for the employment of our first formerly homeless Pathway Care Navigator.
http://www.thamesreach.org.uk/
Groundswell
Groundswell is the UK’s leading client involvement and self-help organisation working in the field of homelessness. Groundswell people have helped by giving us regular feedback on the development of our services to make sure we understand how best to improve homeless people's experience of the health service.
http://www.groundswell.org.uk /
Streetleague
Working with us on our first Care Navigator training programmes. Steetleague deliver structured sport and education programmes to some of the hardest to reach groups across the UK, with a particular focus on young people.
http://www.streetleague.co.uk/
The National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council. A US partner/collaborator from whom we are learning a great deal. Much useful content on their web site. It is a home for those who work to improve the health of homeless people and who seek housing, health care, and adequate incomes for everyone
http://www.nhchc.org/council.html
Broadway
Broadway is a London based homelessness charity. Among much else Broadway look after the CHAIN database helping to track what's happening to homelessness in London, and publish regular reports on the numbers of homeless people in the city
Homeless London
Web based advice and links for people currently homeless or at risk of homelessness.
http://www.homelesslondon.org/details.asp?id=LP91&ds=1
Shelter
National housing and homelessness charity
http://england.shelter.org.uk/
Crisis
National charity focused on single homeless people
Supporters and Funders
The London Pathway has won a grant from the Health Foundation of just under £400,000 over the next two years. The grant is one of eight awarded as part of the Health Foundation's 'Closing the Gap programme , supporting projects aiming to transform relationships between clinicians and patients, and put patients at the centre of their own healthcare. Changing relationships around homeless people in hospital is central to the work of the London Pathway.
The London Housing Foundation have agreed to grant the London Pathway £120,000 over the next two years to support our core operations, develop our training and support programmes for Care Navigators (former homeless people working with patients in the hospital), and build a network for specialist London Pathway nurses. The London Housing Foundation is one of the sponsors of the Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards. The London Pathway won the top award in 2010.
UCLH Charity provided seed corn funding to help the London Pathway get established. UCLH Charities continue to provide a range of support to the London Pathway. http://www.uclhcharity.org.uk/
UCLH – the site of the first London Pathway ward round service. UCLH Hospital Trust have provided a wide range of support to help the London Pathway get going and is the location for our first service.
UCL Partners – the new umbrella body for a collaboration of world-class health institutions in central and North London. An early supporter of the London Pathway.
Camden Primary Care Trust – provided early funding to help the London Pathway develop its service model at UCLH
Westminster Primary Care Trust – provided early funding to help with the development of the London Pathway.
DoubleTree by Hllton, London, Westminster – generously provide overnight accommodation for key Pathway medical staff.
We are grateful to Arup's, who have given London Pathway support in developing our plans for residential medical 'respite' care centres for homeless people. We plan to launch a major fundraising effort to establish the first such centre during 2012.
The recently launched College of Medicine – the London Pathway is partnering with the college of Medicine to develop the UK’s first Faculty of Homeless Healthcare. The Faculty will promote and encourage holistic & collaborative healthcare for people with tri-morbidity (physical and mental ill health with drug & alcohol misuse), so often associated with poverty and homelessness.
http://www.collegeofmedicine.org.uk/faculties/faculty-care-homeless-people
The Mayor of London
We have benefitted from advice and support from GLA homelessness staff and from the Mayor of London’s Office. The Mayor’s Housing Advisor chairs the London Delivery Board to co-ordinate action on homelessness.
http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/housing/working-partnership/ldb