URBAN VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

Urban Village Medical Practice (UVMP) is a GP practice based at Ancoats Primary Care Centre on the outskirts of the city centre. As well as providing primary healthcare to over 10,000 registered general patients since 1998, we have also provided a primary healthcare service to homeless patients and currently have approximately 850 registered homeless patients... In 2017, through Big Lottery funding, we began running regular nurse-led sessions at The Beacon Centre run by Barnabus. The purpose of these sessions is to engage homeless people with health care and to provide health promotion to people accessing the service... In addition to operational work, Urban Village has also worked to ensure homeless health has become a strategically important issue in the city. In the last 2 years we have developed and delivered a range of training on homeless healthcare, including the Homeless Healthcare Standards to people working with homeless people and Know Your Rights training to empower..

Primary location: Manchester United Kingdom