NEWS & RESOURCES
Debate needed on how Covid technologies exclude most vulnerable, says charity chief
Safetynet chief executive Dr Fiona O’Reilly also warned that the Government needs to plan now for a future migrant crisis... read more
A day in the life of a nurse working with the homeless
“Trying to convince someone to go to hospital when you know they are on deaths' door, and they refuse for whatever reason, that can be a difficult situation to be in,” says Sinéad Grogan who has worked in the homeless sector for 11 years... read more
Safetynet Primary Care’s CEO Dr Fiona O Reilly PhD and Medical Director Dr Angela Skuce were invited to submit a statement to and appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality, and Integration relating to the agenda item “Experiences of Migrant Communities engaging with State Bodies, the health care system and other social services”.
Migrants face barriers to accessing health and social services, committee hears
Migrant communities in Ireland face many barriers to accessing health and social services, in addition to discrimination and negative attitudes towards them, TDs and Senators have heard..... Continue reading
A lack of interpreting services “impedes” the ability of health and social services in Ireland to understand the needs of non-English speaking migrants, Fiona O Reilly, chief executive of Safetynet Primary Care, told the committee.
Physical and Mental Health: How can migrants access Health Services in Ireland?
Our Medical Director Dr Angy Skuce was a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by the New Communities Partnership (https://www.newcommunities.ie/) Some very important information was discussed about a wide range of services and their availability. You can watch it back Here
Safetynet CEO Fiona O’Reilly in conversation with Sarah Caden at the Irish Independent
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The Mater Hospital, HSE and Safetynet open a Covid-19 Community Assessment Hub aimed at caring for those experiencing homelessness and others unable to access treatment
Minister for Health opens new Hub at the Mater which will care and treat the most marginalised in the inner city
8th May 2020
Coverage Report: Covid Hub Launch
08 May 2020
How frontline workers in Ireland's homeless services 'had to change everything' in 2020
Irish homelessness charity Safteynet had to adapt the services it provides due to Covid-19. 2020 saw a 35 per cent increase in homeless deaths in Ireland. Video: Enda O'Dowd
‘Being in Ireland feels like winning the lottery’: Syrians arrive after delay due to Covid Video...
Fire Moria Camp: Call for urgent evacuation and radical change
Aboard the Rapid testing bus
29 SEPT 2020
Spending a night with Safetynet's Mobile Health Unit
13 AUG 2020
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAT KENNY SHOW
reporter Josh Crosbie spent a night on the road with them to find out how they operate Read more...
How Dublin's homeless are being tested for Covid-19
Safetynet is a primary care facility for marginalised people in society who do not have access to healthcare. They have reconfigured to respond specifically to the coronavirus pandemic. Video: Enda O'Dowd
The MSF scientist helping ‘break the chain’ of COVID-19 among Ireland’s most vulnerable
4th June 2020 Read more...
Minister for Health opens new Hub at the Mater which will care and treat the most marginalised in the inner city
8th May 2020 Read more...
Homeless support groups making contingency plans for the spread of Covid-19
13 March 2020
Fiona O'Reilly, CEO of Safetynet Primary Care, said immediate issues that needed to be decided included drop-in centres, provision of food parcels, and transport for those who may begin to show symptoms.
Covid-19 affecting people living in extreme poverty
22 April 2020
Frontline workers operating on the margins of Irish society are reporting a "very high proportion" of positive Covid-19 cases among people living in extreme poverty.
Safetynet COVID-19 response – Update
6 April 2020
Safetynet have reconfigured our services in response to COVID-19 to identify, triage test and treat homeless and vulnerable people. Our reconfigured service means those with symptoms can be tested quicker and appropriately supported subsequently.
Bringing vital epilepsy care directly to homeless people in the community
10 February 2020 Read more...
Homeless support groups making contingency plans for the spread of Covid-19
Homeless support organisations are making contingency plans for the spread of Covid-19 among those in emergency accommodation and accessing night services.
It came as calls increased for extra capacity within homeless services to cater for an outbreak, with one organisation CEO querying whether the government should be checking on the availability of hotels or the capacity of the Army to erect a field hospital if required.
Fiona O'Reilly, CEO of Safetynet Primary Care, which has outreach teams that deal with the medical issues of those sleeping rough, said immediate issues that needed to be decided included drop-in centres, provision of food parcels, and transport for those who may begin to show symptoms.
'Bringing vital epilepsy care directly to homeless people in the community'
Irish Times Article - 10 February 2020
A new homeless outreach epilepsy project, run by consultant neurologist Dr Colin Doherty, together with Cara Synnott, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Dr Elizabeth Doran, Specialist Registrar and Dr Cliona Ni Cheallaigh Consultant in Inclusion Health at St James’s Hospital, in partnership with Safetynet GP Dr Enda Barron, aims to reduce ED visits by the homeless by 30 per cent and improve overall care for this group by providing an outreach epilepsy service in the community ...
There are clear victims here – the men, women and children who were forced to flee their homes, Dr Fiona O’Reilly writes....
The Irish Medical Times Special Report–
In the alleys and shadows, Street medicine heals the homeless
...[A Homeless Service user] has credited the Safetynet Primary Care service – a medical charity that delivers free primary care services to marginalised groups – with saving her life. She described the walk from the tent she was living in to the Safetynet Primary Care mobile health unit, which provides free healthcare to rough sleepers, as the 20-minute journey that saved both her and her partner’s lives. ...
The Irish Examiner covers a story which mentions St. James's on irishexaminer.com
Mobile x-ray unit launches TB testing clinic
BreakingNews.ie covers a story which mentions St. James's Hospital.
Mobile x-ray unit launches TB testing clinic
RTE highlights primary care for homeless people
Mobile health unit provides primary care for Dublin's homeless people
GP Maitiu Ó Tuathail travels across Ireland to be the first point of contact for newly arrived refugees. He hears stories of rape and torture ...
Press Release: 16th December 2019
Affidea Donate MRI scans to Safetynet Primary Care for people experiencing Homelessness, Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Today Affidea Ireland have announced that they are to partner with Safetynet Primary care, a medical charity that provides medical care to Ireland's most marginalised.
Epi-Insight
Disease Surveillance Report of HPSC, Ireland
Volume 20, Issue 11 November 2019
The Irish Medical Times covers a story which mentions St. James's Hospital on imt.ie
Mobile x-ray unit tests homeless for TB
The Evening Echo covers a story which mentions St James's Hospital on eveningecho.ie.
Mobile x-ray unit launches TB testing clinic
RadiologyBusiness.com covers a story which mentions St. James's Hospital.
Mobile x-ray unit in Ireland used for tuberculosis screening
Safetynet director Fiona O´Reilly interviewed on RTE's Late Late Show
Fiona joins Ryan Tubridy to discuss Safetynet's response to the severe weather, and the opportunity it provides to engage with people who had not previously used the service
Fiona O’Reilly (Safetynet GM) in art advocacy calling for addiction to be treated as a health care issue not a criminal one.
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