Healthcare
HC2 certificates (full help with health costs)
This briefing tells you how to get full help with your healthcare expenses.
Appointment Clinics and Outreach Surgeries
Free, independent and multilingual advice and information for people from BME, refugee and migrant communities.
Positive Action Network
External link opens in new window https://positiveaction.network…
Discover useful contacts and resources for people from BME, refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant communities. Access a wide range of support organisations that offer multilingual and multicultural services. Resources throughout Scotland and the entire UK. To have your organisation or service included in the online Directory, simply sign up for a login. To claim an existing listing, or to alert us to errors, send an email to home@positiveactionh.org, and we'll be happy to assist you.
Healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland
External link opens in new window https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/health-rights/access/healthcare-for-refugees-and-…
The Scottish Government decides how healthcare is provided in Scotland. This is not linked to immigration control, which is a matter for the Home Office. NHS Scotland does not pass patient details to the Home Office for the purpose of immigration enforcement. If you are an asylum seeker or a refugee living in Scotland, you have the right to NHS healthcare while you are here
How to sue the Home Office
External link opens in new window https://freemovement.org.uk/pursuing-compensation-from-the-home-office/…
The Home Office often makes mistakes when exercising its immigration powers. The high appeal success rates bear testimony to this: as many as 50% of some categories of appeal are allowed. However, there are only some limited circumstances where it is possible to extract compensation from the Home Office by means of a court case.
Register with a doctor in Glasgow
External link opens in new window https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/gp-practices?sortby=_distance&sortdir=Asc…
NHS list of doctors in Glasgow