Camden Health Improvement Practice (CHIP) for Homeless Patients

Camden Health Improvement Practice(CHIP) offers a GP surgery and primary care services for homeless people, including:

• Patients who are street homeless, in hostels, B&Bs or sofa surfing
• Patients with substance misuse and/ or alcohol and mental health problems
• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Victims of modern slavery,
• Patients who have been repatriated from abroad once their prison sentence has been completed.

We offer:

• Full registration Substance misuse clinic
• Spirometry clinic
• Sexual health clinic
• Hepatology clinic (which includes initiation of Hep C treatment)
• Welfare/benefits clinic
• Tissue viability clinic for patients with complex ulcers
• Team Around the Practice
• Social Prescribing and Care Navigator service for escorting chaotic patients to hospital appointments/practice appointments
• Screening for BBV

Please note that we are unable to offer services for children or adolescents.

Referral to the services is open and by drop-in and we run 7 clinics each week. Patients need to present themselves at the beginning of the clinic and they can register with the Nurse and see the GP if necessary. There are 3 GP sessions that hold booked appointments each week, so patients can make an appointment to register.

If you would like more information please phone 020 3182 4200