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Work is well under way on a new NIHR funded project on ‘Optimising Health Outcomes for PEople experiencing homelessness’ – the HOPE Project.  The team comprises Rebecca Abbott, Morwenna Rogers and Naomi Shaw together with colleagues from University of Exeter, Groundswell, Devon County Council and Clocktower Surgery.

The work will be carried out in three phases; firstly, the team will be producing an evidence and gap map, which will be an interactive online map of studies of interventions that have an impact on physical or mental health, or health care use by people experiencing homelessness.

Phase two will be a mixed methods review of qualitative and quantitative research on interventions that aim to facilitate appropriate attendance at emergency departments by people experiencing homelessness.

A third phase will be systems mapping and organising workshops to explore what works well, what the barriers are and what needs to be improved for people experiencing homelessness accessing emergency healthcare.

More information can be found at : Optimising health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness (HOPE) - PenARC