Service users with extra needs

Abstract

This chapter covers populations who have special circumstances that increase their needs when accessing healthcare. This includes asylum seekers and refugees, homeless people, gypsies and other travellers, those affected by domestic violence, adults at risk from harm and abuse, victims of crime, and young people transitioning to adult services. It also covers adults with learning disabilities, carers, people living with HIV, people with eating disorders, those who abuse substances, people with bipolar disorder, psychosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder, patients with dementia, and armed forces veterans. The chapter also covers female genital mutilation (FGM), and identifying women and girls who have been subject to FGM.