Dear NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group,

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants have recently estimated : ' that nearly 1.4m people in the UK have ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ (NRPF) stamped on their visa, leaving them without the basics.

New research shows the NRPF policy is a public health risk, and increases the risk of destitution amongst migrant families:
a fifth of migrants surveyed, who were working before the pandemic, lost their job since it started; almost 75% of those were subject to NRPF, unable to access support from the government;44% of those in hard-hit sectors cleaning and hospitality lost their jobs, and all of these were subject to NRPF;
migrants with NRPF were 52% more likely to say that it was not possible to safely self-isolate in their home.

Migrants with NRPF unable to self-isolate in their homes42% of survey respondents overall said that if they or a member of their household needed to self-isolate because they were displaying symptoms of COVID-19 or were at risk of having come into contact with an infected person, they would be unable to do so in their home. This was the case for 50% of those who have NRPF and 33% of those who can access benefits, making those subject to NRPF 52% less likely to be able to safely isolate in their homes.

Q1. What proactive steps have NHS HMR CCG taken to safeguard the health of migrants unable to safely isolate in their homes locally ?Q2. What proactive steps have NHS HMR CCG taken to reassure the 58% of all migrants surveyed who had NRPF said they would be afraid to access health
care because they would be afraid of being charged for care or that their data may be shared with the Home Office ?

Q3. What proactive steps have NHS HMR CCG taken to reassure the 58% of all migrants surveyed who had NRPF said they would be afraid to access health care to overcome vaccine hesitancy and perceived exclusion from NHS services and are able to freely and safely access Covid 19 vaccinations ?

APPENDIX :

(1). Migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds’ Experiences During theCOVID-19 Pandemic Zoe Gardner ( March 2021 )
https://www.jcwi.org.uk/Handlers/Downloa...

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