Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust to get first detox unit to help homeless people beat addiction bigissue.com/latest/london-…

Our 5 bedded step-down unit has been open just over a year now, giving us the chance to continue working with patients to resolve homelessness as well as freeing up much needed hospital beds The Salvation Army Guy's and St Thomas' bigissue.com/latest/homeles…

As temperatures rise, people living on the street are at risk of sunburn, dehydration and heat exhaustion. You can help by: 🚰 offering water 🧴 offering sun cream ☂ giving an umbrella for shade If you're concerned for someone's wellbeing, call StreetLink or 999

At least 130,000 households in England made homeless in pandemic theguardian.com/society/2021/j…

Proud team moment! ✊

Despite lockdown lifting on 19 July, all current safety measures will remain in place on our sites until further notice. This includes wearing a mask and following social distancing guidelines. Please help us to keep all of our patients and staff safe bit.ly/StayingSafeGSTT

📢🥳 Today we are launching the sales of our older person’s shared ownership properties at Tonic@Bankhouse, marking a historic moment in LGBT+ housing history. ➡️Read our full announcement here: tonichousing.org.uk ➡️Find our sales website here: tonicatbankhouse.org

Proud to announce that together with Southwark Law Centre our team won second place at the #londonhomelessnessawards yesterday! 🎊🥈🎊🥈

Southwark Law Centre (PRIZE WINNER – £20,000) Southwark Law Centre: Homeless Patients Legal Advocacy Service: works in partnership with Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s Homeless Health Team to provide advice & legal representation for homeless hospital patients. #LHA2021

🚨 BREAKING NEWS! Westminster has confirmed that it will repeal the 1824 Vagrancy Act which criminalises rough sleeping & begging in England & Wales. To every person who lobbied their MP, every Peer & MP who backed the repeal - THANK YOU! bit.ly/34ZgofM #ScrapTheAct

Looking forward to attending the LNNM conference today! 👍🤩

We remain very concerned about our missing colleague Owami Davies who is a student nurse at our Trust. We want to encourage anyone who may have any information, no matter how insignificant, to contact the police using the information below.

Congratulations to Kendra Schneller who received the Chief Nursing Officer for England's Silver award for her fantastic dedication to people who are homeless. Kendra and our homelessness nurses help some of the capital's most vulnerable people get the care they need.

A bit congratulations Pathway !👏👏🥇 A lovely recognition of all the hard work that hospital based homeless teams across the UK are doing to support patients experiencing homelessness 💜

We think these reforms are too important to slip down the political agenda - if you agree, please retweet this thread. You can stay up to date with news on the Draft Mental Health Bill here: bit.ly/3VHcD4a (6/6)

Specialist nurse Sophie giving a lecture to undergraduate nursing students on what it is like working in a hospital based homeless team #inclusionhealth University of Surrey

Great evening hearing about Mildmay UK 💙 past and present commitment to working with stigmatised patient groups. The homeless step down pathway has allowed for our hospitals to safely discharge patients to a supportive environment, preventing a return to the streets, thank you! 👏

It’s #WorldHomelessDay and our staff have been raising awareness of the care and support they provide for some of the capital’s most vulnerable people.