Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
Care committed to me : Delivering high quality, personalised palliative care and end of life care for Gypsies and Travellers, LGBT people and people experiencing homelessness
A resource for commissioners, service providers and health, care and support staff to understand better personalised care for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.
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Homeless and Inclusion Health standards for commissioners and service providers
This document sets standards for planning, commissioning and providing healthcare over a range of services for Inclusion Health groups, including Gypsies and Travellers.
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Gypsy and Traveller Prisoners: A Good Practice Guide
This report, produced the the ICB Traveller Equality Project responds to common questions received from prison staff and aims to support prisons meet the needs of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers .
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People in prison: Gypsies, Romany and Travellers: A findings paper by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
This report provides a better understanding to the experience of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the Criminal Justice System.
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Deaths of Travellers in Prison
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, this Learning Lessons bulletin observes the experience of Gypsies and Travellers in prisons in the UK.
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Gypsy, Roma & Traveller children: CSE resources
Advice for young Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) or professionals and carers working with young GRT about staying safe online. Resources are available in Slovak, Romanian and English.
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A Pavee Perspective – Travellers’ attitudes to sexual relationships and sex education
A resource for youth workers and health service personnel to have a better cultural understanding to enable them to deliver sexual relationship education to young Travellers and Traveller parents.
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State of Children’s Rights Alliance in England – Letter from Friends, Families and Travellers to CRAE
This letter from Emma Nuttall, Advice and Policy Manager at Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT), to Children’s Rights Alliance England (CRAE) will inform the State of Children’s Rights in England document which holds the Government to account for its children’s rights record.
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Immunisations in the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Community
A brief video from College of Human and Health Sciences at Swansea University introducing the relationship between Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, health services and immunisation rates.
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Gypsy and Traveller Healthcare: Guidance for GPs
Advice and guidance for GPs on delivering inclusive services to Gypsies and Travellers in the UK.
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Mother’s Voices: Exploring experiences of maternity and health in low income women and children from diverse ethnic backgrounds
A report from Maternity Action analysing the experience of maternity and health inequalities experienced by mothers and children from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
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The NHS, health inequalities, and the social determinants of health
A blog post from Sir Michael Marmot about the progress in addressing health inequalities since the release of the Marmot Review in 2010.
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Reducing Health Inequalities Through New Models of Care: A Resource for New Care Models
This report provides an analysis of the opportunities for new models of care and place-based health systems to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
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A Joint Submission Report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
A report produced by Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation Gypsy Liaison Groups to the United Nations Special Rapporteur identifying the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Travellers in the United Kingdom using research carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Negotiated Stopping: Extended Questions and Answers
This extended Q & A guide to Negotiated Stopping from Leeds GATE answers questions about what it is, what are the benefits, and how it has been implemented in areas of the UK.
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