Referring Clients for Clinical Consultation and Care
We accept referrals from survivors themselves, friends and family, GPs, solicitors, refugee community organisations or any other voluntary or statutory sector body. All services are free to the client.
How Do I Refer? Referrals must be made in writing using our referral forms. Either contact our headquarters in London, or the appropriate centre elsewhere in the UK, for copies of the referral form and guidelines for referrers.
The forms are also downloadable below as Word documents.
| London [1] | NW England [2] | Scotland [3] |
The clinical referral forms above are for clinical referrals only and must not be used to refer clients for medico-legal reports. As a general rule, the Medical Foundation accepts instructions for medico-legal reports only from legal representatives.
Referrals for medico-legal reports [4]
Medical Foundation London
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Address: Medical Foundation London For local groups in this area please view our [6]local groups page [6]. [6] |
Switchboard: 020 7697 7777 |
The following services are provided at Medical Foundation London:
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Medical, psychological and psychiatric consultation and treatment
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Adult and child psychotherapy and counselling
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Marital and family therapy
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Physiotherapy
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Group work
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Social casework and advice
Medical Foundation North East
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Address: For local groups in this area please view our [6]local groups page [6]. [6] |
Tel: 0191 261 5825 |
Medical Foundation North East covers the following areas: Cleveland, County Durham, Cumbria (Carlisle), Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, including: Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middleborough, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Shields, Redcar, South Shields, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland and Wallsend.
The following services are provided at Medical Foundation North East:
- Counselling to survivors of torture
- Medico-legal report writing service
- Supervision, support and training to North East colleagues working with survivors of torture
- Working in partnership with Newcastle and North Tyneside NHS Primary Care Trust, the North East centre is developing a model of good practice for working with survivors of torture in primary care
Medical Foundation North West
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Address: Medical Foundation Northwest For local groups in this area please view our [6]local groups page [6]. |
Phone: 0161 236 5744
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Medical Foundation North West covers the following areas: Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, including: Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chester, Crewe, Darwen, Lancaster, Leigh, Liverpool, Manchester, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Southport, Stockport, Warrington and Wigan.
The following services are provided at the Medical Foundation North West:
- A counselling and therapy service to survivors who are aged 18 years or over
- Two to five initial assessment sessions to help survivors get appropriate support in the region
- Advice and support to practitioners and organisations working with survivors
- Training for therapeutic and mental health services working with survivors
- Supervision of local counsellors or mental health practitioners working with survivors
- Therapeutic groups for survivors of torture
- A resource for survivors and regional agencies needing information on local support services
- A medico-legal report writing service
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Therapeutic services provided at the Medical Foundation North West:
The MFNW offers medium and long term counselling and therapy to survivors of torture. When we do not have the capacity to take on a client, we will offer between two and five appointments to explore what sort of help is needed and will help the client access appropriate support. We will always try to see survivors for a first appointment as soon as we can, but we are not a crisis service. We give priority to those clients who are unable to access appropriate help and are in need of a specialist service. After we have received the referral, we will arrange a first appointment if appropriate. At assessment appointments the client and counsellor will explore what sort of help the client wants. If both think counselling will be helpful, the client will be offered counselling at the Medical Foundation or referred to another counselling or mental health service. A team of men and women who are committed to human rights offer counselling and psychotherapy. Due to the large number of languages spoken by our clients, where a Medical Foundation counsellor does not speak a language, a trained interpreter will be used.
Who can be referred to the Medical Foundation North West?
Survivors of torture or organised violence who:-
- Need a specialist service because of distress as a result of torture or organised violence
- Are distressed mainly because of torture or violence, although this distress may have been increased by the losses and difficulties in exile
- Are isolated or are finding it difficult to get support from communities, family or friends
- Want to talk, or have some form of help or treatment.
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How do I refer to the Medical Foundation North West?
Referrals for counselling must usually be made in writing, using our referral form. For copies of the form and guidelines for referrers, contact the North West Centre (address above). To refer for a medico-legal report, lawyers must write to the Asylum Team at our central office in London.
We accept referrals from survivors themselves, GP's, friends and family, refugee community organisations or any other voluntary or statutory sector body. For an informal discussion about referring a client or for advice and information about working with survivors, please contact the North West Centre.
- Click here for NW referral guidelines [10] (PDF document)
- Click here for NW clients leaflet [11] (PDF document)
- Click here for NW supporters leaflet [12] (PDF document)
Medical Foundation Scotland
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Address: Medical Foundation Scotland For local groups in Scotland please view our [6]Scottish local groups page. [6] |
Phone: 0141 420 3161
Manager Note: Medico-legal report writing services by appointment through the Medical Foundation in London. |
MF Scotland covers the whole of Scotland and offers the following services:
- Holistic assessment: ensuring survivors access the services they need, with internal or external referral when required; to work with the individual to decide which service is most beneficial
- Family therapy
- Medico-legal report writing service
- Group work including the following:
- Massage and relaxation for French and English speaking women
- All Write writing group for men and women with good enough English
- Retrieving Ourselves for French and English speaking men who would like to reflect upon and work though their traumatic experiences in order to improve the quality of their daily lives
- Retrieving Ourselves for Turkish and English speaking women (as above)
- Bodywork gender based group for those who would like to understand the connection between emotional states and physical sensations, and learn techniques for dealing with stress
- Finding our Ground gender based group. Exile sweeps the ground from people's feet. This group aims to work with people as they build on their own strength and find their feet again, providing a place to seek advice about practical issues and gain support from others.
- Shared History women's group in French and English. In collaboration with Glasgow Museums, a ten week group looking at the world via our history through visits to the Burrell Collection, a sharing of connections and differences, and producing shared and individual clay pieces for an exhibit to be displayed at locations of the clients' choice in the city.
- Click here for referral form for MF Scotland [3] (word document)
- Click here for details about referrals for medico-legal reports [14]
Related links
- Compass Team - Asylum Seekers and Refugees Mental Health Liaison [15] - A small mental health team has been set up to provide advice and consultation to primary and secondary care and voluntary organisations who work with asylum seekers and refugees with mental health problems.