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Migrant health guide

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.

Updates to this page

From:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and UK Health Security Agency
Published:
26 March 2021
Last updated:
17 September 2026
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  1. Removed link to countries A to Z page of the migrant health guide.

  2. Removed outdated link to archived HPA pages.

  3. Added "Skin lesions in newly arrived migrants".

  4. The survey inviting feedback on the Migrant Health Guide has been removed because the deadline has passed.

  5. The deadline for responses to feedback on the migrant health guide, Friday 29 September 2023, has been added to the page.

  6. The COVID-19 page has been moved to the 'Communicable diseases' section of this Collections page.

  7. A link to a feedback survey on the migrant health guide has been added to the top of the page

  8. A new diphtheria guidance page has been added to the 'Communicable diseases' section of the Migrant Health Guide.

  9. Added a link to 'Outbreak management in short term asylum seeker accommodation' to the outbreak management section.

  10. Link to Roma health guidance has been added to Vulnerable migrant groups section

  11. Temporarily removing information on the National Asylum Seekers Health Steering Group to correct formatting.

  12. Creation of new page for the National Asylum Seekers Health Steering Group.

  13. Added new 'Social prescribing: migrant health guide'.

  14. First published.

Health protection advice in relation to country of origin

Find an overview of health protection recommendations, when caring for people who are migrants in the Summary of health protection advice in relation to country of origin

Access to healthcare

Assessing and treating patients

Vulnerable migrant groups

Communicable diseases

Outbreak management

Non-communicable diseases

Nutrition

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