title: Homeless healthcare: raising the standards.
abstract: Over the past 3 years the number of homeless people in the UK has increased by 34%. Most will die young, largely due to treatable conditions. Secondary care can, and must, do more for the silent killer that homelessness is.
authors.affiliation: Acute Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals, Gloucester, UK and Royal College of Physicians, London, UK Pippa.Medcalf@glos.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Medcalf
authors.affiliation: Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Georgina K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Homeless; healthcare
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