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Guidance: Physical and mental health support for people seeking asylum

Home Office

February 11
14:37 2025

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It can be difficult for people seeking asylum to access mainstream mental health services.

The Home Office Asylum Mental Health and Wellbeing team has created a document to help you find non-governmental organisations that offer direct or indirect mental health support.

In the UK, the NHS is the umbrella term for the four health systems of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The devolved authorities (the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly) decide on access to health services in their area of responsibility.

Updates to this page

Published 12 March 2024
Last updated 11 February 2025 +show all updates
  1. Updated information in physical and mental health support available for people seeking asylum document.

  2. Added translations for Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

  3. Added translations for Arabic, Chinese and Pashto.

  4. First published.

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