- Patient information
- Information about health rights
- The Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities
- Making a complaint
- Confidentiality
- Consent
- Your health records
- Health care for overseas visitors
- About the factsheets
- Health care for people coming to Scotland to work
- Health care for people coming to Scotland to study
- Health care for asylum seekers and refugees
- Health care for former UK residents now working abroad
- Health care for UK passport holders living abroad
- Health care for UK pensioners visiting Scotland
- Health care in Scotland for overseas holidaymakers
- Information for young people
- Information for carers
- Information about health services
- Other languages and formats
- Local NHS contact details
Health care for asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland
How can I find out more?
- Phone Scottish Refugee Council on 0800 085 6087 or look on the internet.
- Phone the UK Border Agency on 0141 555 1200 or look on the internet.
- For information about health conditions and services, phone the NHS inform Helpline on 0800 22 44 88 (textphone 18001 0800 22 44 88; the helpline can provide an interpreting service). The NHS helpline is open every day between 8am and 10pm.
- Contact the Patient Advice & Support Service (PASS) at your local citizens advice bureau (find your nearest bureau on on Citizens Advice Scotland’s website or in your local phone book). PASS is independent and provides free, confidential information, advice and support to anyone who uses the NHS in Scotland.
- Read other factsheets in this series:
- Health care for people coming to Scotland to study
- Health care for people coming to Scotland to work
- Health care in Scotland for former UK residents now working abroad
- Health care in Scotland for UK passport holders living abroad
- Health care for UK pensioners visiting Scotland
- Health care in Scotland for holidaymakers from overseas
You can get these factsheets in another language or format from: anywhere you get NHS care; on the internet (visit www.nhsinform.co.uk or the 'Health care for overseas visitors' section of this website); the NHS inform Helpline on 0800 22 44 88 (textphone 18001 0800 22 44 88).
Page last edited: 19 February 2013