The Exclusion of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers from Health Services

Unwin, Peter

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Unwin, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1985-1959 (2025) The Exclusion of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers from Health Services. In: Worcestershire Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Event: ‘Supporting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities in Worcestershire’, 10th December 2025, Warndon Community Hub, Worcester, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Maternity and neo-natal services, as is the case with most UK health services, systematically exclude members of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities from their services.
Discrimination and a lack of basic knowledge among professionals, combined with hesitancy to engage on behalf of community members leads to unacceptable outcomes. This presentation highlights these issues, exploring wider social determinants and highlighting lived experiences from a number of recent research reports.
Recommendations, beginning with the inclusion of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller issues in mandatory diversity and equality training programmes are made.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, health, discrimination, social determinants
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Allied Health and Community
Depositing User:	Peter Unwin
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2026 14:14
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2026 14:14
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15914

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