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Communication with a person from a refugee background may be affected by language and cultural differences as well as social, economic and political experiences.  It is important for an accredited interpreter (i.e. not a family member) to be offered to ensure ethical, safe and high qu

The Australian Medical Association Victoria’s website has a GP search which includes a language spoken field, very useful for locating billingual GPs.

This flowchart was devised to assist communication between refugee settlement services and General Practitioners. The flowchart outlines government funded services available to newly arriving refugees in their first five years in Australia. The bottom section of the flowchart describe

To view the Royal Australian College of General Pracitioners webpage on refugee and asylum seeker health please follow the link button below.

These weblinks and documents are regularly used by those in clinical practice. 1. For GPs and Practice Nurses: Medicare item numbers: Factsheet 2. For GPs and Practice Nurses: Medicare item numbers: Q&A Sheet 3. Interpretering for Doctors Further useful links may be found at <C