WHY do we believe Expatriate Health deserves our Attention?
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- Shorter terms and tours of service are increasing turnover of personnel
- There are particular health stressors unique to developing countries where a large number of UK based personnel are working.
- Cultural transition is one of the most serious psychological stressors, while Humanitarian workers and their locations are at increasing risk from violence and terrorism
- Premature termination of contract and early return is often traumatizing for the individual and has serious financial implications for the sending agency. This may be as high as 15%.
- We believe that personal review in a neutral setting is frequently helpful and that personnel may need formal counselling to adequately resolve their issues.
We understand these concerns and we offer our services
so that they can be effective in theirs
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Therefore medical review is best conducted by those who understand this
and have some diagnostic expertise |
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 is here to help
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During the Selection Process
- Full medical and psychological assessment.
- Identify any potential medical problems, preventing crises later on.
- Teaching on how best to manage healthcare in the intended place of work.
- Provide location-specific health advice on vaccines, anti-malarials or other relevant medications.
- Bring greater understanding of strengths and weaknesses and their impact on the individual, team or the work in the new situation.
- Provide information on how best to support partners / family / colleagues.
- Alert clients to ways of coping with the stresses of a new environment.
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While they are away
- Giving reassurance about their health
- Dealing with uncertainty about local medical care
- Our team of fully trained and practising UK GP ‘online' doctors are all committed to checking and answering emailed requests for advice within 12 hours.
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During home leave
- We recommend a full medical review and personal debrief for the whole family
- There can be particular stresses in readjusting to home culture and alteration in role.
- Some people after initial debrief opt to return for more in depth counselling.
- Young people growing up in a different ‘home culture' can find this a difficult time. Both individual and family support can be offered.
- Our team is skilled in dealing with children and we have found that even quite young children (age 8 upwards) also enjoy and benefit from their own opportunity for ‘talk time'
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