Our team of IRIS Advocate Educators deliver the support and training to enable this to happen.
For over five years we have been working in a person-centred way improving health outcomes for patients by listening to their story and dealing with the root cause of their poor health. This helps them to feel confident to make their own choices to determine their future, which also changes the lives of their children.
I am more confident in who I am and in the decisions I make, and who I stand for. There is a massive improvement in my emotional and physical wellbeing through step by step building my confidence. I’m glad I stuck with it. My boundaries are strong. I am not people-pleasing anymore. I really, really, appreciate all that you've done
We train doctors, nurses and administration staff to identify patients who may have experienced domestic abuse in the past or are going through it right now, men or women.
The surgery staff recognise the health symptoms which indicate sustained stress and fear and refer those patients for support from the team of IRIS Advocate Educators (AE’s). We work directly with those patients to improve their safety by offering advice and information through an individualised safety and support programme
Experiences of domestic abuse are shared in this video.
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I only have you to thank, you stood by me when I was down and I didn’t believe I would ever get out of this situation but you have gone above and beyond to get me rehoused and safe and things are finally falling into place now.
For more information or to ask for support, call and ask for the IRIS Advocate Educator on duty:
0121 553 0090
Your local IRIS trained surgery can also refer you for support, using our referral form by completing brief details and emailing it to our dedicated email address.
The best place to request IRIS training for your health centre is via our email too:
iris.referrals@nhs.net