P1-219 Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs access to NHS services in Scotland

Measuring access to health services: General Dental Services in Scotland.

OBJECTIVE Recently the issue of access to health services has been brought into sharp focus by clear evidence of rationing--patients queuing for NHS registration--in the NHS General Dental Services (GDS). Conventional estimates suggest that about 50% of adults are registered per annum. This paper demonstrates that these conventional measures of access and utilisation can generate potentially mi...

Halal Scots; Muslims’ Social Identity Negotiation and Integration in Scotland

'The Cup of Kindness’? Dominant Social Norms and Muslims’ Social Integration in Scotland

Since the 9/11 bombings in New York, and the 7/7 bombings in London,Muslims’ integration in the UK has been under intense scrutiny. Muslimintegration, however, has long been a matter of debate in Britain, revolvingaround the maintenance of Muslims’ distinctive identity and practice. Forinstance, David Cameron (Cameron, 2011), Britain’s then Prime Minister,announced...

Nation, Ethnicity and Religion: Second Generation Muslims’ Social Identity in Scotland

Existing evidence seems to indicate that Muslims in Scotland have constructed hyphenated or hybrid identities that draw on religion, ethnicity and nationality. However, minor attention has been given to the differences in importance, meanings, and strengths of these identities, or the significance of their identity markers. Ethnic minority people can be identified with both their ethnic groups ...

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