Outcomes analysis of new entrant screening for active tuberculosis in Heathrow and Gatwick airports, United Kingdom 2009/2010.

Tuberculosis in asylum seekers

seekers Asylum seekers entering the United Kingdom through Heathrow Airport have a high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and are more likely to contain drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates than the general UK population. The issue of asylum seekers is universally controversial, with recent reports in the UK suggesting an inward flow of 2 million people in the next 10 years—a f...

Assessment of the effects of operational procedures and derated thrust on American Airlines B777 emissions from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports

Poor uptake of primary healthcare registration among recent entrants to the UK: a retrospective cohort study

OBJECTIVES Uptake of healthcare among migrants is a complex and controversial topic; there are multiple recognised barriers to accessing primary care. Delays in presentation to healthcare services may result in a greater burden on costly emergency care, as well as increased public health risks. This study aimed to explore some of the factors influencing registration of new entrants with general...

Rethinking TB screening: politics, practicalities and the press.

In support of the urgent need for improvements to new entrant TB screening, which must encourage the diagnosis of both active and latent forms of TB, we would like to offer two audits of new entrant screening from an area with a low TB incidence (4.3/100 000). In 2006, we audited 29 new entrant referrals, all of whom had a chest x-ray reported by the Port Health Control Unit at Heathrow Airport...

Contact tracing and population screening for tuberculosis--who should be assessed?

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of four strategies in detecting and preventing tuberculosis: contact tracing of smear-positive pulmonary disease, of smear-negative pulmonary disease and of non-pulmonary disease, and screening new entrants. METHODS An analysis of patient records and a TB database was carried out for an NHS Trust-based tuberculosis ...