Inequalities in access to healthcare among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: "it's like we don't exist"

Blog: LSE Human Rights

Abstract

Religious, cultural and linguistic minorities have long faced discrimination in relation to their distinctive identity. Although a great variety of minority situations exist, Gypsies[1], Roma, and Travellers (hereafter termed using the acronym "GRT") can be described as an ‘invisible’ ethnic minority group in the United Kingdom in terms of academic and policy-making discourse, often unseen … Continued