UCLH’s ‘Find and Treat’ team to screen & treat homeless via eco-tricycle

Thousands can now be screened by UCLH’s ‘Find and Treat’ team for illnesses including tuberculosis, HIV and Covid-19

Doctors can now cycle around London to treat homeless and marginalised patients via eco-tricycle, the UK’s first fold-out health clinic on wheels.

The tricycle, nicknamed the “Electric Trike”, will be used by the University College London Hospital’s “Find and Treat” team to screen and treat the most vulnerable of the UK’s population for illnesses including tuberculosis, HIV and Covid-19. According to the Evening Standard, a lack of documentation typically prevents these vulnerable communities from accessing a GP or visiting A&E, resulting in living with untreated illness. Outreach workers will be supporting the “Find and Treat” team by using their own experiences of homelessness to encourage others to use this service.

CACI is a proud sponsor of the eco-tricycle, and has supported the UCLH’s “Find and Treat” team by developing an application, ITRICS, that equips them with the latest secure connectivity and cloud technologies. This technical solution supports the workflow of a real-time end-to-end process from diagnosis to treatment, with ongoing enhancements to ITRICS projected to continue into summer 2023.

The “Find and Treat” team will now be able to deliver high-quality care to higher-risk communities in an eco-friendly capacity through these “smart connectivity” capabilities.