Inside Safetynet Primary Care: The mobile GP service transforming homeless healthcare

A Dublin GP and outreach team are bringing healthcare, dignity and hope to people experiencing homelessness across the capital

Dr Enda Barron, GP and clinical lead with the Safetynet Homeless Primary Care team, inside the organisation’s mobile medical clinic outside The Lighthouse Café in Dublin. Pictures: Chani Anderson

Dr Enda Barron remembers wading through rats to reach a patient in the clutches of a terrifying mental health battle.

For most it would be a grim memory, but the GP is known for treating Dublin's homeless community.