The Street Clinic

In ten powerful stories of young people's lives, award-winning mental health nurse Dorcas Gwata tackles the traumatic aftermath of youth violence on London's troubled streets.

Dorcas Gwata began her working life in the UK as an NHS hospital cleaner and is now an award-winning mental health nurse, a Global Mental Health Consultant and an Adviser at Global Health Partnerships. She is an Accident and Emergency specialist nurse and has worked within multi-agency teams in the UK and with global health partnerships focusing on Africa and Asia. Her work with young people and families affected by gang culture in London grew out of innovative evidence-based research in low-income countries extrapolated to high-income countries, improving mental health outcomes in vulnerable groups whilst addressing health inequalities in the UK.