About Debbie
Debbie Ellis offers confidential advice and support to Homerton students. Debbie is available to help with health and welfare needs, ranging from minor illnesses and injuries to support for emotional and mental health issues.
If more specialised help or treatment is required, she will refer you, or point you in the right direction, whether your GP, the University Counselling Service or other local services. Debbie is based in the health centre on the ground floor of West house.
The Way I Work - Privacy and Confidentiality
As the College Community Health Adviser, I am part of the Wellbeing Team. For the team to work as effectively and efficiently as possible, I work within ‘team confidentiality’ in order to best support you. This means that if and when I believe it would be beneficial to share information within the Wellbeing & Senior Tutor team*, I will. This may be to help me to best support you, or because I believe having other members of the Wellbeing team involved in supporting you, would be in your best interest.
HOWEVER, if you do not consent for me to share with the team, please make me aware of this. I will endeavour to honour privacy, although if you or others are at risk, I will be required to break confidentiality. If I was required to break confidentiality, I would inform you of this, if possible before doing so.
*Wellbeing Lead, Wellbeing Assistant, Senior Tutor, Deputy Senior Tutor, Postgraduate Tutor.
