Transcript - Judicial Review Judgment MR JUSTICE MITTING: The claimant challenges the lawfulness of aspects of the guidance given by the Right Honourable John Hutton, then Minister of State for Health, to National Health Service Trusts effective from 1st April 2004 about the implementation of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989SI/1989/306 ("the Regulations").11/04/2008
Petition to support High Court ruling on BAE Systems' arms dealsFollowing the High Court ruling that cutting short the investigation into alleged corruption in BAE Systems' arms deals with Saudi Arabia, Campaign Against the Arms Trade and the Corner House are asking people to sign a petition that will be sent to the Prime Minister next week asking for a commitment that there will be no more interference with the investigation. If you would like to sign click the website link here..........11/04/2008
France is preparing to carry out test of a future missile M51 at the end of this week.We have received a message from Pierre Villard, Co-president of Le Mouvement de la Paix and Coodinator of the French coalition the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
France is preparing to carry out a new test of a future missile M51 at the end of this week. This is a complete violation of the Non-proliferation Treaty and Pierre is asking as many people as possible to send an email to protest, and break the wall of silence around this test. 27/03/2008
Medical Students open International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War CongressMedical students from 12 countries opened the recent global congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War with a march from the India-Pakistan border to Ghandi's burial site on the Ganges river. Dr Tony Waterston was there and describes the highlights of the congress in his blog on the British Medical Journal website 20/03/2008
NEW: Rehabilitation under fire: health care in Iraq 2003-2007This report describes how the 2003 war and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people. It builds on Medact’s previous widely-read reports on Iraq (2002-2006). 16/01/2008
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The Reaching Out Project, Medact has now released the Maternity Access and Advocacy Pack. The Pack is a picture-based resource which aims to improve access to maternity services.It is designed for use by community organisations and is intended to reach pregnant women and influential individuals within communities.It was developed in close partnership with user groups from diverse ethnic communities for more information>>>>>>
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Launch of Medical Peace Work e-learning course
The course is the world’s first of its kind and it applies the latest e-learning technology in offering seven separate but interlinked modules, available free of charge to physicians, health workers and students globally. For further information >>>>>>>
Rehabilitation under Fire: health care in Iraq 2003-2007. Medact's lastest Iraq report
This report describes how the 2003 war and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous effect on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people. It builds on Medact's previously widely read reports on health in Iraq, and reviews what has happened to the health system in the light of international law and best practice. To download the full >>>>
Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Migrants
The Government is currently considering charging refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants for NHS primary health care. We are concerned such charges could prevent vulnerable people including pregnant women and children, from accessing treatment. These policies would place health professionals in the position of contravening our professional codes of conduct and betraying the very tenets of what we stand for - to offer care without discrimination. To learn more and support the campaign >>>>>>>>
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Medact/CND petition - Trident
Please sign this joint Medact/CND petition and invite many others to do so! It calls on the UK government to cancel its preparations to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system and pursue multilateral negotiations with a view to concluding a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
Spring 2008 (Issue no 49)available to download as a PDF