Our work
Health injustice is driven by political, social and economic conditions. Our campaigns organise for systems change to win justice.
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By donating, you will support all of our member-led campaigns by helping to fund the training, events and resources we need to build health-worker power.
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Our members
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Monica Sharman
“Through Medact I am developing a deeper understanding of health injustice, and learning the skills to challenge it. It’s been incredible to do this work alongside such a compassionate team of people who inspire me to believe that a fairer world is possible.”
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Rebekah Cheung Judge
“Being a Medact member gives us the opportunity to join together as a community of healthcare practitioners to affect the sociopolitical determinants of health which we see play out every day in the lives of our patients.”
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Calum Barnes
“As a doctor, being a Medact member is a way of advocating for my patients. Being part of a movement toward social justice has given me purpose and identity in a time where it is otherwise only too easy to feel helpless.”
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Michael Orgel
“I’ve been a member of Medact and its predecessor MCANW for decades, trying to counter the existential risk of nuclear weapons. We need to eliminate them before they eliminate us – and the funds saved could help ensure healthcare is a right not a privilege.”
Become a Medact member now
Join a community of health workers fighting for health justice today. Together we have the power to change the system.
Medact membership is open to anyone who works in health and shares our values.
Latest news
- Criminalising Distress: empowering patients, challenging police in mental health care
- Movement Organiser at Medact
- People’s Health Tribunal statement on Africa Energies Summit 2023
- Finance Manager @ Medact
- King’s College Hospital: Stop Patient Charging!
- A journey from darkness to light: 2023 IPPNW Bike Tour, Kenya
Take action!
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King’s College Hospital: Stop Patient Charging!
Sign our letter to let King’s College Hospital NHS Trust know that you believe everyone should be able to access the care they need, regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
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Petition: Health community demands, Build 1ST for Druids Heath
We as health workers are demanding that the council Build 1ST before any further Druids Heath tenants are evicted from their current homes.
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Pledge: Health workers against prevent
As health workers, our duty of care is to challenge attempts at making caring professions into an arm of the Home Office or police.
Our work
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Economic Justice
Our economic system is making people sick. Gross inequality leads to unequal health outcomes. But this is not inevitable: we have the power to change the system. Today in the […]
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Health for a Green New Deal
Health for a Green New Deal is building a grassroots-powered health movement for a just and green society, one that prioritises the health of people and planet. All those who work in or study health are welcome to join us and help build the movement!
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Securitisation of Health
We call for collective security, health and well-being, rather than ‘hard’ security measures like border enforcement, a punitive criminal justice system, and counter-terror measures that criminalise entire communities.
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Patients Not Passports
Patients Not Passports are organising to end to racist migrant charging policies within the NHS. Get involved with the campaign!
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Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, most indiscriminate, most inhumane instruments of mass murder ever created. Medact is the UK affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
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The Arms Trade
The international arms trade is in direct opposition to efforts to protect and pursue the health of our world and its inhabitants.