Call on Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, to clean up Bristol’s unhealthy air
Medact Bristol is co-ordinating a letter calling on the Mayor of Bristol, Martin Rees, to act to protect our health and take serious action on air pollution
Open letter welcoming RCGP divestment from fossil fuels and calling on others to follow suit
Medact is coordinating an open letter from GPs, to the RCGP, to congratulate them on their divestment from fossil fuels and to encourage others to divest.
Over 150 Health Professionals Call For Scrapping Of Charges & ID Checks in NHS
In a letter published in The Evening Standard, over 150 healthcare professionals call for the scrapping of healthcare charges and ID checks for migrants in the NHS.
Over 30 organisations deem government review of changes to healthcare charges inadequate
Medact and over 30 organisations send an open letter to the Department of Health and Social Care to express our concerns about their limited review into the latest changes to healthcare charging.
Open letter to the BMA calling for action on fossil fuel divestment
As health professionals and supporters of health divestment, we are calling on the British Medical Association to phase out its investments in fossil fuel companies and immediately commit to a fossil free future.
Medical Students call on the British Medical Association to sell fossil fuel investments
It is nearly three years since members of the British Medical Association (BMA) first called for fossil fuel divestment. Despite passing a resolution on climate change that referenced divestment in 2014, there has been no commitment made to begin the process. In...Letter to Theresa May – Phasing out Diesel
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Senior medics call on government to immediately ban the routine use of antibiotics in UK farming
In an unprecedented move, fifteen senior medics have written to the UK government calling for urgent action to tackle the routine misuse of antibiotics in UK farming…