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  • Open letter welcoming RCGP divestment from fossil fuels and calling on others to follow suit

    October 2, 2018
    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

    June 1, 2018
    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

    February 28, 2018
    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

    May 11, 2017
    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

    April 26, 2017
    Medical Students call on the British Medical Association to sell fossil fuel investments

    Health students – sign the letter to the BMA[/button] It is nearly three years since members of the British Medical Association (BMA) first called for fossil fuel divestment – and […]


  • Letter to Theresa May – Phasing out Diesel

    January 25, 2017
    Letter to Theresa May – Phasing out Diesel

    Sign letter to Theresa May calling for phase-out of diesel


  • Doctors Against Diesel – Mission Statement

    December 14, 2016
    Doctors Against Diesel – Mission Statement

    Sign to show your support


  • Senior medics call on government to immediately ban the routine use of antibiotics in UK farming

    November 14, 2016
    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…


  • World Medical Association Calls on Health Sector to Divest – Will you ask your Royal College?

    November 7, 2016
    World Medical Association Calls on Health Sector to Divest – Will you ask your Royal College?

    On 22nd October the World Medical Association passed a resolution calling on their members and health organisations worldwide to divest from fossil fuels, and reinvest in organisations upholding environmental principles. […]


  • A call on St George’s Hospital Trust to respect migrants’ rights to care

    October 24, 2016
    A call on St George’s Hospital Trust to respect migrants’ rights to care

    Within the UK, over the past decade or more, we have witnessed a movement toward increasingly restrictive policy around entitlement to healthcare for those without a defined immigration status.  This […]


  • Medics call for an end to arms sales to Saudi

    September 21, 2016
    Medics call for an end to arms sales to Saudi

    UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been directly involved in the destruction of Yemen’s health system and the targeting of hospitals and other health facilities in Yemen. On Wednesday […]


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