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  • Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism – Resources

    December 16, 2025
    Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism – Resources

    RESOURCES LINKS [TAKE ACTION] No Palantir in the NHS campaign petition https://nopalantir.org.uk/ and https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/  [TAKE ACTION] East London Health Workers for a Free Palestine open letter https://Eastlondonhw4pal.short.gy/HW4PAL [WEBSITE] Institute for […]


  • Trans Health Justice – Resources

    December 10, 2025
    Trans Health Justice – Resources

    Trans healthcare isn’t complicated – it’s about understanding, advocacy, and de-mystifying the care process.


  • Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World: 2025 Lecture

    December 1, 2025
    Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World: 2025 Lecture

    We were privileged to host a conversation between Dr Carlos Umaña, Cordelia Vesely and Jake Atkinson – chaired by Marion Birch.


  • The 2026 Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize

    November 27, 2025
    The 2026 Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize

    Submissions for the 2026 Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize are open until 28th February, 2026


  • Insights and Advocacy from the 2025 IPPNW Nagasaki World Congress

    October 28, 2025
    Insights and Advocacy from the 2025 IPPNW Nagasaki World Congress

    The IPPNW congress reaffirmed nuclear abolition as a humanitarian and public health imperative ahead of our lecture, Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World.


  • How can we bring about a world free from nuclear weapons?

    October 22, 2025
    How can we bring about a world free from nuclear weapons?

    Seven billion humans are not going to give up their lives because deterrence theorists have made a certain miscalculation.


  • The fallibility of nuclear deterrence

    October 22, 2025
    The fallibility of nuclear deterrence

    Given that nuclear deterrence is not infallible and that nuclear war is not survivable, it must follow that we divest from nuclear weapons.


  • The damages of nuclear tests on humanity

    October 16, 2025
    The damages of nuclear tests on humanity

    In the run up to our upcoming evening lecture: Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World, members of the Nuclear Weapons Group reflect on key issues for the movement for nuclear […]


  • Statement on Gaza ceasefire

    October 15, 2025
    Statement on Gaza ceasefire

    The ceasefire agreement, and accompanying Trump-Netanyahu 20 point plan, lays out a deeply colonial approach to the future of Gaza.


  • Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants

    October 8, 2025
    Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants

    Apply now to be Medact’s Fundraising Manager.


  • Leading the change from below – building a countervailing power for health justice

    October 2, 2025
    Leading the change from below – building a countervailing power for health justice

    The health community has a crucial role to play in uniting fractured societies, fostering trust, and working in solidarity with those facing health inequity.


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