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An injury to one is an injury to all! Unions & migrant organisations’ public sector pay rise statement
60 trade unions and migrant organisations have come together to call out the government’s plan to fund part of the public sector pay offer through substantial hikes to visa and migrant healthcare costs
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Criminalising Distress: empowering patients, challenging police in mental health care
Our current research project is an urgently needed national study to explore the harm created by SIM —Serenity Integrated Mentoring —a controversial new “model of care” adopted by almost half of all mental health trusts in England.
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People’s Health Tribunal statement on Africa Energies Summit 2023
Shell, TotalEnergies and other destructive corporations gathered in London must pay for their harm to communities across Africa and their contributions to the climate crisis.
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A journey from darkness to light: 2023 IPPNW Bike Tour, Kenya
Medact member and IPPNW board member Bimal Khadka reflects on a five day, 500km ride across Kenya to attend the 2023 IPPNW World Congress in Mombasa.
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Small Boats Bill – In the face of relentless attacks
In the face of relentless attacks, sometimes I forget to keep dreaming of the world we are trying to win. A world free from oppression and the violence of borders. […]
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Why NHS England’s failure to publish our co-produced policy is a betrayal of service users
A new blog by members of StopSIM exploring the impact of NHS England’s betrayal of service users, and failure to to acknowledge the harm caused by their endorsement of SIM and similar models.
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Hamburg IPPNW European Meeting ends with a call for Peace
IPPNW Europe gathered together in Hamburg over 20–22 January 2023 to discuss nuclear disarmament and the prevention of nuclear war
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Health workers stand against Prevent
Everything you need to know about the Prevent duty in health, the so-called “independent” review of Prevent, and how we can challenge Prevent in this new blog, written by two members of our Securitisation of Health group.
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Medact Bristol joins call to resist local airport expansion
Medact Bristol member Jonathan Monk-Cunliffe’s speech from last week’s protest outside Bristol Civil Court in response to Government’s decision to grant the airport planning permission for their expansion plans.
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Profiting from pain: Accommodating asylum seekers in England
Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group investigate the cruel and inhumane conditions in Asylum Seeker accommodation, bolstered by an escalation of violent anti-migrant rhetoric from the highest levels of power.
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Statement by Medact on the arrest of Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı
A statement on the arrest of Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı by the Turkish authorities and their request to a court to dismiss her from her post as President of the Turkish Medical Association.