by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Feb 28, 2018 | Campaign Updates, Sign-Ons, Health Needs of Migrants & Refugees, Health Through Peace
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.
by Medact Staff | Oct 30, 2017 | In the News, News, Health Through Peace, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security, Trident
Medact report ‘A safer world – treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons’ has been reviewed in the academic journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival (MCS). The book review is open access and freely available on-line till the end... by Medact Staff | Oct 27, 2017 | In the News, News, Health Needs of Migrants & Refugees, Health Through Peace, Human Rights, Peace & Security
Monday 23rd October saw the introduction of mandatory checks on residency and immigration status of patients in NHS hospitals, followed by demand of upfront payment for care from those who can not prove their eligibility. Medact is incredibly concerned about the... by Carla Stephan | Oct 19, 2017 | News, Climate & Environment
On Thursday 19 October, we joined London mining network, War on Want, Colombia Solidarity Campaign and People & Planet, for a demonstration against BHP’s neocolonial extractivism. We stood in solidarity with frontline communities as representatives from... by Feryal Awan | Oct 13, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Child Recruitment, Health Through Peace, Peace & Security
On Sunday 8 October, the Scottish National Party (SNP) voted overwhelmingly in favour of raising the minimum enlistment age from 16 to 18. SNP’s youth branch, which tabled the motion, used our research and other resources to argue that joining the armed forces under... by Refugee Solidarity Group | Oct 9, 2017 | In the News, News, Health Needs of Migrants & Refugees, Health Through Peace, Human Rights, Peace & Security
On September 30, we joined Docs Not Cops and a coalition of anti-racism and pro-migrant organisations outside Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospital to protest the introduction of immigration checks and upfront charging coming into force on 23 October 2017. We... by ICAN UK | Oct 6, 2017 | Headlines, News, Press Releases, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
A statement from ICAN UK in reaction to the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN
by ICAN UK | Sep 20, 2017 | Headlines, News, Press Releases, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
UK absent as UN States line up to sign this important new nuclear treaty
by Feryal Awan | Sep 20, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Press Releases, Health Through Peace, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
The following joint statement has been released by IPPNW, the World Medical Association, the International Council of Nurses, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations on September 18, 2017. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opens for... by Feryal Awan | Sep 11, 2017 | In the News, News, Health Through Peace, Peace & Security, Unnatural Disasters
Taher Qassim MBE writes about the cholera epidemic raging in the midst of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in Yemen.
by Feryal Awan | Sep 11, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Press Releases, Health Through Peace, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
IPPNW released the following statement on September 5 from the 22nd World Congress at York University, after consultations among members of the Executive Committee, key affiliate leaders who have visited the DPRK, and members of Korean Anti-War Peace Physicians, the... by Carla Stephan | Sep 1, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
Medical doctors and scientists, including Medact’s director David McCoy, write a letter calling on the British government to immediately begin the process of joining the international treaty demanding the ban of nuclear weapons. Read the letter here. Join...