by Medact | Sep 21, 2020 | Campaign Updates, Headlines, Human Rights
In August 2020, Medact and Migrants Organise refused to submit evidence to the Department of Health and Social Care’s limited review of NHS Charging – read our letter to the government explaining why.
by Siddhartha Mehta | Aug 20, 2020 | Campaign Updates, Headlines, Sign-Ons, Economic Justice
Sixteen of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick urging him to extend the eviction ban due to be lifted Monday to avoid an evictions and homelessness crisis that could significantly contribute to an... by Siddhartha Mehta | Mar 6, 2020 | Campaign Updates, In the News, Economic Justice
Read our Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha in BMJ Opinion, expanding on our case for a health centred budget in response to the findings of the Marmot 10-year review.
by Deirdre Duff | Feb 26, 2020 | Headlines, News, Climate & Environment
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has today announced that it is divesting from coal, oil and gas companies. The College’s multi-million-pound investment portfolio will go free of fossil fuels with immediate effect. The announcement comes after some impactful... by Medact Staff | Feb 6, 2020 | News, Peace & Security
Read our letter to Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Dominic Raab MP responding to the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
by Deirdre Duff | Jan 6, 2020 | News, Press Releases, Climate & Environment
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today announced that it will divest from fossil fuel and mining companies. The RCP will start divesting from the worst oil and gas companies immediately and will divest from all fossil fuel and mining companies, whose... by Aiyan Maharasingam | Jan 6, 2020 | News
Call for submissions Are you a student? Are you interested in the health aspects of violence and human rights? Do you have a passion for research? Ever dreamt of being published in an academic journal? If the answer to these questions is yes, then the... by Deirdre Duff | Sep 20, 2019 | News, Climate & Environment
Millions of children and young people from around the world have been striking from school on Fridays to highlight political inaction on the climate crisis. The Youth Climate Strikers called on adults everywhere to get behind them on the 20th September and demand... by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Aug 13, 2019 | Headlines, News, Human Rights, Peace & Security
In response to the sentencing of 11 Turkish doctors to 20 months in prison for a statement made against the military offensive in Afrin, Syria, Medact has urged the UK Foreign Secretary to take action. “War is a man-made public health problem.” It is these words,... by Deirdre Duff | Jul 5, 2019 | News, Climate & Environment
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has sold all fossil fuel investments formerly held in its £1.3m portfolio. It joins a growing list of global healthcare institution divestments worth £274m. RCEM’s decision was made on the of back ever-growing concerns... by Medact | Mar 1, 2019 | Headlines, News, Press Releases, Peace & Security
As tensions between the nuclear armed states of India and Pakistan continue, little attention is being paid to the effects of war between the nations means for the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir Valley, which has not known peace since the... by Tytus Murphy | Feb 19, 2019 | News
Over 90 healthcare workers from across the UK have signed an open letter calling on doctor MPs Matthew Offord, Phillip Lee, Caroline Johnson and Andrew Murrison to sign the Divest Parliament Pledge. To date, over 220 cross-party MPs have backed the campaign to divest...