by Deirdre Duff | Dec 10, 2018 | News, Climate & Environment, Divestment
The UK Faculty of Public Health has ended all investment in gas, oil and coal companies. In doing so it highlights the health impacts of fossil fuel driven climate change. Our Fossil Free Health campaigner, Deirdre Duff, shares the news.
by Deirdre Duff | Nov 13, 2018 | Campaign Updates, News, Press Releases, Climate & Environment, Divestment, Peace & Security
The British Psychological Society is divesting from fossil fuels! It joins a growing number of health organisations that are cutting ties with gas, oil and coal. Dr Deirdre Duff reports on their divestment decision.
by A Medact Member | Oct 8, 2018 | Blogs, Headlines, News, Food, Health Through Peace, Healthy Planet, Better World, Nuclear Weapons
A busy, productive and enjoyable weekend was had by Medact members in Glasgow and beyond on 21st and 22nd September. Held in Kinning Park Centre, a converted Victorian school close to public transport, with delicious food provided by social enterprise Milk, and music... by Rebecca Daniels | Sep 13, 2018 | Headlines, News, Doctors Against Diesel
Air pollution impacts cognitive abilities. Dr Guddi Singh, member of Doctors Against Diesel argues, “As our knowledge of the link between air pollution and ill health grows, so does the weight of our responsibility towards those affected by it, especially the next generation.”
by Rebecca Daniels | Jul 24, 2018 | Campaign Updates, Headlines, News, Migration & Health
On Tuesday 24 July, Medact supported healthcare workers and humanitarians to return their government honours in protest at the ‘hostile environment’ policies in the NHS.
by Rebecca Daniels | Jun 1, 2018 | Headlines, In the News, Sign-Ons, Migration & Health
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.
by Judith McDonald | Apr 24, 2018 | Campaign Updates, News, Nuclear Weapons, Trident
On her recent trip to the UK, ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn visited Scotland and the naval base at Faslane where Trident nuclear weapons are housed.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Feb 28, 2018 | Campaign Updates, Sign-Ons, Health Through Peace, Migration & Health
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 Through Peace, Human Rights, Migration & Health, 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...