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 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 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 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 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 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...
by Carla Stephan | Aug 16, 2017 | Appeals, Campaign Updates, Hiroshima Day
Medact has received a letter from the Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, along with a copy of their Peace Declaration. The Medact Hiroshima Appeal 2017 has just recently launched. It will enable us to continue and grow our work for peace. We join the City of Hiroshima...
by Carla Stephan | Aug 10, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Divestment
November 2018 update: The British Psychological Society has now committed to end its investment in fossil fuels! A big thank you to all who supported the Open Letter below and campaigned to make this happen. You can read about their divestment decision here. Are you a...
by Carla Stephan | Jul 5, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Doctors Against Diesel
There is overwhelming evidence that exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution has major adverse consequences on health. Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s largest study of air pollution shows...
by Carla Stephan | Jun 28, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Doctors Against Diesel
A response has been received from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, to the Doctors against Diesel response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Letter in March. Doctors against Diesel’s response included the...
by Carla Stephan | Jun 26, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Doctors Against Diesel
Medact is a London-based public health charity that works on environmental health, amongst other things. Medact is the lead organiser of the Doctors Against Diesel campaign which comprises a wide range of academics and clinicians who are concerned about the...
