Medact
  • About Medact
    • People
    • Strategy
    • History
    • Partners
    • Funders
    • Annual Reports
  • Our Work
    • Arms & Conflict
    • Homes for Health
    • Patients Not Passports
    • Abolitionist Approaches to Health
    • Palestine
    • Research
  • Publications
    • Reports
    • Blog
    • Journal
  • Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Member Groups
    • Actions
    • Jobs
  • Events
    • Upcoming
    • Past
Join
Donate
  • Members are calling on the British Psychological Society to end its investments in companies in the fossil fuel industry

    August 10, 2017
    Members are calling on the British Psychological Society to end its investments in companies in the fossil fuel industry

    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 […]


  • Statement from Doctors Against Diesel about the Client Earth hearing today

    July 5, 2017
    Statement from Doctors Against Diesel about the Client Earth hearing today

    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 […]


  • Response from Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to our reply to Theresa May’s letter re: Government action on diesel

    June 28, 2017
    Response from Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to our reply to Theresa May’s letter re: Government action on 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 […]


  • Consultation on the Central London ULEZ – Medact Response

    June 26, 2017
    Consultation on the Central London ULEZ – Medact Response

    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 […]


  • Doctors Against Diesel website launched

    June 15, 2017
    Doctors Against Diesel website launched

    We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel […]


  • Release of the draft Ban Treaty

    June 2, 2017
    Release of the draft Ban Treaty

    The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa […]


  • Medical Students call on the British Medical Association to sell fossil fuel investments

    April 26, 2017
    Medical Students call on the British Medical Association to sell fossil fuel investments

    Health students – sign the letter to the BMA[/button] It is nearly three years since members of the British Medical Association (BMA) first called for fossil fuel divestment – and […]


  • Senior health professionals call for the UN to eliminate all nuclear weapons

    April 7, 2017
    Senior health professionals call for the UN to eliminate all nuclear weapons

    Seventy years after two devastating nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan, causing an estimated 250,000 casualties, the world still harbours 16,500 nuclear weapons which are many times more powerful than […]


  • Taking the Pulse of Hospital Food

    March 23, 2017
    Taking the Pulse of Hospital Food

    Happy NHS Sustainability Day!  A national day of action across the health sector to highlight the important role of sustainability in health service delivery. Hospital environments that promote food which […]


  • Response from Prime Minister Theresa May re: government action on diesel

    March 14, 2017
    Response from Prime Minister Theresa May re: government action on diesel

    A response has been received from Prime Minister Theresa May to the letter signed by nearly 300 doctors and other health professionals in February 2017, which called for action on diesel-related […]


  • Senior medics call on government to immediately ban the routine use of antibiotics in UK farming

    November 14, 2016
    Senior medics call on government to immediately ban the routine use of antibiotics in UK farming

    In an unprecedented move, fifteen senior medics have written to the UK government calling for urgent action to tackle the routine misuse of antibiotics in UK farming…


  • About
  • Mission
  • History
  • People
  • Partners
  • Funders
  • Our work
  • Arms & Conflict
  • Homes for Health
  • Patients Not Passports
  • Abolitionist Approaches to Health
  • Research
  • Get involved
  • Events
  • Actions
  • Member Groups
  • Membership
  • Subscribe for Emails
  • Learn more
  • Reports
  • Videos
  • Talks
  • Journal
  • Blog
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Comment Policy
  • Press
  • Contact

Medact © 2025 | Registered Charity 1081097 | Company Reg No. 2267125 | Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E1 5QJ, UK