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  • Royal College of Physicians to end investment in fossil fuel and mining companies

    January 6, 2020
    Royal College of Physicians to end investment in fossil fuel and mining companies

    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 […]


  • Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize 2020

    January 6, 2020
    Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize 2020

    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 […]


  • Healthcare workers stand with the Student Climate Strikers

    September 20, 2019
    Healthcare workers stand with the Student Climate Strikers

    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 […]


  • Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    August 13, 2019
    Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    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 […]


  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine goes Fossil Free

    July 5, 2019
    Royal College of Emergency Medicine goes Fossil Free

    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 […]


  • Results Of Our Strategy Consultation

    March 5, 2019
    Results Of Our Strategy Consultation

    Over the past year Medact has been working to develop an organisational strategy which will help direct our work over the coming five years. The strategy indicates Medact’s aims and […]


  • Tensions in Kashmir

    March 1, 2019
    Tensions in Kashmir

    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 […]


  • Healthcare workers call on doctor MPs to back Divest Parliament

    February 19, 2019
    Healthcare workers call on doctor MPs to back Divest Parliament

    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 […]


  • Leading UK Public Health body ends investment in fossil fuel industry

    December 10, 2018
    Leading UK Public Health body ends investment in fossil fuel industry

    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.


  • British Psychological Society divests from gas, oil and coal

    November 13, 2018
    British Psychological Society divests from gas, oil and coal

    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.


  • Medact AGM, Dinner on Food Justice & Faslane Demo

    October 8, 2018
    Medact AGM, Dinner on Food Justice & Faslane Demo

    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 […]


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