Health Versus Wealth? UK economic policy and public health during COVID-19
In this new briefing, our Economic Justice & Health Group shine a light on the UK government’s assumption that the health of the public and the economy are in tension.
Health & Climate Justice at COP 26
Far from being just a future prospect, it is clear that many regions of the world have long since started to feel the impacts of climate change. These impacts pose the greatest challenge to global health in the 21st century. However, they are not distributed equally....Patients Not Passports – Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis
Medact’s new briefing paper examines the barriers to accessing healthcare for migrants during the coronavirus crisis
Submission to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Medact produced a submission to the HCLG Committee on their inquiry into the Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector. The submission is part of the work we are doing to advocate for a Just Public Health Response to the...Submission to the Children’s Future Food Inquiry
Medact produced this submission to the Children’s Future Food Inquiry in early 2019 as part of exploratory work on food justice issues at the intersection of diet, poverty and health. The submission – as with our submission to the Welfare safety net...Submission to House of Lords inquiry into Nuclear non-proliferation & Disarmament
In early 2019, members of Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group produced submissions to two parliamentary inquiries relating to nuclear weapons. The following written evidence was submitted to the House of Lords International Relations Committee Inquiry into Nuclear...Patients Not Passports – challenging healthcare charging in the NHS
Medact’s new briefing paper examines NHS charging and the introduction of immigration controls in the NHS.
Submission to Defence Select Committee into US INF Treaty withdrawal
Members of Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group collaborated on this submission to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Inquiry into the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty in Spring 2019. DOWNLOAD: Medact Submission to Defence...Submission to Welfare safety net inquiry 2018
This submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into the ‘Welfare safety net’ was put together from answers to a survey of health professionals asking about their experiences of how economic deprivation impacts their patients’...The mental health of the UK Armed Forces and veterans – Medact submission to Defence Select Committee
We publish evidence submitted by Medact to the Defence Select Committee for its inquiry into the mental health of Armed Forces and veterans, outlining serious concerns related to the mental health impacts of the UK practice of recruiting adolescents to its military.
First do no harm – Clinical roles in preventing and reducing damage to vulnerable immigration detainees
The available evidence shows that the objectives of significantly reducing the number of vulnerable individuals detained and the duration of their detention have not been achieved by the changes to policy and practice introduced since the initial review into welfare in detention of vulnerable persons produced by Mr Steven Shaw in January 2016.
In our submission to the new review we consider what has gone wrong, and make recommendations for what needs to happen to improve the situation.
A Healthy and Sustainable Food Future
In this briefing Medact and Eating Better examine UK dietary guidelines and make recommendations to the UK government on how they can drive the change towards more sustainable – as well as healthier – eating.