The nuclear detonations in August 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (at 16 and 21 Kt equivalent respectively) killed at least 110,000 citizens immediately: an estimated further 130,000 died by the […]
(updated 2012) This report provides a case study of the post-conflict rehabilitation of services and development of mental health policy following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It illustrates common […]
On October 13th 2012, Medact released its report “Drones: the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war“. In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase […]
Preventing Torture: the role of physicians and their professional organisations: principles and practice was originally launched with a Comment piece in the Lancet. The report considers how professional medical bodies can […]
Alarmed by the way ‘choice’ is being used to promote the NHS reforms, Medact wrote a pamphlet which unpicks what is meant by ‘choice’, exposes how the increase in ‘choice’ […]
Medact responded to the government consultation on the NHS White Paper Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NH, arguing that health professionals must be free to concentrate on the best interests […]
In preparation for its response to the 2010 government White Paper Equity & Excellence: liberating the NHS, Medact produced a background document summarising what it considered were the main issues […]
‘A little understood, unfamiliar war’ – US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, resignation speech, November 8, 2006 Medact’s five earlier Iraq reports presented data on health and health services, and thus […]
In the foreward to the White Paper on ‘The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent’ presented to Parliament on December 4th the Prime Minister says he ‘is confident that […]
This is the second of Medact’s two papers on the ‘skills drain’ of health professionals from the developing world, which examine the economic, governance and human rights issues that surround […]