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Shale Gas Production in England – an updated public health assessment
Download: A Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas in England Medact’s new report summarises the findings of a public health assessment of unconventional shale gas production in England. In 2015 […]
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Shale Gas Production in England – report release video
Shale Gas Production in England, an Updated Public Health AssessmentWatch this video on YouTube
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Medact submission to the Labour Party Defence Policy Review
A number of members of Medact from the Nuclear Weapons Group (NWG) have produced a paper for submission to Labour’s International Policy Commission Defence Review. The submission is based on […]
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Global Health Professionals Call for Transition Away from Coal
Medact has joined with more than 80 global health organizations from 30 different countries – together representing more than 300,000 doctors, nurses and public health professionals…
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Medact Manchester campaign to save the Salford Royal Hospital kitchen
Background The Salford Royal Hospital, part of the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, is an acute hospital with 839 beds. Whilst patient catering was provided in-house and well rated by […]
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Stop Trident
To coincide with the #StopTrident march on Saturday 27th February 2016, leading UK health professionals wrote a letter in The Telegraph calling on the UK government to back international efforts to […]
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Medact at the #StopTrident March
Medact at Anti-Trident Nation DemoWatch this video on YouTube
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In Defence of the Heathrow 13
Confronting the Reality of Climate Change, and Challenging the Judgement Against the ‘Heathrow 13’ The recent conviction of thirteen individuals (the ‘Heathrow 13’) for aggravated trespass for blocking one of […]
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Responding to the Needs of Refugees
This is the text from an editorial jointly published in The BMJ by Medact, Doctors Of The World UK, Helen Bamber Foundation, and Freedom From Torture. At the time of writing […]
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Medact investigates health impacts of under-18 recruitment into UK armed forces
Over the last six months, Medact has been developing a project looking at the long-term health impacts of recruiting adolescents into the UK armed forces. The UK is one of […]
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Medact warns against British air strikes in Syria
As a public health charity committed to a safer, fairer and better world, Medact has a reputable history of promoting peace and studying the effects of war, conflict and violence […]