by Medact | May 4, 2022 | Actions, Headlines, Sign-Ons, Peace & Security
Our primary objective as health workers is the duty of care to the patient in front of us. Government policies like Prevent jeopardise this duty and consequently public health. As health workers and members of the health community, our duty of care is to challenge any and all attempts at making caring professions into an arm of the Home Office or police.
by Medact | Dec 14, 2021 | Appeals, Climate & Environment
In the last year, THOUSANDS of health workers took action for climate justice with Medact. We brought the health voice for climate justice to the COP26 climate talks, and to streets in towns and cities across the UK. Now we need your help to support even more health workers to organise for climate and health justice in 2022.
by Medact | Nov 15, 2021 | Briefings, Headlines, Peace & Security
This briefing argues that the PCSC Bill’s expansion of police power and prisons will in fact harm public health
by Medact | Oct 27, 2021 | Briefings, Resources, Climate & Environment
‘Play the health card the case for climate & health justice at the UN Climate Talks’ was written to lay out the reasoning behind the demands of the Health for a Green New Deal campaign in the run up to the COP26 UN Climate Talks in Glasgow in November...
by Medact | Sep 8, 2021 | Briefings, Peace & Security
A briefing focusing on the risks of harm associated with the proposed Serious Violence Duty (SVD) and Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) in the PCSC Bill.
by Medact | Aug 28, 2021 | Annual Reports, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Membership, Peace & Security
Our 2020 Annual Report provides an overview of our work and direction in the last year, including how this has pivoted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
by Medact | Aug 19, 2021 | Briefings, Climate & Environment, Peace & Security
Medact consultation briefing The climate crisis is the single biggest threat to public health. Medact has called for the UK to transition to a zero-carbon economy by 2030 as part of a bold Green New Deal but has no declared policy position on the extent to which...
by Medact | Aug 6, 2021 | Appeals, Hiroshima Day, Peace & Security
On the 76th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, our call is as clear as ever: we need beds not bombs.
by Medact | Feb 16, 2021 | Briefings, Headlines, Economic Justice
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.
by Medact | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog, Headlines, Membership
As we begin 2021 suffering a devastating new wave of the pandemic, and approach a full 12 months living under its shadow, it can be hard to think clearly about the year ahead. The pandemic has taken a terrible toll. In the UK, nearly 100,000 lives have now been lost....
by Medact | Dec 7, 2020 | Briefings, Climate & Environment
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....
by Medact | Dec 7, 2020 | News, Membership
Are you a student with a passion for research? Are you interested in the health aspects of violence and human rights? Do you dream of being published in an academic journal? If your answer to these questions is yes, then you should consider applying for the...
