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End the bloodshed: Medact statement on Palestine
Over the last few days, we have witnessed horrific escalations of violence unfold in the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and the West Bank and Israel. Though the situation is […]
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Medact Impact Report 2022/23
This is the digital edition of our Impact Report 2022–23
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Why NHS England’s failure to publish our co-produced policy is a betrayal of service users
A new blog by members of StopSIM exploring the impact of NHS England’s betrayal of service users, and failure to to acknowledge the harm caused by their endorsement of SIM and similar models.
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Winter Appeal 2022
We’re determined to end NHS charging policies for good, but we need your help. Support Medact’s 2022 Winter Appeal!
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Statement by Medact on the arrest of Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı
A statement on the arrest of Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı by the Turkish authorities and their request to a court to dismiss her from her post as President of the Turkish Medical Association.
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Medact Impact Report 2021–22
It’s 30 years since Medact was founded on the merger of two medical groups campaigning against war and nuclear weapons.
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Why there’s no room for population arguments in our radical public health analysis
The latest, sixth edition of Global Health Watch is another excellent resource for the health justice movement. But we would like to take this opportunity to share our concerns about a couple of lines we feel hover at the edge of a dangerous discourse.
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Global Health Watch 6 – in the shadow of the pandemic
Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, is the definitive alternative voice on health. Published since 2003, with contributions from activists and academics from around the world, GHW6 […]
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Pledge: Health Workers Against Prevent
As health workers, our duty of care is to challenge attempts at making caring professions into an arm of the Home Office or police.
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Winter Appeal 2021
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…
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The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill
This briefing argues that the PCSC Bill’s expansion of police power and prisons will in fact harm public health