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  • Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize 2021

    December 7, 2020
    Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize 2021

    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 […]


  • Making effective Freedom of Information Requests

    November 4, 2020
    Making effective Freedom of Information Requests

    Making effective Freedom of Information RequestsWatch this video on YouTube   Medact Research Manager, Dr Hilary Aked, recently led a training session giving supporters the know-how to make effective Freedom of […]


  • Medact and Migrants Organise Refuse to Participate in Limited Government Review of NHS Charging

    September 21, 2020
    Medact and Migrants Organise Refuse to Participate in Limited Government Review of NHS Charging

    In August 2020, Medact and Migrants Organise refused to submit evidence to the Department of Health and Social Care’s limited review of NHS Charging – read our letter to the government explaining why.


  • Annual Report 2019/20

    September 11, 2020
    Annual Report 2019/20

    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.


  • Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    September 3, 2020
    Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    Watch a recording of our Action Call with London Renters Union & Pathways where we discussed the interconnected issues of housing justice and health equity.


  • 75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Appeal

    August 6, 2020
    75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Appeal

    Our annual appeal remembers the anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attacks – on the cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in 1945 – and helps to support Medact’s work using the health voice to advocate for peace and nuclear disarmament throughout the year.


  • Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 3 – In Conversation: Open University Lecturer Dr Kathryn Medièn talks to Patients Not Passports.

    July 5, 2020
    Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 3 – In Conversation: Open University Lecturer Dr Kathryn Medièn talks to Patients Not Passports.

    Dr Kathryn Medièn, lecturer in Sociology at the Open University, interviews the Patients Not Passports team about migrant access to healthcare during the coronavirus crisis.


  • False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare

    July 2, 2020
    False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare

    False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare is a new Medact report, written by Medact Research Manager Dr. Hil Aked. The report examines the implementation and impacts of the […]


  • Patients Not Passports – Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis

    June 5, 2020
    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

    May 20, 2020
    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 […]


  • 2020 Gathering POSTPONED

    March 11, 2020
    2020 Gathering POSTPONED

    With much disappointment, after careful consideration and consultation, we have now decided to postpone our upcoming Health Justice conference in light of the current situation regarding Coronavirus.


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