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SUMMARY:'The Five Health Frontiers: a New Radical Blueprint' with Chris Thomas
DESCRIPTION:A transformative approach to public health and social care in the wake of Covid-19. \n“The boldest blueprint for public health since Bevan”—Sonia Adesara\, NHS Doctor and Campaigner \nJoin us as we explore the The Five Health Frontiers: a New Radical Blueprint\, out now from Pluto Press.  \nAuthor Chris Thomas\, IPPR health and care Research Fellow\, will explain the book’s main arguments and delve into strategies for the health justice movement given the opportunities posed by the current increased focus on public health. \n[Registration has now closed] \n\nChristopher Thomas is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research\, where he leads on health and care. He is co-editor of Progressive Review\, a journal of ideas and politics. He regularly comments on health and care issues in print and broadcast media\, and regularly writes in the Independent and the Times. Before working at IPPR\, he led on public health and inequality at major charities including Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-five-health-frontiers-author-event/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
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SUMMARY:A People’s Economy: the fight for health and economic justice
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the online launch of three brand new pamphlets developed by members of the Economic Justice & Health group.\nThese booklets explore the key campaigning areas of secure housing\, tax justice and liveable incomes\, and provide an informative resource for those looking to fight against economic and health injustice. \nWe’ll hear from a great line-up of speakers on the issues covered by the booklets: \n\nGuppi Bola\, strategist\, organiser and co-founder of Decolonising Economics and author of “Reimagining Public Health”.\nAbigail Acheampong\, cleaner at Royal London Hospital. UNITE representative and key leader in the campaign that ended outsourcing in England’s biggest NHS trust\, and\nRepresentatives from Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth and London Coalition Against Poverty\n\nA decade of austerity policies and vast cuts to public finances have contributed to worsening health for people and communities that are marginalised by our current economic systems.  \nAs members of the health community\, our work is as much about caring for those in immediate need as it is about advocating for and building new societal systems in which all are able to live well and thrive.  \nDownload the digital booklets in advance of the event here: \n[ess_grid alias=”ej-zines”] \nQuestions? Contact our campaign lead Jordi. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/a-peoples-economy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220128T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220128T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20220126T125234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T105228Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: NHS Borderlands
DESCRIPTION:Join Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports for a free screening of NHS Borderlands at Effra Space in South London\, followed by Q&A with some of the people involved in the documentary.\n\nNHS Borderlands is a new investigative documentary that explores the human impact of NHS charges on migrants.\n\nThe film follows Angela’s story of being charged £8\,000 for an urgent operation\, and her activism in the face of hostile environment policies in the NHS.\n\nGet your free ticket here!\n\nFollowing the screening there will be a Q&A with Angela\, some of the Bare Life Films team and Jan from Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports\, and you’ll learn about how we can campaign against these unfair charges.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/film-screening-nhs-borderlands/
LOCATION:Effra Space\, 21 Effra Parade\, London\, SW2 1PX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Social,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211115T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20211014T105925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T103137Z
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SUMMARY:Briefing launch: The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill
DESCRIPTION:The public health case against the policing bill – Briefing launch event\, 15 November 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch this video on YouTube\n\n\nThe government has misleadingly branded the racist and dangerous PCSC (Policing) Bill a “public health approach” to combating serious violence. But health workers in the Medact Research Network debunk these claims in our new briefing The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill. \nWritten to support the huge groundswell of opposition to this bill in the #KillTheBill movement\, the briefing explains why the measures in the Bill – greater police powers\, repression of protest\, harsher prison sentences\, erosion of confidentiality and increased criminalisation of Gypsy and Traveller communities – will actually harm public health  and entrench discrimination. \nWe aim to articulate and amplify radical public health voices against the Policing Bill’s approach and explore potential alternatives. \nYou’ll hear from health workers who are members of our Research Network and involved in creation of the briefing\, and we’re thrilled to host four fantastic speakers who will discuss public health in the context of crime\, policing and prison: \nLola Olufemi – Lola is a black feminist writer and researcher\, author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power and Experiments in Imagining Otherwise. Alongside writing\, she is a member of ‘bare minimum‘\, an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective. Lola also facilitates reading groups/workshops\, occasionally curates\, and is volunteer co-ordinator at the Feminist Library in South London. \nKelsey M – Kelsey is a feminist\, abolitionist organiser based in London\, resisting state violence and working to explore and build transformative justice and community-led responses to violence. As a facilitator with grassroots collectives she delivers workshops exploring community accountability\, bystander intervention\, power\, and tools for campaigning and movement building.  \nChelsea McDonagh – Chelsea is a researcher\, Irish Traveller activist and writer. She speaks on a wide range of issues affecting Gypsy and Traveller people including education\, health\, policy and politics. Chelsea is one of the co-founders of the Rom Belong programme\, a KCL Widening Participation programme for Gypsy\, Roma and Traveller pupils and is passionate about improving opportunities for young people. \nKavian Kulasabanathan – Kavian is a paediatric A&E doctor and researcher at the University of Oxford. His interests span socio-political determinants of health\, particularly pertaining to race and class\, alongside community-centered models of care. Kavian organises with PHM-UK and Race & Health collective. \nPresenters covered topics such as the future implications of the PCSC bill\, different visions of public health\, new approaches to care\, and approaches to ‘serious violence’ and socio-economic issues that don’t rely on punitive or carceral responses. There will be lots of time for audience questions!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/briefing-launch-the-public-health-case-against-the-policing-bill/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210824T095540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T110742Z
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SUMMARY:What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our health?
DESCRIPTION:Medact Yorkshire are delighted to invite you to our online contribution to York Environment Week where we discuss ‘What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our Health?’. \nWe have three local health professionals who will talk about how health and climate interact; why we should take action now and examples of what we can all do to improve the natural world around us\, reduce the worst effects of the climate crisis and improve the health of ourselves\, our families and our communities. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/what-has-the-climate-crisis-got-to-do-with-our-health/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210831T131337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T080215Z
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SUMMARY:Access to Healthcare in a Hostile Environment
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 6th September\, Medact Sheffield invites you to Access to Healthcare in the Hostile Environment\, a webinar exploring how hostile environment immigration policies in the NHS are deterring migrants from accessing the care they need. \nWe’re honoured to be joined by Simba Mujakachi\, as we build towards Simba’s Carnival of Resistance to the Hostile Environment where we’ll march with the Justice for Simba campaign to deliver his 67\,000 signature petition to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. \nIn this webinar we’ll hear from Simba and his father Victor about their experiences of being on the receiving end of inhumane NHS charging policies\, Dr Rizwana Lala will speak about the public health impacts of the Hostile Environment\, and together we’ll discuss how you get get involved with the Patients Not Passports campaign both locally and nationally. \nSign up\, and we’ll see you there! \nMedact Sheffield \nSpeakers\nSimba\, who came to the UK as a teenager in 2004 – was sent a bill for more than £93\,000 after he suffered a stroke and spent 2 weeks in a coma\, because of his immigration status. Now he is calling on everyone to oppose migrant charging in the NHS and call for an end to the hostile environment immigration policies. He speaks of his personal experience facing the hostile environment and campaigning against it. \nVictor\, Simba’s father and long-time Sheffield activist has worked with ASSIST\, Voice for the Voiceless and South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG). He speaks passionately about his experience of the hostile environment and local campaigns he has been a part of. \nRizwana is a dentist\, public health consultant and mum here in Sheffield. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/access-to-healthcare-in-a-hostile-environment/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210809T153821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T155117Z
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SUMMARY:Movement Builders: What’s the deal with COP 26?
DESCRIPTION:What’s the deal with COP 26? Join us for the August Movement Builders Session of the Health for a Green New Deal Campaign to find out what to expect at COP 26. We’ll be joined by speakers from the COP 26 Coalition and Glasgow Calls out Polluters to dive into some of the key issues at COP to inform how we organise and take action for climate justice! \nIf you’re brand new to Health for a Green New Deal\, we’re running an optional onboarding 30 minutes before the main meeting. Feel free to join us for the onboarding to hear about Health for a Green New Deal’s message\, organising principles and our strategy to win! \nJoin us at 18.30 for the onboarding for newcomers\, or join us at 19.00 for the main session. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/movement-builders-whats-the-deal-with-cop-26/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210805T105349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T105429Z
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SUMMARY:IPPNW Student Discussion on "The Vow from Hiroshima" and the Importance of Medical Student Activism
DESCRIPTION:  \n“The Vow from Hiroshima” is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow\, a passionate\, 89-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor\, Mitchie Takeuchi. “The Vow” will be available to stream on 7-8 August for our event’s participants. \nWith introductory remarks from the filmmakers Mitchie Takeuchi and Susan Strickler followed by comments from Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow in a conversation with IPPNW international medical students movement from Kenya\, India\, Russia\, United States and Germany. Register now to join the conversation on 9 August. \nAs a 13 year old child\, Setsuko miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima\, an experience that shaped her life forever as a tireless activist for nuclear abolition. The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider’s perspective as we see Setsuko work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The culmination of Setsuko’s decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo and the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2021. 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. \nRegister now to access the film stream and discussion
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ippnw-student-discussion-on-the-vow-from-hiroshima-and-the-importance-of-medical-student-activism/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Films,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T133000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210623T171126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T093544Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Ethics and Impact of the Prevent Duty on the NHS
DESCRIPTION:It has been nearly a year since Medact published its report\, False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare. The report shed light on a strand of the government’s counter-terror strategy\, its harms within the health system\, and the ethical questions that Prevent raises. \nThe Muslim Doctors Association (MDA) are holding a lunch-time presentation and discussion on Tuesday 6th July from 12-1:30pm on the ethics and impacts of the Prevent duty in the NHS. \nRegister for the 6th July lunch-time webinar\nThe event will be chaired by the MDA\, and Medact’s Research Manager Dr. Hil Aked will be presenting the findings of last year’s report\, with comments from Professor Dame Clare Gerada (Chairperson of the NHS Assembly) and Paul Spencer (Policy and Campaigns Manager at Mind). \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/exploring-the-ethics-and-impact-of-the-prevent-duty-on-the-nhs/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210418T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210418T113000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210414T112205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T112205Z
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SUMMARY:EU Citizens Politics Festival
DESCRIPTION:Our Access to Healthcare Campaigns & Programme Lead\, James Skinner\, will be speaking at the3million’s Young Europeans Network EU Citizens Politics Festival on Sunday 18th April from 10.00am – 11.30am. \nFind out more and register your place
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/eu-citizens-politics-festival/
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20210127T111518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T120624Z
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SUMMARY:University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops: Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020
DESCRIPTION:Dr Max Thoburn\, a member of our Economic Justice & Health Group\, will be speaking at the University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops “Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020” Conference. He will be discussing findings from the upcoming Medact report on economic policy and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDr Sarah Walpole\, another Medact member\, will also be speaking on a panel discussion during the Conference\, so don’t miss out on seeing two brilliant Medact members in action! \nThe conference is on Saturday 30th January\, 9.30am-5:00pm and you can register your place for the conference here. \n 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/university-of-birmingham-docs-not-cops-exploring-health-inequalities-in-2020/
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20201104T104041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T103023Z
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SUMMARY:Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice
DESCRIPTION:This November\, COP26 was due to take place in Glasgow. To mark this moment\, the COP26 Coalition is hosting From the Ground Up – a global gathering providing the space to educate\, strategise and co-ordinate\, to build power and connect within our global justice movements. This is an opportunity for Scottish\, UK\, European and international climate justice movements to build momentum and capacity\, and to connect to broader civil society to build power for system change. \n\n\n\nWe are excited to be organising an event at the global gathering on Monday 16th November\, 18:00 to 19:30 –  Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice.  \n\n\n\nRegister your place for Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice \n\n\n\nWhy Health Justice Means Climate Justice\n\n\n\nCovid-19 has brought into consciousness the deep pre-existing health inequalities. It has highlighted how our health is shaped by the wider social\, economic and environmental conditions in which we live. At the roots of health injustice is an extractive\, economic system that serves to concentrate power in the pursuit of profit through the exploitation of people and the planet. This is the same system that is driving climate breakdown. This panel discussion seeks to reflect on the connections between health and the climate\, the public health impacts of extractive industries and how the Green New Deal can also be a Public Health New Deal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will be hearing from voices across the world as to how we build the health movement for transformative climate justice. There will be space for questions and deeper reflection for how we organise from the ground up in the lead up to COP 26. Join us as we explore why health justice means climate justice.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDr Rita Issa\, GP Trainee\, Climate & Health Activist (Chair)\n\n\n\nDr Alice Gardner\, GP & Medact Member\n\n\n\nAraceli Camargo\, science lead for Centric Lab\, who use neuroscience to focus on improving public health & health justice\n\n\n\nErika Arteaga-Cruz\, doctor & health campaigner with the People’s Health Movement Extractive Industries Circle\n\n\n\nSophie Gepp\, Medical Student and member of Health for Future\n\n\n\n\nRegister your place now \n\n\n\nIf you want to help us build the health movement for transformative climate justice\, you can join our Climate & Health Group.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/why-health-justice-is-climate-justice/
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20201008T172551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T172551Z
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SUMMARY:The International Struggle for Universal Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Join NEF and Patients not Passports to discuss what the UK can learn from these international and historical struggles for universal healthcare to organise and win.\nA new report by the New Economics Foundation and the Patients not Passports coalition shows that the struggle for universal healthcare is not unique to the NHS in the present moment. Similar restrictions on migrants’ access to healthcare have been advanced by Governments across Europe\, and have been tried before in the NHS’s past. But these policies have been met by strong resistance and opposition\, with coordinated campaigns successfully organising against them. \nWhat can we learn from other campaigns that have successfully fought for the principle of universal healthcare for all\, regardless of immigration status? How can we organise collectively to ensure that the NHS is accessible for everyone? How can we win the fight against racism\, discrimination and the scapegoating of migrants that excludes migrants and BME communities from public services? \nSpeakers TBA \nRegister for the Zoom call
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-international-struggle-for-universal-healthcare/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20200724T161457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T170745Z
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SUMMARY:New Economics Briefing: Healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment
DESCRIPTION:Join us at next week’s New Economics Briefing in partnership with the New Economics Foundation\, Migrants Organise\, Doctors of the World\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium\, and Notts Refugee Forum where we’ll be discussing healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment.  \nWe’ll be hearing from: \n\nSusan Cueva\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium – talking about their report A Chance to Feel Safe\nDaniel Button\, New Economics Foundation – on the findings of our research Patients Not Passports: Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis \nElla Johnson\, Doctors of the World – speaking to their rapid needs assessment An unsafe distance: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded People in England \nDaniel Robertson\, Notts Refugee Forum – on his experiences supporting people facing the combined threat of the Hostile Environment and coronavirus \nJames Skinner\, Medact’s Access to Healthcare Campaignet – talking about the Patients Not Passports campaign and how you can get involved. \n\nYou can register your place here.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/new-economics-briefing-healthcare-covid-19-and-the-hostile-environment/
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20200507T105344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T172426Z
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Health and the Green New Deal Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming weeks\, the government will begin planning for covid economic recovery and it is essential that we engage in discussions about how we want this to look. As a society\, we have learned that we are capable of making major changes at a policy and personal level in the name of public health. We must continue to keep health at the top of the agenda when the time comes to look to the future\, and rebuild in a way that ensures food and housing security\, tackles inequality and creates jobs by investing in green technology solutions. \nJoin us for this webinar as we explore how we can transition to a zero carbon society and the benefits that this will bring in terms of public health. We will discuss the role of healthcare professionals in bringing about this transition and opportunities for a greener and healthier future in the North West and Merseyside. \nSpeakers: \n\nDeidre Duff / Rob Abrams – Climate and Health Campaigners for Medact\nGina Dowding – Former MEP for the North West\, Green Party Member\nEd Gommon – Nurse and climate activist for Merseyside Labour for a Green New Deal\n\nPlease RSVP below for joining instructions\, and email liverpool@medact.org if you have any questions. \n[Registration has now closed] \n 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-health-and-the-green-new-deal-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20200417T130922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200528T114235Z
UID:19933-1588183200-1588188600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:The arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future
DESCRIPTION:Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the UK\, it became clear that the NHS was not sufficiently equipped or staffed to respond to the crisis. \nIn March\, the government put out a call for industry to convert its production to manufacture crucial medical equipment\, such as ventilators and PPE for frontline workers. To date\, a number of arms and defence companies have responded to this call – alongside existing companies that manufacture medical equipment and others. \nWorkers at Lucas Aerospace called for exactly this kind of arms conversion back in 1976\, when they produced an Alternative Corporate Plan – now known as the Lucas Plan. \nIn this webinar we discuss what a ‘just transition’ from industries that cause destruction to those that support peace and public health could and should look like\, hearing from experts in the field of arms conversion and a just transition for workers: \n\nHilary Wainwright – Founding editor of Red Pepper Magazine and co-author of ‘The Lucas Plan: A New Trade Unionism in the Making?’  \nDr. Andy Haines – Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at LSHTM\nPhil Asquith – Chartered Engineer and former Chairman of the Lucas Aerospace Combine\, Burnley site\nDr. Stuart Parkinson – Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility\nSam Mason – Policy officer at PCS Union and member of the New Lucas Plan project\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch this video on YouTube
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-arms-industry-in-the-era-of-covid-19-lessons-for-the-future/
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T211000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20191108T152605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T165647Z
UID:18652-1574362800-1574370600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Dorset Autumn Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Dorset will be meeting on Thursday 21st November for… \n\nAn update on our Divestment campaign\nA screening of a short documentary about migrant access to healthcare\nAn overview of Medact’s campaigns and a chance to discuss what areas Medact Dorset would like to get involved with.\n\nJoin us at The Libertine\, Westbourne\, BH4 8EL from 7pm onwards. \nRSVP below and please encourage any health-worker friends or colleagues to come along too! \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-dorset-autumn-meeting/
LOCATION:The Libertine Pub\, Westbourne\, 1 Alumhurst Rd\, Bournemouth\, BH4 8EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20190906T154630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T155600Z
UID:18463-1569870000-1569875400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:‘Do No Harm’ - a meeting about war\, the arms trade and health
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this month\, over 276 health workers sent a letter to the UK government urging them to stop supporting the arms trade and arms fairs such as DSEI. \nWe invite you to join us in discussing the impacts of war and armed conflict on health\, and of health workers working at the front lines in conflict zones. \nWe hope to also discuss how the health community can join the campaign to hold the UK government to account for its role\, through for example facilitating the sale of arms to countries such as Saudi Arabia\, in public health crises abroad as a result of conflict. \nSpeakers include:\n– Rita Dayoub\, a Syrian dentist\, Academy Associate at Chatham House and founder of Health Workers at the Frontline\n– Dr. Sara Beleil\, Psychiatrist and Academic Secretary at the Sudan Doctors’ Union UK\n– Ann Feltham\, Parliamentary Coordinator at Campaign Against the Arms Trade \nOur building has step-free access\, but this is not permanent\, i.e. you need someone to help set up ramp at the front entrance or let you in via the back door through the bike shed. There are “standard” non-wide doorways through to the meeting rooms. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/do-no-harm-a-meeting-about-war-the-arms-trade-and-health/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20190517T161833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190530T095646Z
UID:17984-1560191400-1560196800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Cuba & International Health - with Dr Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca
DESCRIPTION:In 2009 — as soon as he qualified from medical school in Havana — Dr. Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca began volunteering on international missions. Beginning in Venezuela\, Dr. Fonseca joined primary care services aimed at providing medical coverage to vulnerable communities. He then headed to Sierra Leone as part of Cuba’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak\, which included a total of 12\,000 health workers volunteering their support. Dr. Fonseca’s following missions would take him to Western Sahara and Ecuador\, where Cuba’s medical brigades responded to flooding and an earthquake. \nDr. Fonseca will join us to discuss Cuba’s healthcare and medical internationalism\, providing insight into one of the world’s most remarkable approaches to national health provision and international health. Chairing the discussion is Professor Imti Choonara\, a retired paediatrician\, emeritus professor in Child Health at the University of Nottingham and Editor in Chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open. Dr. Choonara is also interested in international child health and organises an annual workshop on Child Health in Cuba. \nTo attend\, please register using the form below. We are very sorry that the venue for this event is not wheelchair accessible. We do intend to live-stream the event so that anyone that wants to can join online. \nWe are grateful to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign for their help with hosting this event. You can read more about Dr. Fonseca on the Cuba Solidarity Campaign website. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/cuba-international-health-with-dr-enmanuel-vigil-fonseca/
LOCATION:Floyer House – Queen Mary’s\, University of London\, Stepney Way\, London\, E1 2DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20190220T175058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T104051Z
UID:17577-1551985200-1551992400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:PREVENT in the NHS - Medact Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Manchester for the next evening talk in our Medact lecture series. We are looking forward to hearing from Dr Tarek Younis\, a cultural psychologist and Newton postdoctoral research fellow at UCL. He will be discussing his current project\, which concentrates on the political responses of healthcare professionals to Prevent. \nPrevent is part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy\, and places a statutory duty on many professionals working in public services – including schools\, universities and the NHS – to report people whom they suspect of being at risk of “radicalisation”. \n7pm at  University Place 6.210\, Oxford Road. \nThere will be plenty of time for discussion after the talk\, so please join us. \nYou can find more information on Dr Younis here: https://www.tarekyounis.org/about.html \nYou can find more information on Prevent here: https://www.medact.org/2018/blogs/prevent-duty-in-the-nhs/ \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/prevent-in-the-nhs-medact-manchester/
LOCATION:University Place\, University of Manchester\, 176 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Medact Manchester":MAILTO:manchester@medact.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20190207T190144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T181007Z
UID:17546-1551292200-1551299400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:“Selling the military” - A critical discussion on military marketing strategies
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of discussion and exploration of our new report Selling the military: A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing. The report is a joint project between Medact and ForcesWatch that analyses the way the armed forces market their careers to adolescents and young people. Throughout the evening we will review how military marketing campaigns create powerful messages that at times exploit developmental vulnerabilities and social inequality\, risking the health and well-being of recruits. \nChair\nDr Victoria Basham\, of Cardiff University\, is Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Military Studies journal (Taylor & Francis) which she also co-founded\, and co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press book series\, Advances in Critical Military Studies. Victoria is the President of the European International Studies Association. Her research focuses on issues of gender\, race\, class and sexuality in relation to militaries\, militarism and militarisation. \nSpeakers\nDr Guddi Singh\, is a paediatric doctor at the East London NHS Foundation Trust. She is the co-author of a forthcoming BMJ article written about Medact’s work on child recruitment to the military. She is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine Paediatrics and Child Health Section Council\, and recently presented a three part TV programme on BBC2 called ‘Babies: Their Wonderful World.’ \nRhianna Louise is co-author of the Selling the Military report\, with colleague Emma Sangster. She works on Education and Outreach at ForcesWatch. Rhianna researches and writes around military recruitment in the UK\, particularly the recruitment of young people\, and on human rights and ethics issues related to the military. She previously coordinated the publication and was the lead author of Medact’s report on health concerns about recruitment children into the military. \nRhiannon Spear is a law student\, and a Glasgow councillor with the Scottish National Party. In 2017 as National Convenor of Young Scots for Independence\, the youth wing of the SNP\, she led a successful motion to make raising the military recruitment age to 18 SNP party policy. Rhiannon is also the chair of the TIE campaign\, an organisation campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish Schools. She is a passionate activist known for speaking out about inclusivity and systemic sexism. \nThe evening will open for a reception with refreshments at 6.30pm and we will begin the discussion at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27th February. The event will be recorded\, so please inform us if you would prefer not to be filmed or photographed. Copies of our new report will be available at the event. The venue is ramp accessible\, and there is an accessible toilet available by lift on the first floor. Please inform us if you need anything else to be able to attend this event. \nMedact is a global health charity that uses evidence-based campaigns to support health workers to take action on structural barriers to health equity and justice\, in an effort to bring about a world in which everyone can access their human right to health. \nForcesWatch is an independent research and campaigning organisation which scrutinises armed forces recruitment practices in the UK and challenges efforts to embed militarist values in civilian society.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/selling-the-military-a-critical-discussion-on-military-marketing-strategies/
LOCATION:Wesley’s Chapel & Leysian Mission\, 49 City Road\, London\, EC1Y 1AU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Launches,Talks & Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Medact":MAILTO:office@medact.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181108T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181108T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20181002T114958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T172415Z
UID:16992-1541707200-1541712600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Migrant Access to Healthcare - The Hostile Environment in the NHS
DESCRIPTION:NHS policies are having a devastating impact on migrant health. Patients who cannot prove they have the correct immigration status can be faced with charges of up to 150% of the cost of treatment before being given vital care\, and fear hospitals will share their data with the Home Office\, leading to their deportation.  \nThese policies are penalising some of the most vulnerable people in our society\, including pregnant women and those fleeing torture\, and are forcing health workers to act as border guards. \nJoin public health charity Medact and New North London Synagogue’s Asylum Seeker Drop In to discuss this issue\, and the role of healthcare workers.  \nSpeakers:\nUssumane\, an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau who has experienced the devastating impact of NHS charging policies first hand \nDiane Taylor\, Guardian Journalist and one of the founders of and volunteer at the NNLS Asylum Seeker Drop In \nJames Skinner\, Nurse and access to healthcare campaigner at Medact \nHosted by:\nDr Ben Eder\, Member of Medact Refugee Solidarity Group\, boger of Noam and leader at Our Second Home – a summer camp for teenage refugee and asylum seekers in the UK \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/migrant-access-to-healthcare-the-devastating-affects-of-the-hostile-environment-in-the-nhs/
LOCATION:New North London Synagogue\, 80 East End Road\, London\, N3 2SY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180921T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T230000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20180817T164250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T213503Z
UID:16907-1537555500-1537657200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Food for Thought
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dinner and speaker event organised in conjuction with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members\, supporters and newcomers from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. \nWe are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie join us to speak on the role of health workers in campaigning for food justice in Scotland. After this we will sit down for a dinner provided by local caterers Milk\, and hear from Medact members from around the UK about the work they have been doing this year. \nRegistration is £10\, which includes dinner. We are also looking into the possibility of some traditional Scottish music to finish the evening! \n  \n[Registration has now closed] \nDirections to Kinning Park Complex\nThe Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station].
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/glasgow-dinner/
LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 43 Cornwall St\, Glasgow\, G41 1BA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180921T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20180725T123425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T224044Z
UID:16824-1537547400-1537639200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:AGM Weekend 2018
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on the afternoon of 21st September. \nThe AGM will be followed by a dinner and speaker event organised with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members and supporters from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. \nThe following day\, on 22nd September\, we’ll be joining people from across the world for the ‘Nae Nukes Anywhere’ peace rally at the Faslane Nuclear Base – home to the UK’s Trident submarines. We’ll be providing transport from Glasgow for anyone who’d like to come. \nYou can register for any or all of the three events using the button below: \n\nClick here to register \nPapers for the AGM are now available below. \nSchedule\nFriday 21st September @ the Kinning Park Complex\, Glasgow\nAGM 2018\, 4.30 – 6pm\nThis is the main business meeting of Medact\, including reports on the year\, election of new Board members\, and voting on any motion proposals. All are welcome but only Medact members are eligible to vote. \nTalk & dinner\, 6.45 – 11pm\nIn the evening we are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie joining us to talk about Nourish’s work on food poverty\, and opportunities for health professionals to get involved with work on this issue. \nFollowing Pete’s talk we will sit down for dinner provided by local caterers Milk; and also hear more from Medact members about other areas of work this year\, and the significance of the demonstration on the Saturday. \nAfter dinner there will be an opportunity to enjoy some traditional Scottish music. \nSaturday 22nd September @ Faslane\, home of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines\nOn the Saturday thousands we will join thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners from across the world in the International Peace March at Faslane. \nTransport will be provided for those that want it from central Glasgow\, leaving mid-morning for the march which starts at noon. \nAGM Papers\nAGM papers are now available to download as follows: \n\n\nMedact AGM 2018 – Agenda\n\n\nMedact AGM 2017 – Draft Minutes\n\n\nMedact Statement of Financial Activities for the period 1st Feb 2017 to 31st Jan 2018\n\n\nWe are delighted to announce the following nominations for election to the Board of Trustees: \nDr Margaret Jackson\nI am a GP in rural North Yorkshire in a small but busy practice with a large elderly population. I have been a partner for twenty three years. I am also a GP trainer and coordinate the medical student (Hull York Medical School) teaching in the practice. With psychotherapy colleagues I have been facilitating pioneering group work with people with long term conditions in order to enable people to be better able to take control of their health and well-being. I have been collaborating with researchers at Hull University on this work. \nI have all my adult life felt strongly about social justice and environmental sustainability. Over the past few years\, and in particular since attending the Medact conference “Healthy Planet\, Better World” in 2016\, I have become much clearer that I need to become active in the movement towards a fairer and more sustainable world. My colleague Angela Harvey and I launched Yorkshire Medact last year and have been involved in anti-fracking campaigns in Yorkshire and Lancashire. \nNow 55\, I am able to devote more of my energies to working with these issues as I reduce the time that I devote to the practice. I am keen to become more involved in Medact’s work as I see Medact as a far-sighted organisation that ‘punches above its weight’ in terms of what it achieves for its size. I believe that working with such a broad remit (peace and security\, climate and environment\, economic justice and human rights) crucially enables the links to be made between all these areas. For all these reasons I would be very interested in joining the Medact board. \nLesley Morrison\nLesley Morrison is a retired GP\, still involved  in medical student teaching\, who has been an active member of Medact since its inception and a member of MCANW prior to that. She has always felt passionately about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons  and about the importance of Medact’s work to show that disarmament\, development\, human rights and concern for the environment are inextricably interlinked. \nLiving just south of Edinburgh\, she would represent the views of Medact Scotland. \nNeena Modi\nProfessor Neena Modi is a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and professor of neonatal medicine at Imperial College London. She completed a three year term as president of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in March 2018. She heads a major neonatal research programme focused on the perinatal determinants of lifelong health\, and led the development of the UK National Neonatal Research Database\, of which she is the current director. \nProfessor Modi has made many contributions to children’s services\, and has been at the forefront of reinvigorating the clinical research base of paediatrics and child health. During her career she has served\, among many other roles\, as president of the UK Neonatal Society\, president of the Academic Paediatrics Association of Great Britain and Ireland\, and chair of the British Medical Journal ethics committee. She is currently president-elect of the Medical Women’s Federation. \nKitty Mohan\nKitty is a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control based in London and Oxford. A medical doctor by background she completed Public Health training in London in March 2018 and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from King’s College London in 2016. \nShe is the President of the European Junior Doctor Association\, which represents the interests of 300\,000 junior doctors across Europe. She was a member of BMA Council from 2013-18\, has previously been Director of the BMA \,and was joint lead negotiator for junior doctor contract negotiations whilst Co-chair of the Junior Doctors Committee between 2013 and 2015. \nDirections to Kinning Park Complex\nThe Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station].
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/agm-2018/
LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 43 Cornwall St\, Glasgow\, G41 1BA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180906T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180906T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20180621T153510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180813T082050Z
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SUMMARY:Homelessness\, Housing and Access to Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Oxford to discuss issues surrounding Homelessness\, Housing and Access to Healthcare in the city and beyond. Hear from a panel of expert speakers in the field and connect with healthcare professionals from across the city to explore what role health workers can play in ensuring that homeless and vulnerably housed people can access healthcare. \nThe event will be in Lecture Theatre 1\, Academic Corridor\, John Radcliffe Hospital\, Headington\, Oxford OX3 9DU. \nSpeakers include:\n\nRobin Schafer\, GP from Luther Street Medical Centre – An award-winning GP surgery providing healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in Oxford City\nAlex Bax\, Chief Executive of Pathway – A homeless healthcare charity which helps to integrate NHS services\, bringing together teams of NHS\, local authority and voluntary sector professionals to improve healthcare for homeless people\n Mark Thompson – CEO Connection Support –  An organisation to help people facing complex life challenges including homelessness. It is engaged with the council Trailblazers programme to tackle the causes of homelessness and employs the embedded housing workers working in the trust.\nDave Scholes\, Housing Needs Manager at Oxford City Council\n\nOur panel will be chaired by Nicola Brimblecombe – Senior research at LSE with interests in unpaid care\, youth mental health\, health inequalities\, children’s and young people’s services and homelessness \nThis event is free and refreshments will be provided. Please register using the form below: \n  \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/homelessness-housing-and-access-to-healthcare/
LOCATION:John Radcliffe Hospital – Lecture Theatre 1\, Academic Corridor\, Headington\, Oxford\, OX3 9DU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180701T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180701T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20180524T113533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T214810Z
UID:16580-1530441000-1530453600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Clean Air and Fossil Free Health – Why & how health professionals can use divestment as a powerful tool to fight climate change and protect health
DESCRIPTION:Climate change threatens to undo decades’ worth of global health gains\, but the health community can help stop this. This event will explore the connections between climate change\, fossil fuels and human health. We’ll analyse why – and how – the health community can give crucial support to the fossil fuel divestment movement\, as it fights the root cause of climate change. \nYou’ll have an opportunity to give feedback on our Fossil Free Health campaign strategy – and to shape our activities and tactics going forward. We’ll also be planning some future actions – including an action to call out Shell for its dishonest ‘greenwashing’ at the ‘Shell Make the Future’ exhibition in July. \nAll levels of experience are welcome. We are also hoping to secure CPD accreditation for the event. \nFor more on the importance of divestment in the fight against climate change\, see our new blog by Fossil Free Health campaigner Deirdre Duff. \n\nRegister
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/climate-change-clean-air-and-fossil-free-health-workshop/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Deidre Duff":MAILTO:deirdreduff@medact.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180416T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180416T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20180327T142505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180327T142926Z
UID:16398-1523901600-1523907000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:The Alternatives - Global Perspectives For Healthier Lives
DESCRIPTION:In the UK and across the world\, neoliberal polices have had disastrous impact on health. In many places\, the influence of neoliberalism on policy has gone unquestioned. \nBut there are a number of inspiring examples of countries and approaches that are improving health by rejecting neoliberal ideas. \nThe current UK debate about neoliberalism and its alternatives needs to be informed by the experiences of others. In particular we need to learn from those that are doing things differently! \nJoin us on Monday 16th April for a panel debate including: \n\nSteinar Westin\, Professor of Public Health at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\nErika Arteaga Cruz\, Health Activist with the People’s Health Movement Ecuador and the Latin American Association of Social Medicine\nJonathan Ashworth MP\, Shadow Secretary of State for Health\n\nThe event will launch The Alternatives\, a new report from Health Poverty Action which explores the themes of the debate. \nIt will also be the UK launch for Global Health Watch 5. Copies will be available to purchase for a special discounted price.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-alternatives-global-perspectives-for-healthier-lives/
LOCATION:Broadway House\, Tothill St\, Westminster\,\, London\, SW1H 9NQ
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170614T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170614T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20170524T154645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170613T115529Z
UID:14626-1497466800-1497474000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Launch of Medact Yorkshire - Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community
DESCRIPTION:This is the launch event for a new Yorkshire-based local group for Medact!\n\n\n \n\n\nThe event will include an introduction to Medact for newcomers\, a discussion on the role of the health community in responding to fracking at a local level (* speakers TBA *)\, and an opportunity to meet each other and discuss ideas for taking the group forward.\n\n\n \n\n\nAll are welcome – if you have an interest in health\, fracking and/or progressive social change\, please do join us.\n\n\n \n\n\nFor more info on the event please do contact Margaret Jackson or Angela Harley.\n\n\nProgramme\n7.00 – Welcome and introduction to Medact \n7.30 – Fracking – the Role of the Local Health Community \n8.30 – Group discussion – plans for taking the group forward \nSpeakers\n\nTim Thornton – Yorkshire GP\nLeigh Coghill – Frack Free
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/launch-medact-yorkshire/
LOCATION:York University – HYMS Building – 1st Floor Meeting Room (107)\, Heslington\, York \, YO10 5DD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Launches,Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170514T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170514T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T182031
CREATED:20170413T095326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170429T150053Z
UID:14100-1494784800-1494790200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health Liverpool - divestment film and discussion
DESCRIPTION:This is the last in a series of health focused events during Global Divestment Mobilisation week.  Please join us at the HUS bar\, Liverpool where organisers of fossil free health\, the health divestment campaign\, will discuss why now\, more than ever\, health institutions must divest fossil fuels.  Climate change is potentially the biggest threat to global health this century\, and health institutions must show leadership in saying we will not fund the industries that are driving the problem.   Two years ago we produced the groundbreaking report Unhealthy Investments\, which has influenced health divestment decisions in countries around the world.   At this event we’ll be presenting a new report that profiles some of those case studies\, and outlines how to undertake the divestment process. \nSpeakers will discuss: \n\nThe health impacts of climate change\, \nWhat divestment means for action on climate change\, \nWhat the campaign has achieved so far\, \nand how you can get involved!    \n\nSpeakers include Eliot Waterhouse\, fossil free health campaigner at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine\,  Dr Geraint Davies\, University of Liverpool\, and Alice Munro\, Fossil Free Health coordinator\, Medact. \nSpaces are limited so please RSVP below.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/divest-fossil-fuels-liverpool/
LOCATION:HUS bar\, HUS Tempest Building\, 12 Tithebarn Street\, Liverpool\, L2 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alice Munro":MAILTO:alicemunro@medact.org
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SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health Bristol - divestment film and discussion
DESCRIPTION:It’s Global Divestment Mobilisation week\, and Medact\, together with Medsin and Healthy Planet\, are running a series of events to discuss why now\, more than ever\, health institutions must divest fossil fuels.  Climate change is potentially the biggest threat to global health this century\, and health institutions must show leadership in saying we will not fund the industries that are driving the problem.   Two years ago Medact and partners produced the groundbreaking report Unhealthy Investments\, which has influenced health divestment decisions in countries around the world.   At this event we’ll be presenting a new report that profiles some of those case studies\, and outlines how to undertake the divestment process. \nSpeakers will discuss: \n\nThe health impacts of climate change\,\nWhat divestment means for action on climate change\, \nWhat the campaign has achieved so far\,\nand how you can get involved!    \n\nThe event will be hosted by Mia Thomas\, director of Healthy Planet.  Speakers include Green Party Councillor Carla Denyer\, and Stephen Le Fanu\, Fossil Free Bristol. \nPlease RSVP below.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/fossil-free-health-bristol-fossil-fuel-divestment-film-discussion/
LOCATION:Wills Memorial Building\, University of Bristol\, Queens Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1RJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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