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SUMMARY:NHS Borderlands Screening\, Liverpool – Merseyside Patients Not Passports
DESCRIPTION:Join Merseyside Patients Not Passports for a screening of the short film ‘NHS borderlands’ – a documentary that gives us deeper insight into the reality of charges to access healthcare\, told through the story of Angela\, a woman who was charged £8\,000 for healthcare.  \n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a Q+A discussion with healthcare workers and Merseyside residents who’ve experienced the hostile immigration system in the NHS. \n\n\n\nGet in touch with Merseyside Patients Not Passports at info@patientsnotpassports.co.uk if you have any questions about the format or accessibility of the event.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nhs-borderlands-liverpool/
LOCATION:The Bridewell (near The Royal)\, 101 Prescot Street\, Liverpool\, L7 8UL
CATEGORIES:Films,Group
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SUMMARY:'The Suspect' Author Talk: Mental Health\, Counterterrorism\, and the Surveillance State
DESCRIPTION:*** RESCHEDULED: from 21st June to 5th July ***\nDue to industrial action on the transport network\, we have moved the date of this event to Tuesday 5th July. Solidarity with the striking rail workers! \nWhat impact has two decades’ worth of policing and counterterrorism had on the state of mind of Muslims in Britain? The Suspect draws on the author’s experiences to take the reader on a journey through British counterterrorism practices and the policing of Muslims. \nJoin Rizwaan Sabir and Tarek Younis for discussion on the traumatising effects of Sabir’s surveillance\, arrest and detention for suspected terrorism. \nWriting publicly for the first time about the impacts of these experiences\, Sabir argues that these harmful outcomes are not the result of errors in government planning\, but the consequences of using a counterinsurgency warfare approach to fight terrorism and police Muslims. \nTo resist the injustice of these policies and practices\, we need to centre our lived experiences and build networks of solidarity and support. \nPlease register to receive a 20% discount code for The Suspect when purchasing via Pluto Press. \nThis is an in-person event with an option to livestream via Zoom. The venue is Brady Arts & Community Centre\, 192-196 Hanbury St\, London E1 5HU (map). \n[Registration has now closed] \n— \nDr Rizwaan Sabir is a Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK and author of The Suspect: Counterterrorism\, Islam\, and the Security State. \nDr Tarek Younis is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. He researches and writes on Islamophobia\, racism in mental health\, and the securitisation of clinical settings. He teaches on the impact of culture\, religion\, globalization and security policies on mental health.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/author-talk-the-suspect/
LOCATION:Brady Arts & Community Centre\, 192-196 Hanbury St\, London\, E1 5HU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Online,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211123T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T050053
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SUMMARY:PnP New Joiners Meeting: November 2021
DESCRIPTION:For anyone who is new to Patients Not Passports\, we’re holding our next New Joiners meeting on November 23rd at 7PM on Zoom. We’ll recap October’s National Week of Action\, talk about future strategies\, hear from some of the groups working on the Patients Not Passports campaign and explore the different ways you can get involved. \nThis meeting is the best way to get up to speed with the campaign and get connected with work going on across the country! \nRegister Here! \nMost of the Patients Not Passports work happens through locally focused campaign groups\, with groups based in: Sheffield\, Liverpool\, Manchester\, Bristol\, Brighton\, Birmingham\, Oxford; East\, South\, and South East London; Glasgow\, and Wales. \nIf you’re not in any of these places\, don’t worry! Docs Not Cops and Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group work nationally\, or we can support you to set up your own local group. You don’t need to work in healthcare to be involved! To win we’ll need everyone working together to oppose NHS charging and there is room for everyone in the campaign. \nIf you can’t make the New Joiners meeting\, don’t worry—there’ll be another one in a few months or we can make time for a quick phone call with you or connect you directly with your local group. \nIf you have time\, you could check out How NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’ for an overview of the campaign\, or read Challenging Healthcare Charging in the NHS\, a briefing that examines where the Hostile Environment policies came from\, how they work\, what their impact is\, and what we can do about them.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/pnp-new-joiners-meeting-nov-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Training
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T235959
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SUMMARY:No Borders in the NHS! Week of Action\, 23-27 October
DESCRIPTION:The Hostile Environment is turning the NHS into the new frontier of border control. Join us as we take action against patient charging and demand an end to borders in the NHS! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHostile Environment immigration policies are undermining the founding principles of the NHS. People are turned away from the healthcare they need. People are turned away from the healthcare they need. Immigration checks are becoming normalised in receptions and wards across the country. NHS hospitals routinely share patient data with the Home Office. People are harassed by debt collectors for huge bills they will never be able to pay.  \n\n\n\nSave the dates! No Borders In The NHS: Week of Action\, 23-27 October. People all over the country will take action across five themed days of action\, more info to follow! \n\n\n\nWe must remember all those whose lives have been devastated by border controls in healthcare\, continue to resist through collective organising in hospitals and workplaces\, and stand in solidarity with all those who are impacted by the hostile environment. Join us! \n\n\n\nNo Borders In The NHS: Week of Action\, 23 – 27 October\n\n\n\nPeople all over the country will take action across five themed days.\n\n\n\nSaturday 23rd – Remember and Resist!\n\n\n\nWe begin by remembering and honouring all those whose lives have been destroyed by racist Hostile Environment policies. October 23rd marks four years since the introduction of upfront charging for migrants in the NHS\, and two years since the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in a lorry in Essex. \n\n\n\nToday we remember Nasar Ullah Khan\, who died after being denied treatment for heart failure. We remember Elfreda Spencer\, who died because she could not pay £30\,000 upfront for chemotherapy. We remember Kelema Mulat\, who died following a 6 week delay in breast cancer treatment. We remember Elvis\, who died of coronavirus without help because he was too scared of being charged or deported if he came forward for treatment. We remember all whose lives have been made disposable at the hands of Britain’s hostile border controls—their bravery\, their struggles to survive and their campaigns for a better world. \n\n\n\nJoin campaign groups across the country holding street stalls and vigils: \n\n\n\nLondon: \n\n\n\n\n12 noon – 1pm @ Lewisham Hospital A&E\, SE13. With Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign\, Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network and Lewisham Citizens\n\n\n\n12 noon @ Whitechapel Underground Station. With Tower Hamlets Keep Our NHS Public\n\n\n\n12 noon @ Dalston Farmers Market\, St Paul’s Church\, N16. With Hackney Patients Not Passports\, Hackney Keep Our NHS Public\, Akwaaba\, and Feminist Fightback\n\n\n\n6pm @ Walthamstow Town Square\, E17. With Waltham Forest Patients Not Passports\, Waltham Forest Save Our NHS\, and Waltham Forest Migrant Action\n\n\n\n\nBrighton & Hove: \n\n\n\n\n5.30pm @ Peace Statue\, Hove Lawns\, Hove. With Brighton Medact\n\n\n\n\nManchester: \n\n\n\n\nMidday @ St. Mary’s Hospital\, Oxford Road (opposite the Whitworth Gallery)\, Manchester\, M13. With Greater Manchester Patients Not Passports\, Manchester Keep our NHS Public\, Medact Manchester\, and The Greater Manchester Immigraiton Aid Unit\n\n\n\nRally against the Nationality & Borders Bill. 2pm @ St Peter’s Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD. With NW Unison\, NW NEU\, Greater Immigration Aid Unit\, Lancashire Association Trades Union Councils(LATUC)\, Greater Manchester Association Trades Union Councils\, NW Unison Black Members Committee\, NW TUC Black Members Committee\, Status Now\, and RAPAR.\n\n\n\n\nSun 24th – Free for All Forever: No to Privatisation\n\n\n\nThe introduction of Hostile Environment immigration policies into the NHS goes hand in hand with a wider project of privatising our healthcare system and erosion of its founding principle: that healthcare is a right and should be available to everyone\, regardless of ability to pay or where you’re from. The 2017 introduction of upfront charging in the NHS marked one of the most profound changes since it was established\, forcing NHS Trust to withhold care from people that cannot pay. The new Health and Care Bill\, currently being debated in Parliament will further open the door to privatisation and the undermining of our health system as we know it. \n\n\n\nRead this article by Keep Our NHS Public campaigner\, Alia Butt\, and help us share Docs Not Cops’ video outlining what is happening to the NHS.  \n\n\n\nMon 25th – Solidarity Knows No Borders: End the Hostile Environment\n\n\n\nToday we stand in solidarity with everyone impacted by the Hostile Environment and the racism of border controls. From schools\, to housing\, to healthcare\, the Hostile Environment seeks to destroy lives and undermine access to vital public services. At the same time\, the Government’s new Borders & Nationality Bill – also known as the #AntiRefugeeBill – seeks to create a two tier system for people seeking safety\, normalise offshore migrant prisons\, and limit migrants’ access to justice.  \n\n\n\nToday we will highlight that the immigration system is not broken – it is violent and hostile by design. We will stand with all campaigning for an end to the Hostile Environment in its entirety. \n\n\n\nIn London\, there will be a street stall outside St Thomas’ Hospital to talk to NHS staff about The Hostile Environment and how it will impact their work: \n\n\n\n\n7:30pm – 9pm @ St Thomas’ Hospital\, Westminster Bridge entrance\, SE1. With Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports\n\n\n\n\nIn Sheffield\, there’ll be a street stall outside the Royal Hallamshire to talk to NHS staff about the Hostile Environment\, raise awareness about the Justice for Simba campaign\, and find out how to get more involved with the movement for migrant justice: \n\n\n\n\n4pm @ Royal Hallamshire Hospital\, Sheffield\, S10. With Medact Sheffield\, The Justice for Simba Campaign\, South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group\n\n\n\n\nIn Newcastle\, there’ll be a street stall outside Royal Victoria Infirmary to talk to NHS staff about The Hostile Environment and how it will impact their work: \n\n\n\n\n8am – 9:30am\, Monday 25th @ Royal Victoria Infirmary\, Newcastle\, NE1. With Keep Our NHS Public North East and Medact North East\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 26th – Organise To Win\n\n\n\nThe Hostile Environment seeks to turn those who  care and support the most marginalised in our society into border guards. This is what we must remember when we build our campaigns against racist immigration controls in our public services. The Department of Health will only listen when we organise in our workplaces and in our communities\, to raise collective awareness about what is happening under the Hostile Environment and together refuse to be complicit in this system. \n\n\n\nIt will take all of us to win. That means everybody the Hostile Environment tries to recruit as a border guard\, we must now recruit to our campaign: to be fighters for justice and to stand up for everyone’s right to healthcare. NHS workers have a particular role to play to advocate for patients facing increasing barriers to care and to protect the universal principles that underpin the NHS. \n\n\n\nLook out for a list of street stalls and leafleting at hospitals and town centres near you\, with information about how you can join the campaign wherever you are. \n\n\n\nLondon: \n\n\n\n\n7:30am – 9am @ St Thomas’ Hospital\, Westminster Bridge entrance\, London SE1. With Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports.\n\n\n\n\nLeeds: \n\n\n\n\n7:30 – 9am @ Leeds Infirmary\, Jubilee Wing main entrance\, Leeds\, LS1. With Leeds Keep Our NHS Public\n\n\n\n\nBrighton: \n\n\n\n\n7.45am and 4.45pm @ Royal Sussex County Hospital\, BN2\n\n\n\n4.45pm @ Millview Hospital\, BN3\n\n\n\nTime TBC @ Princess Royal Hospital\, BR6\n\n\n\nTime TBC @ Eastbourne District General Hospital\, BN21\n\n\n\n\nWednesday 27th – No Borders In Healthcare\n\n\n\nOur NHS was founded on the principle of universal healthcare\, free at the point of use for everyone – regardless of background\, nationality\, or ability to pay. The government’s Hostile Environment means this is no longer the case. What we see as a result is people deterred from seeking the care they need\, outright denied treatment on the basis of the documents they have\, questioned about their entitlement to care because of how they look\, the colour of their skin\, or their so called ‘foreign sounding name’\, and people being forced to choose between incurring huge debts\, regularising their immigration status\, or their good health.  \n\n\n\nToday we join forces across the country to make our message clear: no borders in healthcare. The NHS must treat #PatientsNotPassports. \n\n\n\nIf you’re in Newcastle join their banner drop: \n\n\n\n\n8:30am @ The Dome\, Whitley Bay\, Newcastle. With North East Keep Our NHS Public\, and Medact North East\n\n\n\n\nIn Liverpool\, campaigners from Merseyside Solidarity Knows No Borders will be out in the town centre talking to people about the impact of NHS charging and how to join the Patients Not Passports campaign: \n\n\n\n\nMidday @ Liverpool Town Centre (close to Iceland on Kensington). With Merseyside Solidarity Knows No Borders.\n\n\n\n\nIn Bristol\, there’ll be a demo in the town centre calling for an end to NHS Charging and the Hostile Environment: \n\n\n\n\n5pm – 7pm @ The Sails\, by Primark\, Broadmead\, BS1. With Bistol Patients Not Passports and Bristol Medact\n\n\n\n\nWe’ll let you know how to participate online on the day! Get in touch at info@act.patientsnotpassports.co.uk to help get the message out on Wednesday morning. 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/no-borders-in-the-nhs-week-of-action-23-27-october/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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SUMMARY:Patients Not Passports — New Joiners meeting September 2021
DESCRIPTION:The best way to get up to speed with the campaign and get connected with work going on across the country is to come to our next New Joiners meeting on Thursday 9th September. We’ll cover campaign strategy\, hear from some of the groups working on the Patients Not Passports campaign\, and explore the different ways you can get involved. We’re currently building towards a national day of action in October\, so there’s lots to do! \n? Register for the next New Joiners meeting – Thurs 9th September ? \nMost of the Patients Not Passports work happens through locally focused campaign groups\, with groups based in: Sheffield\, Liverpool\, Manchester\, Bristol\, Brighton\, Birmingham\, Oxford; East\, South\, and South East London; Glasgow\, and Wales. If you’re not in any of these places\, don’t worry! Docs Not Cops and Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group work nationally or we can support you to set up your own local group. You don’t need to work in healthcare to be involved! To win we’ll need everyone working together to oppose NHS charging and there is room for everyone in the campaign. \nIf you can’t make the next New Joiners meeting\, don’t worry – there’ll be another one in a few months or we can make time for a quick phone call with you or connect you directly with your local group. If you have time\, you could check out How NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’ for an overview of the campaign\, or read Challenging Healthcare Charging in the NHS\, a briefing that examines where the Hostile Environment policies came from\, how they work\, what their impact is\, and what we can do about them. \n? Register for the next New Joiners meeting – Thurs 9th September ?
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/patients-not-passports-new-joiners-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T050053
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SUMMARY:Race & Health Justice Reading Group ─ "The Language of Race"
DESCRIPTION:In March\, the government’s report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was published. The report has come under heavy criticism from charities working on racial equality to medical communities. While both BMJ and BMA expressed disappointment at and concerns with the biased and scientifically flawed report\, the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ response is the most courageous voice amongst medical authorities. They write: \nWe see this as another wasted opportunity for the Government. We recognise that people from ethnic minority groups will likely feel let down\, anger and sadness at the CRED report. \nAt Medact’s Race & Health Justice Group\, we were shaken and angered by the report and felt it was important to explore how we can stand up in the face of tools which may be used against us. \nFor our third reading group\, we would like to focus on ‘the language of race’ section of the report (pages 33-37). We wish to go deeper to explore the process of racialisation and reflect on our shared language of race when engaging in the discourse on race and racism. Without denying the importance of politics and power relations behind the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities\, we also believe it reveals the harms that arise when race and racism as a historical and socio-cultural construct are denied in the lives of individuals and societies. \nHere are some questions to consider whilst reading the section of the report: \n\nWhat is happening here in the section titled ‘language of race’?\nHow do you relate to what is happening in this section? What themes stood out to you the most?\nWhat are your thoughts on the Commission’s proposed framework to distinguish between different forms of racial disparity and racism?\nWhat terms do we use when discussing racism? Are we using the same terms with the same meaning?\nHave you come across any responses to the report – how did these speak to you?\n\nPracticalities and accessibility:\n\nWe will circulate our group ground rules when you sign up\, and ask that you only join us if you are happy to commit to these principles.\nPlease read the article ahead of the reading group. If you would like an audio version\, or to read it collectively with others before the group\, please email us.\nWe expect most attendees will be people working in healthcare\, but the group is open to all.\nThe reading group will be on Zoom – we will run through logistics at the start of the meeting\, but if you are new to Zoom you can read this user guide. The Zoom application will download automatically when you click on a meeting link for the first time.\nWe can provide captioning and/or BSL interpreting\, please email us & we’ll arrange\nYou are welcome to have your camera on or off\, and to eat during the session\, but please do come willing to contribute to the discussion!\nWe will have a scheduled break half way through.\nWe will cap numbers in order to have a small and active discussion.\nPlease let us know if there is anything else we can do to support you to attend.\n\nTo sign up to the reading group\, or for any questions about it\, please email racehealthjustice@medact.org \nIf you are unable to join this session\, please do join our mailing list to hear about future sessions. \nRegister below to receive joining details for this online event \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/race-health-justice-reading-group-the-language-of-race/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210219T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T050053
CREATED:20210210T095846Z
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SUMMARY:Race & Health Justice Group ─ first online reading group
DESCRIPTION:In line with our group vision we see the reading group as a space where we can unlearn and challenge internalised racism\, expand our anti-racist skills\, encourage curiosity and openness\, and to reflect on bringing this learning into our working and campaigning lives. \n\n\n\nFor the first group\, we will discuss and critique a short article on a medical leadership body’s stance on racism in their organisation. \n\n\n\nWe will discuss how we relate personally to their ideas and language\, and what we would like to see from our own “leaders”. \n\n\n\nPracticalities and accessibility\n\n\n\n\nWe will circulate our group ground rules when you sign up\, and ask that you only join us if you are happy to commit to these principles.\n\n\n\nPlease read the article ahead of the reading group. If you would like an audio version\, or to read it collectively with others before the group\, please email us ─ racehealthjustice@medact.org\n\n\n\nWe expect most attendees will be people working in healthcare\, but the group is open to all.\n\n\n\nThe reading group will be on Zoom – we will run through logistics at the start of the meeting\, but if you are new to Zoom there is a user guide here. The Zoom application will download automatically when you click on a meeting link for the first time.\n\n\n\nWe can provide captioning and/or BSL interpreting\, please email us & we’ll arrange\n\n\n\nYou are welcome to have your camera on or off\, and to eat during the session\, but please do come willing to contribute to the discussion!\n\n\n\nWe will have a scheduled break half way through.\n\n\n\nWe will cap numbers in order to have a small and active discussion.\n\n\n\nPlease let us know if there is anything else we can do to support you to attend.\n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP below to join ─ or if you have any questions about the session\, please email racehealthjustice@medact.org \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to join this session\, please do join our mailing list to hear about future groups. \n\n\n\nThe event is now full but you can add your name to the waitlist using the form below and we’ll let you know if a space opens up \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/race-health-justice-group-first-online-reading-group/
LOCATION:Zoom
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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;VALUE=DATE:20200414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200415
DTSTAMP:20260511T050053
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Liverpool meeting on the 14th April
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-meeting-14-apr/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200327
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Liverpool meeting on the 26th March
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200311
DTSTAMP:20260511T050053
CREATED:20200228T155155Z
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Liverpool had to postpone their meeting on the 10th March\, but they will be meeting again very soon!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Medact Meet & Greet ahead of Lucas Plan screening at MAC Birmingham
DESCRIPTION:On March 1st\, screenings are being organised up and down the country for the launch of The Plan ─ a new feature length documentary following the inspiring story of a group of workers at Lucas Aerospace in the 1970s\, who\, facing redundancies and industrial decline\, came together to make a plan to keep jobs by using the company’s technology and their own skills to make things society needed\, instead of military equipment. \n \nTHE PLAN Trailer from Steve Sprung on Vimeo. \nAt Medact\, we are really excited about how campaigns such as the New Lucas plan and the Green New Deal are pushing for just transitions from arms and fossil fuel industries to more beneficial and sustainable industries ─ reshaping our economy to one that promotes health and well-being at the same time as equity and social justice. \nIn the run up to our #HealthJustice gathering in Birmingham on 27th-29th March\, we will be hosting a meet & greet alongside the screening of The Plan at MAC Birmingham. Come along and talk to Ben from the office about the role for health workers in advocating for a just industrial transition\, our new Medact Birmingham group\, our upcoming conference\, and how you can get involved. And if you can\, stay for the film! \nBen will be around in the MAC cafe before the film starts from 1 – 2pm\, and again during the interval 4 – 4.30pm. Feel free to drop by at any point for however long! \nLook out for someone with leaflets – or call/text me on 07708260962 if you can’t find me! \nLinks\nBook your ticket for the screening and Q&A at MAC Birmingham \nRead New Lucas Plan campaigner Sam Mason’s piece on defence diversification for the Medact blog \nOther launch screenings on Sunday 1st March around the UK\n\nCambridge Arts Picturehouse\nLiverpool Picturehouse at FACT\nLondon Bertha Dochouse\nNorwich Cinema City Picturehouse\nSheffield Showroom\n\nFor details of how to book see the cinema’s website or The Plan on Facebook
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-meet-greet-ahead-of-lucas-plan-screening/
LOCATION:MAC Birmingham\, Midlands Arts Centre\, Cannon Hill Park\, Birmingham\, B12 9QH
CATEGORIES:Films,Social
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Next Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Liverpool are meeting on Thursday 27th Feb\, 6-8pm\, held in Seminar Room 6\, The Education Centre\, The Royal Liverpool Hospital.\nTo RSVP/find out more email: liverpool@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-next-meeting/
LOCATION:Seminar Room 6\, The Education Centre\, The Royal Liverpool Hospital\, The Royal Liverpool Hospital\, Liverpool\, L7 8XP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool January Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Location: Seminar Room 6\, Education Centre\, Royal Liverpool University Hospital\nWe are excited to be hosting the first Medact Liverpool meeting of the year and are looking for new members to join us. Anyone working within healthcare is welcome! \nMedact is a network of health professionals working on the social\, political and economic conditions which damage health and deepen health inequalities. \nThe meeting will be an opportunity to meet up and discuss plans for the coming year. In particular looking at the fossil fuel divestment campaign. \nRefreshments will be provided. \nWhether you want to take an active role or just come along and hear a bit more about us – we look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/liverpool-jan-21/
LOCATION:Royal Liverpool University Hospital \, Prescot St\, Liverpool\, L7 8XP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Vigil for Yemen in Liverpool - 2 December
DESCRIPTION:Liverpool stands shoulder to shoulder with Yemen\nA vigil\, organised by Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson\, is taking place in Liverpool on Saturday 2 December calling for an end to the war in Yemen. The vigil will take place in front of Lime Street station from 1-2pm. \n\nMayor Anderson said: “Many people are aware of the desperate situation that Yemen faces at the moment. Aside from a number of deaths\, 7.5 million people on the brink of famine – that’s equivalent to the population of 16 cities the size of Liverpool. Nobody should ever have to face such devastation\, anywhere in the world. It is truly heartbreaking\, and it is right and proper than in a small way we stand shoulder to shoulder with its people to know they are not forgotten here. I would like people to join us and show clearly that Liverpool stands with the victims of war.” \n\nWest Derby MP Stephen Twigg – Chair of the International Development Committee will also be in attendance. He explains: \n\n“This Saturday I will be standing with Liverpool Friends of Yemen to call for peace. The conflict\, reaching 1\,000 days of war\, has entered its darkest period to date with 12\,000 deaths and 50\,000 more injured. Save The Children estimate that by the end of the year 50\,000 children will die. This has to stop now. In Liverpool\, Yemen has friends who are standing up and calling for peace. I would urge anyone who supports peace in Yemen to join us at 1pm outside Lime Street Station this Saturday. The calls for peace must be louder than ever before.” \n\nClick here for more information.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/vigil-yemen-liverpool-2-december/
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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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SUMMARY:Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics and Medact Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:Resources from the event are now available on this page\nAntibiotics and Farming: Prescriptions for change\n14th April 2016\, Kennedy Lecture Theatre\, Institute of Child Health\, University College London\, London\, WC1N 1EH\nThe critical nature of antimicrobial resistance has been well documented by experts across the globe\, and the inappropriate use of drugs in livestock farming is widely recognised as a contributory risk. \nThe UK Government-appointed O’Neill Review found that there is “compelling” scientific evidence that antibiotic resistance is being transmitted from farm animals to humans and states that this warrants a significant reduction in farm antibiotic use. The recent finding of colistin-resistant E. coli from pigs and humans in England and Wales is the latest sign that the future efficacy of our antibiotics is under threat. \nAnd yet\, the overuse of these vital medicines within the farming sector continues. Across Europe\, twice as many antibiotics are used in farm animals than are used in humans. Routine\, purely preventative dosing of groups of healthy animals remains legal within the EU\, despite opposition from the European Medicines Agency and several European countries. In the UK\, veterinary use of antibiotics classified as “critically important for humans” is at an all-time high. \nOur conference will bring together multi-disciplinary stakeholders; from policy-makers\, health professionals\, livestock farmers and veterinarians\, to scientists\, civil-society and environmental groups. The event will explore practical steps to reduce farm antibiotic use; drawing on successful interventions taking place across the EU. \nDownload the full Agenda here\nTravel \nTrain – King’s Cross and Euston mainline railway stations are within walking distance and the Institute is easily accessible by underground from other national and international rail terminals including Charing Cross\, Waterloo\, Victoria\, Marylebone\, Paddington and Liverpool Street.  The closest underground stations are Holborn on the Central Line and Russell Square on the Piccadilly Line. \nParking – There are no parking facilities for delegates but there are National Car Parks in Marchmont Street and Judd Street. There are also meters on the roads adjacent to the Institute. \nA map is also available from the institute’s website  \nFacilities for the disabled \nAll the conference facilities including the lecture theatre are easily accessible by wheelchair and the theatre is fitted with an induction loop system. Please confirm if you would like to make use of these facilities. \nRefreshments \nTea and coffee will be provided as will a sandwich lunch. Please let us know as soon as possible if you have any dietary requirements. \nFor more information\, please contact Claire cwest@saveourantibiotics.eu\, 07814 910 295 \nThe Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics is a coalition of health\, medical\, environmental and animal welfare groups campaigning to stop the overuse of antibiotics in animal farming. It was founded by Compassion in World Farming\, the Soil Association and Sustain and is supported by the Jeremy Coller Foundation \nMedact is a London-based global health charity whose goal is to inspire and enable health professionals to act on the social\, political\, ecological and economic determinants of health and health inequality. Its work with Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics is part of a larger body of work supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/alliance-to-save-our-antibiotics-and-medact-conference-2016/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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