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SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – October Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group (originally named the ‘Securitisation of Health Group’) is a space for health workers and campaigners to collectively challenge policing\, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.The groups’ current priority campaign is calling for the repeal of Prevent in the NHS\, the adoption of evidence-based public health policies\, and the redressal of harms caused by Prevent. We organise as three working groups: Workshops & Public Engagement\, Policy & Lobbying\, FOIs and Research.New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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SUMMARY:24th IPPNW World Congress in Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/24th-ippnw-world-congress-in-nagasaki/
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SUMMARY:Medact All Member Assembly (AGM) 2025
DESCRIPTION:The All Member Assembly is our annual opportunity to come together\, reflect on Medact’s work\, and engage in shaping our direction – welcoming members old and new from across the UK and beyond. \n\n\n\nThis year\, we’re excited to launch our new five-year strategy\, which outlines how Medact will continue working towards a world in which everyone is able to live healthy\, dignified lives – supported by political and economic systems that prioritise our collective wellbeing.  \n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\nThe evening will include a panel discussion with guest speakers (details coming soon!)\, a presentation of our new strategy and an opportunity for members to vote on its adoption. We’ll close the event with music\, snacks and drinks for those attending in person. Members will also have the chance to submit and vote on motions\, and to elect any Trustees standing for election.  \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome to attend the meeting\, but you must be a member to vote. If you’d like to take part in Medact’s decision-making\, why not join as a member today? \n\n\n\nSubmitting motions\n\n\n\nThe All Member Assembly offers a space for members to propose changes to how Medact is run. If you’d like to submit a motion\, please first read “Decision Making in Medact: Governance and AGM”\, then contact us at office@medact.org to request a submission form.  \n\n\n\nThe deadline for submitting motions is 9am on Wednesday\, 24th September 2025. You must be a member to submit a motion\, and it must be seconded by another member. \n\n\n\nElection of Trustees \n\n\n\nAt the Assembly\, members will also elect Trustees\, who are responsible for the governance of Medact. If you are interested in standing as a Trustee\, we encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat. Please email office@medact.org to arrange this and request information about standing for election. \n\n\n\nThe deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday\, 24th September 2025. To stand as a Trustee\, you must be a member and have your nomination seconded by another member. \n\n\n\nLogistics\n\n\n\nThis year’s All Member Assembly will be held in a hybrid format – both in person at Pelican House in Bethnal Green\, London\, and online via Zoom.  \n\n\n\nPlease register below to let us know you’re coming\, and to share any access requirements. \n\n\n\nWe’ll share the final agenda as soon as it’s confirmed. \n\n\n\nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nPart one: “Power in Community: Reimagining Organising for Health Justice” – Medact Strategy 2025-2030 launch & panel discussion\n\n\n\n6:00 – 7:20 pm \n\n\n\n1. Welcome & Introduction\n\n\n\nAnuj Kapilashrami\, Chair of the Board of Trustees \n\n\n\n2. Medact 2025-2030 Strategy Presentation\n\n\n\nAnna Peiris\, Executive Director \n\n\n\n3. Panel Discussion\n\n\n\nOrganising for Health Justice with Jo Sutton-Klein\, organiser for BMA \n\n\n\n\nJo is an emergency medicine registrar and is doing a PhD looking at poverty in A&E. She has been centrally involved in organising several campaigns among doctors. Recently she established a group of doctors who organise around Palestine solidarity within the BMA. She was also a founding organiser of the pay campaign\, and wrote the strategies which facilitated tens of thousands of doctors to participate in the recent strike wave. Outside of medicine\, Jo has previously organised several campaigns in the Jewish community in support of Palestine. \n\n\n\n\nMaking a Political Home for Health Care Workers with Ben Eder\, Medact Sheffield \n\n\n\n\nBen (he/him) is an organiser and GP trainee in Sheffield. He is one of the coordinators of Medact Sheffield. He was\, until recently\, one of the Movement Organisers at Medact from 2021 until 2024 and prior to that worked as the Climate & Health Campaigner. Ben also organises with the People’s Health Hearing Collective. Ben spends his time dreaming about autonomous spaces for radical community health\, swimming and walking in the peak district\, playing and chatting football\, and having fun with his partner and their 18-month-old son. \n\n\n\n\nWorking with Impacted Communities with Izzy Braithwaite\, Medact London \n\n\n\n\nIsobel Braithwaite is a public health registrar and has been involved with the London Housing and Health group since 2023\, including supporting campaigns in Harrow and at the Nags Head Estate. She has just finished a PhD at UCL focusing on the health impacts of cold and energy-inefficient housing\, and recently started in a local authority public health role. She has also worked with the Faculty of Public Health’s Sustainability SIG around climate change and local action on fossil fuel advertising. \n\n\n\n\n4. Audience Q&A / Reflections \n\n\n\nPart two: Governance\n\n\n\n7:30 – 8:30
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ama2025/
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SUMMARY:Medact Gathering 2025
DESCRIPTION:The gathering is now full!! We’re really sorry if you didn’t manage to register. Get in touch with James if you have any questions! – jameskinner@medact.org \n\n\n\nYou can still sign up to our All Member Assembly (our revamped AGM) the evening before on Friday 3rd October\, we’d love to see you there! \n\n\n\nJoin us in October for the 2025 Medact National Gathering – a two-day event packed with inspiring sessions. Hear from voices across the Medact movement and the incredible people and organisations we organise alongside.  \n\n\n\nThe gathering will take place in-person at Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Health Road\, Bethnal Green\, London. We’ll be providing lunch and breakfast on both days\, and dinner on Saturday.  \n\n\n\nWe are inviting London-based attendees to host those joining from other areas. If you are in need of accommodation – or able to offer a place to stay – you can let us know via the registration form below. \n\n\n\nSaturday 4th October | 10am – 6pm\, followed by a social til late \n\n\n\n\nTargeting corporate actors and ending institutional complicity – with Health Workers for a Free Palestine and Don’t Bank on the Bomb \n\n\n\nSolidarity in the face of sickness: how our care is part of liberation struggles – a session on building radical autonomous sites of care\n\n\n\nDisability Justice  – how we can learn from and build alongside disability rights organisers \n\n\n\nHow do we build a radical movement for health justice? – Medact’s role as a political home \n\n\n\nWe came here to win – How to design successful campaign strategies \n\n\n\nResearch for action – an introduction to the new Medact Research Network handbook \n\n\n\nImagination as a tool for health justice – creative writing workshop\n\n\n\nPlenty of time to connect with folks from across Medact’s groups and campaigns \n\n\n\n\nSaturday Evening Social!  \n\n\n\n\nStay after the sessions for a BBQ dinner as we take over the Pelican House event space \n\n\n\nWe’ll welcome Raised Voices Choir for a short performance after dinner\, followed by music and (optional) dancing.\n\n\n\n\nSunday 5th October | 10:30 am – around 4pm \n\n\n\n\nResisting and responding to the rise in the far right and state fascism – with Patients Not Passports \n\n\n\nResearch for housing and health justice & developing our DNA – with Homes for Health \n\n\n\nmore tbc! \n\n\n\n\nTickets are free!If you are able to donate\, your support helps ensure we can make the event accessible to more people and enables us to keep organising events like this. If you’re not yet a member of Medact\, we especially encourage you to consider joining or making a donation. We don’t want cost to be a barrier – if you need support to attend\, please get in touch at office@medact.org. \n\n\n\nThe gathering is now full!! We’re really sorry if you didn’t manage to register in time. Get in touch with James if you have any questions! – jameskinner@medact.org \n\n\n\nYou can still sign up to our All Member Assembly (our revamped AGM) the evening before on Friday 3rd October\, we’d love to see you there!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/gathering2025/
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SUMMARY:Homes for Health National Organising Group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:The ‘Homes for Health’ campaign unites the health community across the UK with a shared vision to reclaim our homes for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nThe National Organising Group meets monthly online to coordinate the collective work of the Homes for Health Network. Bringing together our two policy areas (Economic Justice and Climate) with representatives from local groups across the country. \n\n\n\nWe start at 6pm – 6.30pm for new folks with an onboarding call then move into our rolling agenda from 6.30pm when our regular members join. \n\n\n\nThis is a coordinating group for members involved in the network – If you would like to get involved you can contact Cal (calumbarnes@medact.org)\, Jordi (jordilopezbotey@medact.org)\, or Jack (jackdoyle@medact.org). \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch\, you can also sign up to the Homes for Health mailing list for updates on our work. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is online via Zoom. Please get in touch for a link.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-h4h-oct2025/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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SUMMARY:Medact London group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Across London\, health workers are organising and campaigning for better access to secure\, quality\, affordable and sustainable housing. This includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level. All are welcome. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to get involved you can contact Jordi (jordilopezbotey@medact.org)\, Cal (calumbarnes@medact.org) or Jack (jackdoyle@medact.org) \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch\, you can also sign up to the Medact London email list using the box below for updates on our work. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is hybrid\, on Google Meets and in-person at our office in Bethnal Green. Please let us know if you’re planning on coming along: \n\n\n\nMedact\, Room 104\, Pelican House144 Cambridge Heath RdLondon\, E1 5QJ
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-london-oct2025/
LOCATION:Medact\, Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, E1 5QJ
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group – October Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe meet to provide an update on our ongoing campaigning work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons\, militarisation and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! For more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-weapons-group-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251028T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251028T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
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SUMMARY:Medact Sheffield New Joiners Meeting: October 2025
DESCRIPTION:Are you new to Medact Sheffield or want to find out more about how you can get involved?  \n\n\n\nWelcome to our movement of health workers for health justice in Sheffield! We’d love to meet you at our New Joiners meeting on Tuesday 28th October. This will be a friendly\, informal and interactive session and an opportunity to get to know us and let us get to know you.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll be sharing some food together and discussing:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Medact? \n\n\n\nWhat do we mean by health justice?\n\n\n\nHow do we believe change happens? \n\n\n\nWhat can it look like to organise together in Medact Sheffield? \n\n\n\nHow can you get involved in our working groups? \n\n\n\n\nLocation: Quaker Meeting House 10 St James Street\, Sheffield\, S1 2EW \n\n\n\nTime: 7pm – 8.30pm  \n\n\n\nWhether you want to join or joined a while ago but are yet to find your place\, please do come along and share this welcoming space with us.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sheffield-new-joiners-october-2025/
LOCATION:Quaker Meeting House\, 10 St James Street\, Sheffield\, S1 2EW
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World
DESCRIPTION:An evening celebrating the memory of Dr Martin Hartog  \n\n\n\nJoin Medact at St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace for an evening lecture from Dr Carlos Umaña. We welcome Medact members\, health workers\, students and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on campaigning for a nuclear weapons free world. \n\n\n\nThere is an increasing urgency to strengthen our campaigning movement\, and build closer connections and coalition with movements dedicated to climate justice\, anti-militarism and anti-imperialism. \n\n\n\nFollowing the lecture\, we’ll hear a discussion between Carlos and UK-based campaigners for disarmament\, chaired by Marion Birch\, on the challenges and opportunities for growing the movement for nuclear disarmament in our current political context. The evening will close with a drinks reception for attendees.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Carlos Umaña is a general practitioner\, former local health director\, and epidemiological surveillance officer with the Costa Rican Ministry of Health. Serving until recently as IPPNW co-president\, he is also on the ICAN International Steering Group. He is the current president of IPPNW Costa Rica\, founder of Artists for Peace (2014) in Costa Rica\, and president of the activist group “Peace and Diversity”. He is also the recipient of the 2018 “Alan Turing LGBTIQ Visibility Award” for Social Organization. \n\n\n\nSince 2013\, he has worked by campaigning and lobbying for awareness on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (HINW) and support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). He has worked closely with governments as part of the Costa Rican delegation in the 2014 NPT PrepCom and the 2015 NPT Review Conference\, and has worked with the network of regional peace organisations to organise conferences and roundtables on the HINW and the TPNW.Cordelia Vesely campaigns locally\, nationally and internationally for a range of health\, gender and environmental justice issues\, including disarmament\, demilitarisation and international humanitarian law. She has just finished her term as co-director of Students for Global Health UK\, where she built student capacity in advocacy and policy making. Her work has taken her to the UN and been recognised by organisations like the IPPNW for whom she has led European sessions on human rights and peace.Jake Atkinson is a campaigner on issues related to inequality and human rights. As Senior Adviser at STOPAIDS\, he co-convened UK and global civil society alliances campaigning to improve equitable access to medicines\, protect human rights\, and improve funding to tackle infectious diseases. He was also part of the first Steering Committee of Youth for TPNW\, the global movement of young people in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from 2021 to 2024. He currently works for Tax Justice UK with a focus on taxing the super rich and big polluters\, and on securing a bold United Nations Tax Convention.  \n\n\n\nMarion Birch has worked on public health and healthcare programmes in countries affected by armed conflict and disasters for 20 years\, principally in Sudan\, Mozambique\, Angola and Sri Lanka. In the UK she has worked as a training manager\, health advisor and consultant\, and for eight years was director of the global health charity Medact. Presently Marion teaches and examines part time at University College London (Institute for Global Health and the Global Business School for Health)\, at City St George’s (University of London)\, and at the Society of Apothecaries. She is editor of the Routledge / Taylor & Francis journal Medicine\, Conflict and Survival which is affiliated with IPPNW and their UK affiliate Medact. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn memory of Martin Hartog (1931-2023) \n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the generous donation of a founding member of Medact\, the late Dr Martin Hartog (1931–2023). Martin was the first chair of Medact and an active member of the Nuclear Weapons Group until his death in July 2023. \n\n\n\nThe horror of any use of nuclear weapons was close to Martin’s heart for many years. He was deeply involved with the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) until it merged with the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) to form Medact in 1992. Martin served as the Chair of Medact in those early years\, and was an active member particularly with our Nuclear Weapons Group for the rest of his life. \n\n\n\nMartin felt passionately about the need to introduce and involve younger generations of campaigners in the movement for nuclear disarmament. His legacy donation to the group contributed to enabling recruitment of a project coordinator for the Don’t Bank on the Bomb! UK campaign\, and additionally supporting this public lecture. Medact is the UK affiliate of International Physicians for the  Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclearweaponslecture/
LOCATION:St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace\, 78 Bishopsgate\, London\, EC2N 4AG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Autumn Concert for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Autumn Concert For Peace presented by the MPD Chamber Ensemble \n\n\n\nThe Autumn Concert for Peace’s programme is full of joy and optimism. In its blending of expressive melodies with masterly control in combining the three instruments\, Schubert’s youthful String Trio recalls Mozart’s masterpiece\, the Divertimento K 563. Three duos for clarinet and bassoon have been attributed to Beethoven\, but their origin is not completely clear. Whoever the composer\, they abound in good humour and witty interplay between the instruments; No. 2 is typical\, and contains a particularly touching slow movement. Nielsen’s music is often quirky and original; the Serenata in vano portrays a group of musicians who attempt to serenade a lady\, but when that fails\, they go home playing a jaunty tune. \n\n\n\nBeethoven’s Septet achieved immediate success – something he later resented\, when the public failed to appreciate some of his more serious and profound works. It is genial and uncomplicated\, and provides opportunities for each player to shine. The final movement ends with a breathless flurry of triplets for the violin. \n\n\n\nInterval speaker: Dr. Swee Chai Ang Co-Founder\, Medical Aid for Palestinians \n\n\n\nProgrammeSchubert String Trio in B-flat\, D 471Beethoven Duo in F for clarinet and bassoonNielsen Serenata in vanoBeethoven Septet in E-flat major\, Op. 20 \n\n\n\nStandard £20 Concession (Over 65s\, Students\, Unwaged) £15All proceeds donated to organisations in the peace movement.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/autumn-concert-for-peace-2025/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251104T200000
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SUMMARY:Alternative Training on Prevent
DESCRIPTION:It is possible to create a society in which our collective safety and wellbeing are prioritised. Developing trusting\, healthy relationships between patients and health workers is essential to this work. However\, the Prevent Duty – with the government’s stated aim of identifying “vulnerability to radicalisation” – compromises all of this.  \n\n\n\nAs we’ve outlined in our work\, Prevent is a source of harm and increased marginalisation\, particularly for Muslim and racialised communities\, as well as those with mental health conditions.  \n\n\n\nSo\, why is the NHS the only healthcare system in the world with a legal obligation to engage with such a strategy? What aren’t you being told about the harms of Prevent in safeguarding training? \n\n\n\nJoin us for this series of Alternative Training on Prevent to learn more\, and find out how you can add your voice to the movement to end the Prevent Duty. Together we call for #CareNotSurvelliance! \n\n\n\nThis event is particularly aimed at people who work or are training in\, study\, or who have worked in health – though everyone from our movement for health justice\, interested in learning more\, is welcome! If you have any questions or concerns ahead of this event – feel free to email me\, sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/alternative-training-on-prevent-november/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251105T193000
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SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – November Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group (originally named the ‘Securitisation of Health Group’) is a space for health workers and campaigners to collectively challenge policing\, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.The groups’ current priority campaign is calling for the repeal of Prevent in the NHS\, the adoption of evidence-based public health policies\, and the redressal of harms caused by Prevent. We organise as three working groups: Workshops & Public Engagement\, Policy & Lobbying\, FOIs and Research.New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
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UID:36699-1762452000-1762459200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Homes for Health National Organising Group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:The ‘Homes for Health’ campaign unites the health community across the UK with a shared vision to reclaim our homes for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nThe National Organising Group meets monthly online to coordinate the collective work of the Homes for Health Network. Bringing together our two policy areas (Economic Justice and Climate) with representatives from local groups across the country. \n\n\n\nWe start at 6pm – 6.30pm for new folks with an onboarding call then move into our rolling agenda from 6.30pm when our regular members join. \n\n\n\nThis is a coordinating group for members involved in the network – If you would like to get involved you can contact Cal (calumbarnes@medact.org)\, Jordi (jordilopezbotey@medact.org)\, or Jack (jackdoyle@medact.org). \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch\, you can also sign up to the Homes for Health mailing list for updates on our work. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is online via Zoom. Please get in touch for a link.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-h4h-nov2025/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251009T142708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T155201Z
UID:36654-1762887600-1762893000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Palestine\, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a health worker in the face of genocide? \n\n\n\nJoin us for a powerful political education webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism\, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the ongoing genocide in Gaza – and the complicity of the British state in that violence. \n\n\n\nThrough this conversation\, we’ll cut through the depoliticised narratives often used to obscure the reality of Israel’s settler-colonial project\, and instead confront the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s health system\, the use of starvation as a weapon of war\, and the urgent need for international solidarity. \n\n\n\nFor this online event\, we’ll hear from health workers and organisers committed to naming the violence\, challenging the limits of humanitarianism and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to liberation. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nLayth Hanbali\, community health researcher\n\n\n\nGhassan Abu-Sittah\, trauma and reconstructive surgeon\n\n\n\nHannah Caller\, community paediatrician \n\n\n\nJames Smith\, emergency physician\n\n\n\n\nHost: Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne\, foundation doctor and member of Health Workers for a Free Palestine \n\n\n\nThis event is especially valuable for health workers\, but it’s open to everyone – so please share widely!This is part of Medact’s Learning for Action series that aims to equip us with the knowledge and skills we need to win a more just world.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/palestine-health-and-the-limits-of-humanitarianism/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250722T143443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T143719Z
UID:36195-1763406000-1763409600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact New Joiners meeting: November 2025
DESCRIPTION:Have you joined Medact any time in the last twelve months? Are you not yet involved in your closest local group or one of our central campaigns or research network? \n\n\n\nWelcome to our movement of health workers for health justice! We’d love to meet you at our next New Joiners meeting. This will be a friendly\, informal and interactive session and an opportunity to get to know us and let us get to know you.  \n\n\n\nSome of the things that we’ll be discussing include:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Medact?\n\n\n\nWhat do we mean by health justice?\n\n\n\nHow do we believe change happens? \n\n\n\nWhat can it look like to organise together in the Medact movement? \n\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve just joined or joined a while ago but are yet to find your place\, please do come along and share this welcoming space with us. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about attending\, drop our Movement Organiser Calum an email at calumbarnes@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/newjoinersnovember/
CATEGORIES:Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250618T102802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T095233Z
UID:35981-1764180000-1764185400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group – November Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe meet to provide an update on our ongoing campaigning work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons\, militarisation and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! For more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-weapons-group-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251203T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251203T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250618T121246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T164254Z
UID:36006-1764784800-1764790200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – December Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group (originally named the ‘Securitisation of Health Group’) is a space for health workers and campaigners to collectively challenge policing\, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.The groups’ current priority campaign is calling for the repeal of Prevent in the NHS\, the adoption of evidence-based public health policies\, and the redressal of harms caused by Prevent. We organise as three working groups: Workshops & Public Engagement\, Policy & Lobbying\, FOIs and Research.New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-december/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251204T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251119T151642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T095214Z
UID:36740-1764871200-1764878400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Homes for Health National Organising Group meeting: December
DESCRIPTION:The ‘Homes for Health’ campaign unites the health community across the UK with a shared vision to reclaim our homes for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nThe National Organising Group meets monthly online to coordinate the collective work of the Homes for Health Network. Bringing together our two policy areas (Economic Justice and Climate) with representatives from local groups across the country. \n\n\n\nWe start at 6pm – 6.30pm for new folks with an onboarding call then move into our rolling agenda from 6.30pm when our regular members join. \n\n\n\nThis is a coordinating group for members involved in the network – If you would like to get involved you can contact Cal (calumbarnes@medact.org)\, Jordi (jordilopezbotey@medact.org)\, or Jack (jackdoyle@medact.org). \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch\, you can also sign up to the Homes for Health mailing list for updates on our work. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is online via Google Meet. Please get in touch for a link.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-h4h-dec2025/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250618T103408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T095224Z
UID:35985-1765994400-1765999800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group – December Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe meet to provide an update on our ongoing campaigning work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons\, militarisation and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! For more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-weapons-group-december/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260126T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260126T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251216T163534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T104931Z
UID:36869-1769452200-1769459400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:No Palantir in the NHS - South Yorkshire public meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact Sheffield are hosting a public meeting bringing together stakeholders\, concerned residents\, and health workers across South Yorkshire\, to discuss how we can take collective action to keep Palantir out of our NHS.  \n\n\n\nPalantir is a US-based tech firm specialising in data. The use of their software extends from military targeting in Palestine\, leading to them being named by the UN as a corporate actor in the genocide in Gaza\, to racist predictive policing tactics and many other ethically intolerable practices. \n\n\n\nSince 2021\, NHS England and the UK Government have been entangled in deals with Palantir lacking any transparency. In 2023\, they were awarded a contract for the national rollout of the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP)\, a platform that looks to process patient data between different sectors of healthcare. Many of the South Yorkshire NHS healthcare providers are in the process of adopting the FDP.  \n\n\n\nWe do not believe that the NHS should be doing deals with the likes of Palantir. They cannot be trusted\, they are enabling a genocide\, deals like this will only deepen societal inequalities\, and it will further entrench and continue the insidious privatisation of our NHS.  \n\n\n\nIt is possible to stop the rollout of the FDP! Health trusts and boards have the power to say no to the FDP and opt for an alternative\, as we are already seeing in other areas of the UK. We believe this is possible in South Yorkshire\, but only with you and collective action! Let’s send a strong message to NHS England and the UK Government that Palantir and companies like it are not welcome in our NHS.  \n\n\n\nJoin us to find out more about the campaign and how we can strategically take action within South Yorkshire to say NO PALANTIR IN THE NHS.Doors open at 6:30pm with food provided\, and the event will begin at 7:00pm. It’s a hybrid event\, taking place in person at the Quaker Meeting House and online via Zoom.If you can’t make this public meeting but want to find out more\, contact us on sheffield@medact.org or check out the toolkit here https://www.medact.org/2024/resources/toolkits/no-palantir-in-the-nhs-campaign-toolkit/
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/no-palantir-in-the-nhs-south-yorkshire-public-meeting/
LOCATION:Quaker Meeting House 10 St James Street\, Sheffield\, S1 2EW
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260127T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250722T143834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T092446Z
UID:36199-1769540400-1769544000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact New Joiners meeting: January 2026
DESCRIPTION:Have you joined Medact any time in the last twelve months? Are you not yet involved in your closest local group or one of our central campaigns or research network? \n\n\n\nWelcome to our movement of health workers for health justice! We’d love to meet you at our next New Joiners meeting. This will be a friendly\, informal and interactive session and an opportunity to get to know us and let us get to know you.  \n\n\n\nSome of the things that we’ll be discussing include:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Medact?\n\n\n\nWhat do we mean by health justice?\n\n\n\nHow do we believe change happens? \n\n\n\nWhat can it look like to organise together in the Medact movement? \n\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve just joined or joined a while ago but are yet to find your place\, please do come along and share this welcoming space with us. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about attending\, drop our Movement Organiser Calum an email at calumbarnes@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/newjoinersjanuary/
CATEGORIES:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251202T155650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T165923Z
UID:36768-1769709600-1769715000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – January Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group (originally named the ‘Securitisation of Health Group’) is a space for health workers and campaigners to collectively challenge policing\, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.The groups’ current priority campaign is calling for the repeal of Prevent in the NHS\, the adoption of evidence-based public health policies\, and the redressal of harms caused by Prevent. We organise as three working groups: Workshops & Public Engagement\, Policy & Lobbying\, FOIs and Research.New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-january/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20250618T104247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T164933Z
UID:35988-1770228000-1770233400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group – February Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Content is protected.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-weapons-group-february/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251201T105825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170754Z
UID:36860-1771063200-1771088400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group - Gathering + Strategy Day
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group are gathering together on Saturday 14th February at Medact Office (Pelican House) for a day of collective visioning\, strategy\, and action planning for 2026! \n\n\n\nWe’ll spend time deepening connections\, developing shared values\, and building strategic actions for our campaigning work – resisting policing\, criminalisation and securitisation within and beyond sites of healthcare. Some elements of the day will be facilitated as hybrid sessions\, but the majority will be in-person.  \n\n\n\nIf you’ve attended a meeting of the group in the past\, or already had a 121 with me\, you’re welcome to come along! Just email me to confirm your place (sarahlasoye@medact.org). We will aim to cover travel for all attendees\, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-strategy-day-2026/
LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, London\, E1 5QJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251205T164531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170737Z
UID:36939-1772046000-1772051400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Unlearning Medical Education
DESCRIPTION:This member-run workshop brings health workers together for a practical discussion about how – and why – we can start to ‘unlearn’ oppressive systems underpinning our own medical educations. We’ll consider who’s harmed and uplifted by medical pedagogy\, how our education shows up in our practices today\, and start working collectively towards alternative ways of learning towards health justice. This session will feature group discussions and a critical conversation between Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan and Dr Jo Hartland about their personal\, intellectual\, and professional experiences of medical learning. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is hosted by Medact’s Political Education Working Group. Spaces are limited to encourage group discussion – reserve your spot ASAP! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Jo Hartland (they/them) is an Associate Professor of Health Justice Education and School Deputy Education Director at Bristol Medical School. Drawing on their previous work as Doctor in the NHS\, their teaching on health justice within medicine is co-produced in partnership with marginalised communities\, bringing the voices of those historically excluded from healthcare into curriculum development. Nationally they are the Co-Chair for the Executive Board of the Medical Schools Council (MSC) Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Alliance. They are also an award-winning queer health activist\, and in their own time led the development of the GLADD UK Medical Schools Charter on So-Called LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy which led to their attendance at parliament briefing MPs on these issues. In recognition of their work they were awarded a 2024 National Teaching Fellowship Award and the 2023 Attitude Pride Award. Their research\, writing and public speaking explores themes of justice and power in medical education. They hope to use their experience and platform as a disabled and queer educator to role model authentic and meaningful work in healthcare education leadership\, inspiring students and colleagues to join in with marginalised communities fighting for social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Rageshri Dhairyawan (she/her) is a doctor\, researcher and writer. She qualified in 2004 and is an NHS Consultant in HIV Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust and Deputy Director of the SHARE Collaborative for Health Equity\, Queen Mary University of London. Her clinical work\, research and advocacy focus on improving health equity. Rageshri has held numerous national charity and policy positions and regularly works with patient organisations. She currently chairs the British HIV Association EEDI Group and steering group of 4M Mentor Mothers CIC. Rageshri is the author of Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing (Trapeze\, 2024) longlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize for Radical Non-Fiction. She is an inaugural Wellcome Collection x Spread the Word non-fiction writer awardee (2022).
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/unlearning-medical-education/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20260217T162822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T162828Z
UID:36965-1772130600-1772137800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact London group meeting: February
DESCRIPTION:Across London\, health workers are organising and campaigning for better access to secure\, quality\, affordable and sustainable housing. This includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level. All are welcome. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to get involved you can contact Jordi (jordilopezbotey@medact.org)\, Cal (calumbarnes@medact.org) or Jack (jackdoyle@medact.org) \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch\, you can also sign up to the Medact London email list using the box below for updates on our work. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is hybrid\, on Google Meets and in-person at our office in Bethnal Green. Please let us know if you’re planning on coming along: \n\n\n\nMedact\, Room 104\, Pelican House144 Cambridge Heath RdLondon\, E1 5QJ
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-london-feb2026/
LOCATION:Medact\, Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, E1 5QJ
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260302T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260302T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20260224T155815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T160731Z
UID:36976-1772476200-1772480700@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Build the Health Movement for Housing Justice
DESCRIPTION:Skyrocketing housing costs are undermining people’s ability to live stable\, healthy lives. Unaffordable rents force people out of their communities\, entrench poverty\, worsen health inequalities\, and push thousands of families into homelessness each year. \n\n\n\nThis crisis is not inevitable. Before the 1980s\, governments took responsibility for keeping rents affordable and invested at scale in secure\, high-quality council housing. These policies provided stability for millions and helped build strong\, resilient communities. \n\n\n\nWe also know that change is possible today. Recent reforms — including the abolition of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions — were secured through sustained campaigning and show the impact of collective action. But the core issue at the heart of the housing crisis remains unaddressed: affordability. \n\n\n\nThat’s why a broad coalition of housing groups – including Homes for All\, London Renters Union\, Homes for Us Alliance\, and Greater Manchester Tenants Union — have come together to call for a National Housing Demonstration in London in Spring 2026\, demanding: \n\n\n\n\nRent Controls\n\n\n\nPublic investment in a mass council house building programme\n\n\n\n\nOn Monday 2nd March at 6.30pm\, we will be hosting a call to: \n\n\n\n\nFind out more about the strategy of the Homes for Us Alliance\n\n\n\nGet involved in mobilising the health community as part of a growing national network\n\n\n\nJoin the communications group shaping messaging and media interventions\n\n\n\nHelp ensure health justice remains at the heart of the housing movement
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/build-the-health-movement-for-housing-justice-1/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260304T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251210T150734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170827Z
UID:36825-1772647200-1772652600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – March Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group (originally named the ‘Securitisation of Health Group’) is a space for health workers and campaigners to collectively challenge policing\, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.The groups’ current priority campaign is calling for the repeal of Prevent in the NHS\, the adoption of evidence-based public health policies\, and the redressal of harms caused by Prevent. We organise as three working groups: Workshops & Public Engagement\, Policy & Lobbying\, FOIs and Research.New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/abolitionist-approaches-to-health-group-march/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20251215T130053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T130515Z
UID:36788-1772733600-1772739000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group – March Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe meet to provide an update on our ongoing campaigning work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons\, militarisation and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! For more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-weapons-group-march/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T112106
CREATED:20260224T160352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T161335Z
UID:36980-1773340200-1773344700@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Build the Health Movement for Housing Justice
DESCRIPTION:Skyrocketing housing costs are undermining people’s ability to live stable\, healthy lives. Unaffordable rents force people out of their communities\, entrench poverty\, worsen health inequalities\, and push thousands of families into homelessness each year. \n\n\n\nThis crisis is not inevitable. Before the 1980s\, governments took responsibility for keeping rents affordable and invested at scale in secure\, high-quality council housing. These policies provided stability for millions and helped build strong\, resilient communities. \n\n\n\nWe also know that change is possible today. Recent reforms — including the abolition of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions — were secured through sustained campaigning and show the impact of collective action. But the core issue at the heart of the housing crisis remains unaddressed: affordability. \n\n\n\nThat’s why a broad coalition of housing groups – including Homes for All\, London Renters Union\, Homes for Us Alliance\, and Greater Manchester Tenants Union — have come together to call for a National Housing Demonstration in London in Spring 2026\, demanding: \n\n\n\n\nRent Controls\n\n\n\nPublic investment in a mass council house building programme\n\n\n\n\nOn Thursday 12th March at 6.30pm\, we will be hosting a call to: \n\n\n\n\nFind out more about the strategy of the Homes for Us Alliance\n\n\n\nGet involved in mobilising the health community as part of a growing national network\n\n\n\nJoin the communications group shaping messaging and media interventions\n\n\n\nHelp ensure health justice remains at the heart of the housing movement
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/build-the-health-movement-for-housing-justice-2/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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