Medact

Musicians for Peace & Disarmament Autumn Concert - feat. Louise Alder & Roger Vignoles
2018-10-11 19:30 UTC | St Philip’s Church, Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6QH, United Kingdom
Musicians for Peace and Disarmament’s next concert is this Thursday 11 October, 7:30pm, at St Philip’s Church, Earl’s Court Road, London, W8 6QH.
Louise Alder ‘the brightest lyric soprano of the younger generation’ (The Arts Desk) and renowned accompanist Roger Vignoles will perform songs by Schumann, Fauré, Bizet, Liszt, Strauss and Britten.
Nicole Treanor from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF UK) will speak in the interval.
Tickets are £15 (£10 conc.) and can be purchased online or with cash on the door
All proceeds from MPD concerts go to support organisations in the peace movement, including Medact!

Sustainability in quality improvement - 1-day course in Oxford
2018-10-03 | The Jam Factory, Hollybush Row, Oxford, OX1 1HU, United Kingdom
An intensive one-day course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ framework for integrating sustainability into quality improvement. Learning from real examples, participants will explore in depth how the framework can be applied in practice to develop preventative, holistic, lean, low carbon care.
Up to 6 CPD credits are available (Royal College of Physicians).
Full details may be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/csh-sustainability-school

Leadership skills for sustainability and health - 1-day course in Oxford
2018-10-02 | The Jam Factory, Hollybush Row, Oxford, OX1 1HU, United Kingdom
An interactive one-day course for public health and other health professionals and trainees to develop leadership skills for environmental sustainability within and outside the health and care sector. Drawing on real-life examples, the course will explore how health professionals can work with partners to incorporate environmental sustainability into public health programmes, healthcare facilities management and clinical care pathways. Intensive, small-group exercises will develop confidence and provide the opportunity to hone advocacy, partnership working and strategy development skills.
5 CPD credits are available (Faculty of Public Health)
Full details can be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/csh-sustainability-school

Food for Thought
2018-09-21 18:45 - 2018-09-22 23:00 | Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, G41 1BA, United Kingdom
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.
We 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.
Registration is £10, which includes dinner. We are also looking into the possibility of some traditional Scottish music to finish the evening!

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Directions to Kinning Park Complex
The 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].

AGM Weekend 2018
2018-09-21 16:30 - 2018-09-22 18:00 | Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, G41 1BA, United Kingdom
Medact’s 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on the afternoon of 21st September.
The 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.
The 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.
You can register for any or all of the three events using the button below:

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Papers for the AGM are now available below.
Schedule
Friday 21st September @ the Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
AGM 2018, 4.30 – 6pm
This 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.
Talk & dinner, 6.45 – 11pm
In 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.
Following 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.
After dinner there will be an opportunity to enjoy some traditional Scottish music.
Saturday 22nd September @ Faslane, home of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines
On the Saturday thousands we will join thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners from across the world in the International Peace March at Faslane.
Transport will be provided for those that want it from central Glasgow, leaving mid-morning for the march which starts at noon.
AGM Papers
AGM papers are now available to download as follows:

Medact AGM 2018 – Agenda

Medact AGM 2017 – Draft Minutes

Medact Statement of Financial Activities for the period 1st Feb 2017 to 31st Jan 2018

We are delighted to announce the following nominations for election to the Board of Trustees:
Dr Margaret Jackson
I 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.
I 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.
Now 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.
Lesley Morrison
Lesley 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.
Living just south of Edinburgh, she would represent the views of Medact Scotland.
Neena Modi
Professor 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.
Professor 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.
Kitty Mohan
Kitty 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.
She 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.
Directions to Kinning Park Complex
The 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].

Sustainable Healthcare Education 1-Day Masterclass in London
2018-09-11 | The Laycock Centre, Islington, London, N1 1TH, United Kingdom
This one-day masterclass by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is designed for health professional educators and students to develop skills for integrating planetary health and sustainable healthcare into existing curricula and teaching.
Full details can be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/education/sustainable-healthcare-education-1-day-masterclass

Homelessness, Housing and Access to Healthcare
2018-09-06 18:00 - 21:00 | John Radcliffe Hospital – Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Corridor, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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.
The event will be in Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Corridor, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU.
Speakers include:

Robin Schafer, GP from Luther Street Medical Centre – An award-winning GP surgery providing healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in Oxford City
Alex 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
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.
Dave Scholes, Housing Needs Manager at Oxford City Council

Our 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
This event is free and refreshments will be provided. Please register using the form below:

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Health For All? Meeting Re: NHS Charging Policies
2018-07-03 18:30 - 20:30 | The Brady Arts Centre, 92-196 Hanbury St, London, E1 5HU, United Kingdom
Are you a health worker at Barts or in Tower Hamlets concerned about how regulations such as upfront charging, data sharing for immigration enforcement and ID checks impact on patient care and clinical practice?
Join us to discuss the policies, their impact and how we can best support our patients on Tuesday 3rd July, 6:30pm @ The Brady Arts Centre, 92-196 Hanbury St, London, E1 5HU.
Speakers include:

Dr Jackie Applebee/Turner – Chair of Tower Hamlets LMC, deputy chair of doctors in Unite
Sophie Windsor – Consultant Midwife, Complex Care
Dr William Ricketts – Respiratory Consultant
Local community groups and Barts’ patients

Refreshments will be provided. Please be in touch with rebeccadaniels@medact.org with any questions.
This event is in partnership with Docs Not Cops and Medact.
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Medact, The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT 020 7324 4739

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
2018-07-01 10:30 - 14:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
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.
You’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.
All levels of experience are welcome. We are also hoping to secure CPD accreditation for the event.
For more on the importance of divestment in the fight against climate change, see our new blog by Fossil Free Health campaigner Deirdre Duff.

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1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health
2018-05-17 - 2018-05-19 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE, United Kingdom
Medact is supporting the 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health (MERH 2018)
The MERH 2018 Congress is hosted by an independent, non-profit making company working under the auspices of The University of Edinburgh, the European Public Health Association and NHS Health Scotland. We intend to deliver you a memorable, affordable, academic and social programme in one of the most spectacular cities in the world. The MERH congress will replace the 7th EUPHA Migrant and Ethnic Health Section Conference.
Congress aims :

To improve research, population health and health care for migrants and other discriminated-against populations
To bring together policy, social science, clinical, social service and public health perspectives and share and transfer learning within and across countries.
To examine contemporary problems across the globe and debate suggested solutions
To Consider health effects of social, environmental and demographic change associated with population migration, and the effects on diseases and their causes
To find ways to overcome differences in concepts and terminology so the field can be understood internationally in acceptable language.
To provide opportunities for people to showcase their work and to meet to share experience and motivations
To build networks that will last beyond the Congress itself

Abstract Submission and Registration is now open. There are registration fees specifically set for those attending from low income countries as well as applications for financial support (bursaries) available.

Refugee Solidarity Group – April meeting
2018-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join our next meeting on Monday 11 December at 7.30pm at the Medact office. Please contact Jessica Potter, if you would like to attend.

The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to defend access to health care rights for refugees and migrants, and inform civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. It is a friendly group of healthcare professionals and students, welcoming new members to participate as much as time allows. Activities fall under three main domains: Advocacy, Education and Action.

The Alternatives - Global Perspectives For Healthier Lives
2018-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Broadway House, Tothill St, Westminster,, London, SW1H 9NQ
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.
But there are a number of inspiring examples of countries and approaches that are improving health by rejecting neoliberal ideas.
The 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!
Join us on Monday 16th April for a panel debate including:

Steinar Westin, Professor of Public Health at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erika Arteaga Cruz, Health Activist with the People’s Health Movement Ecuador and the Latin American Association of Social Medicine
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

The event will launch The Alternatives, a new report from Health Poverty Action which explores the themes of the debate.
It will also be the UK launch for Global Health Watch 5. Copies will be available to purchase for a special discounted price.

Refugee Solidarity Group – December meeting
2017-12-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join our next meeting on Monday 11 December at 7.30pm at the Medact office. Please contact Jessica Potter, if you would like to attend.

The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to defend access to health care rights for refugees and migrants, and inform civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. It is a friendly group of healthcare professionals and students, welcoming new members to participate as much as time allows. Activities fall under three main domains: Advocacy, Education and Action.
The Refugee Solidarity Group is part of a wider movement the Health Through Peace Movement. Please contact us, if you could like to be involved in Medact’s work in this area.

ICAN UK Nobel Peace Prize Die-In
2017-12-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, SW1A 2HB, United Kingdom
ICAN UK is celebrating its Nobel Peace Prize win. What better way to do this than to have a demonstration highlighting the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, drawing awareness to the UN’s shiny new treaty making nukes illegal and having a bit of a get together outside the MoD?

This action is being hosted by two of ICAN UK’s partner organisations, us and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. All ICAN UKers and anti-nuclear weapons enthusiasts welcome!
There are no safe hands for unsafe weapons. Let’s show the British government that we know this and they should too.
Come along and bring your anti nuke, anti Trident placards, stand behind the ICAN UK banner, dress up as medics/ emergency responders to make the point that if a nuclear bomb dropped, the emergency services would be crippled.
Click here to view the Facebook event

Vigil for Yemen in Liverpool - 2 December
2017-12-02 13:00 - 14:00
Liverpool stands shoulder to shoulder with Yemen
A 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.

Mayor 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.”

West Derby MP Stephen Twigg – Chair of the International Development Committee will also be in attendance. He explains:

“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.”

Click here for more information.

Recognising and acting on medical sequellae of human rights abuses - Training in Oxford
2017-12-02 09:30 - 13:00 | Asylum Welcome Oxford, Unit 7 Newtec Place, Magdalen Rd, Oxford, OX4 1RE
A recent survey of 199 clinicians in the Northwest Region revealed that 55% had encountered a torture survivor in their NHS practice; most lacked confidence in how to help these patients.
Medact, Asylum Welcome Oxford and Forrest Medico-Legal Services have partnered to organise a special teaching session to train interested doctors, nurses and counsellors in methods of documenting, in a a very limited way, clinical evidence of human rights abuses previously suffered by the detainees they are visiting.
This documentation would not take the form of full Medico-Legal Reports (MLR) which are compliant with the Istanbul Protocol. But even a short letter can sometimes assist detainees in achieving release and beginning to establish their case for international protection. Moreover, such documentation is very useful to lawyers in seeking an MLR if indicated.
If time allows, the training will also cover entitlement and barriers to NHS care.
The training is free of charge for members of Medact or Asylum Welcome.
For more details, please contact Frank Arnold at Medact or Almas Farzi at Asylum Welcome.

Right to Care Training - Southampton General Hospital
2017-11-28 18:00 - 20:00
Refugee Solidarity Group members Dr Rachael Marsh and Ilaf Moslawy are delivering a teaching session covering barriers to accessing healthcare in the UK and entitlement to NHS primary and secondary healthcare.
The training created by Doctors of the World UK is open to anyone who is interested but is particularly targeted at healthcare professionals.
There is a focus on refugees and asylum seekers but the principles apply to all vulnerable groups. This is particularly important now following charges that were introduced on the 23rd October.
The training is free of charge. Please click here to register.

*Dr Rachael Marsh is a Public Health registrar in Wessex with an interest in Global Health and health inequities.

*Ilaf Moslawy is a medical student at the University of Southampton.

Musicians for Peace & Disarmament - Winter Concert for Peace
2017-11-24 19:30 - 21:30 | St. James’s Church, , 197 Piccadilly, London, W1 9LL
Dedicated to the memory of Nona Liddell MBE
Conductor: Jane Glover CBE
All proceeds from Musicians for Peace & Disarmament concerts go to organisations in the peace movement.
Tickets: £20 / Concessions: £15
Click here to book online (with no booking fee) or pay cash on the door.
Download the full programme [pdf]

Medact Tyneside Film Evening - Dr Strangelove
2017-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Jesmond Community Library, St George’s Terrace, Jesmond, NE2 2DL, United Kingdom
Join Medact Tyneside for a special film screening of Dr Strangelove

Synopsis: Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 political satire black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick. An insane General triggers a path to a nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
Film will be screened at 7pm at the Jesmond Community Library followed by a talk (via skype) by Elizabeth Minor, one of the coordinators of of ICAN UK (Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 2017)

Admission: £5

Donations welcomed for the Jesmond Community Library and Medact Tyneside.

Looking Back to Look Forward: The Past and Future of Catastrophes & Conflict Medicine
2017-11-24 08:30 - 17:30 | Apothecaries Hall, Blackfriars, London, EC4V 6EJ
Join The Catastrophes and Conflict Forum and The Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophes Medicine for an all day event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the royal charter of the Society of Apothecaries.
The event explores the emerging challenges facing humanitarians, evaluations of the future trends in catastrophes and conflict and innovations coming into this space.
Featuring speakers from the NGO sector, British academia as well as data analysts and representatives from the world of humanitarian technology, this event brings together a varied group of actors to discuss the ways in which the realities of this field is likely to develop.
Click the poster for more information on topics and speakers for the day.
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Medact Yorkshire meeting
2017-11-18 10:00 - 15:30 | York University – Derwent College; Room D/L/002, University Road, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
On Saturday 18th November we are holding an educational event at York University (please see exact event location below). There will be talks focusing on hitting targets for climate change and the health effects of fracking along with plenty of time for a lively discussion. This event is free to attend.

10.00 Introduction to the day
10.30 Climate change and Health: film and discussion
11:30 Coffee
11:45 Fracking and Health: presentation by Barbara Kneale,
Occupational Health Physician and founder member of Health Professionals against Fracking. Followed by discussion
12:45 Lunch- please bring your own lunch or there are limited catering outlets around the university
13:45 Next steps for Medact Yorkshire- a chance to share your experience and develop plans for future activities
15:15: Close

*Event location: Please click here to find map to Derwent College; Room D/L/002. If travelling by public transport there are frequent buses from York railway station to the university (Your Bus 66). If driving, park in one of the central (Campus West) car parks. Enter through black doors at the rear of the building (behind the Courtyard bar).

Recognising signs of exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery
2017-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
The British Government estimates that tens of thousands of people have been trafficked into modern slavery in the UK today. Every year more and more people are subjected to unimaginable forms of abuse and exploitation.
We are holding a 2-hour training to help healthcare professionals identify and support potentially trafficked persons. At the end of the session participants will be able to define the concept of human trafficking, child trafficking, exploitation and modern slavery and describe what is known about the situation in the UK. They will be able to explain modern slavery within the context of safeguarding, better identify, assess potentially trafficked persons, understand the obstacles to identification, define how to respond to suspicions of modern slavery within the health context and recognise the impact of trafficking on victims.

The training will be led by Laura Durán, Head of Training at ECPAT UK. Laura has over 10 years’ experience as an educator in public programmes for various institutions and has considerable experience delivering human trafficking training to frontline professionals, with a particular focus on how to identify and safeguard child victims of trafficking.
The training is open for all Medact members. If you would like to join please click here: https://medact.org/membership.
If you are interested in attending please contact us to confirm attendance. Please also do let us know if you are unable to attend but interested in future training sessions.

Nuclear Weapons Group meeting
2017-10-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
On Wednesday 18 October at 2pm, the Nuclear Weapons Group will be holding a meeting at the Grayston Centre in London.
The group will be discussing:

the recent ICAN Nobel Peace prize win and how to build on this to increase awareness of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the work of IPPNW;
outreach with groups including students, trade unions, faith groups and local government;
how best to support ICAN UK’s parliamentary work;
how to continue to disseminate Medact’s “Safer World” report.

All are welcome! If you’d like to join them, please get in touch with Feryal Awan.

The challenges of child refugee health: everyone’s responsibility
2017-10-17 | Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
We invite you to join Dr. David McCoy and colleagues for this special multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral event on child refugee health. The event, organised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, is aimed not only at informing health practitioners about the migration crisis but also aimed at equipping them to be able to respond through their work in the clinic service improvement and advocacy.
Speakers include experts in the field, prominent clinicians, as well as BBC journalist Emma Jane Kirby and Lord Alfred Dubs.
Workshops: When you register you are able to select an option of your preferred two workshops. The workshops are as follows:
A. Identification of and dealing with female genital mutilation in children.
B. Effects of migration on child health and development.
C. The mental health impacts of the journey of the child migrant.
D. A primer on infectious diseases in child migrants.
Click here for agenda and to register.

Health Through Peace 2017
2017-09-04 - 2017-09-06 | University Road, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD
In September 2017, Medact and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are bringing together a gathering of people from the health and peace communities to discuss the state of global war and conflict, and promote more effective peace building and demilitarisation as a pre-requisite for social justice, good health and ecological sustainability worldwide.
For more details, see: https://www.medact.org/forum-2017

Refugee Solidarity Group - August meeting
2017-08-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
We’re welcoming new members to our Refugee Solidarity Group. Join our next meeting on Thursday 30 August at 7pm at the Medact office – The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square London N1 6HT. Please contact Feryal Awan, if you would like to attend.
The agenda for the evening includes:

Upcoming volunteer trip to Calais and Dunkirk
‘Right to Healthcare’ educational programme
Sharing plans and actions for the upcoming months

The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to defend access to health care rights for refugees and migrants, and inform civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. It is a friendly group of healthcare professionals and students, welcoming new members to participate as much as time allows. Activities fall under three main domains: Advocacy, Education and Action.
The Refugee Solidarity Group is part of a wider movement the Health Through Peace Movement. Please contact us, if you could like to be involved in Medact’s work in this area.

Humanity in Healthcare Training of Trainers
2017-08-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Are you interested in learning more about entitlement to NHS care, barriers to accessing healthcare and policy implications of restricting access to healthcare?

Are you interested in learning how to deliver training on access to healthcare and then sharing knowledge gained?

Join us on Monday 14 August at 7pm for a special Train the Trainers (ToT) session delivered by Anna Miller from Doctors of the World.
Training of Trainers
The Medact Refugee Solidarity Group has been supporting the Doctors of the World ‘Right to Healthcare’ teaching programme. We are hoping to form a collective of healthcare students, professionals and human rights activists who undergo training and then deliver access to healthcare training in health universities and workplaces across the UK.

The ToT session, starting at 7pm, lasts three hours with a time for tea/coffee and a chance to discuss getting involved with the Refugee Solidarity Group.
The training is open for all Medact members. If you would like to join please click here: https://medact.org/membership.
The ToT, tailored for Medact members, prepares future trainers to deliver the ‘Right to Healthcare’ training. This one-hour training module aimed at healthcare professionals working in the NHS, is also relevant for those with an interest in health policy and human rights. The training covers entitlement to NHS care, barriers to accessing healthcare, the policy implications of restricting access to healthcare, and healthcare professionals as advocates for access to healthcare. More information can be found on the Doctors of the World website here.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis and SPACE IS LIMITED! If you are interested in attending please contact me to confirm attendance. Please also do let us know if you are unable to attend but interested in future training sessions.

AGM 2017
2017-07-15 10:30 - 14:30 | St. Luke’s Community Centre – The Garden Room, 90 Central St, London, EC1V 8AJ, United Kingdom
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 15th July, from 10.30am – 2.30pm, at St. Luke’s Community Centre, 90 Central St, London EC1V 8AJ.
The AGM is the business meeting of Medact and serves three main functions:

A chance for members to receive an update and ask questions about the last year of Medact’s work and our future plans;
Election of new members to the Board of Trustees;
Voting on motions.

Following the main business, we will break for lunch, and then return for presentations on specific areas of programme work. The AGM is a good chance to meet Board members and office staff.
All are welcome, but only Medact members are eligible to vote.
Lunch will not be provided but there is a cafe on-site and other outlets nearby.
Meeting agenda

Welcome and update from Chair and Director
Election of new trustees and scrutiny of annual accounts
An update on the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty – with Medact Trustee Frank Boulton and Acronym Institute Director Rebecca Johnson (who will have just returned from negotiations in New York)
A chance to hear about our thriving Doctors Against Diesel campaign

Motions
If you wish to submit a motion, please contact the office by telephone 0207 324 4739 or email office@medact.org.
New Trustees
The Board are currently conducting interviews with a number of candidates for new trustees. Details of those proposed will be posted here when known.

Launch of Medact Yorkshire - Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community
2017-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | York University – HYMS Building – 1st Floor Meeting Room (107), Heslington, York , YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
This is the launch event for a new Yorkshire-based local group for Medact!

The 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.

All are welcome – if you have an interest in health, fracking and/or progressive social change, please do join us.

For more info on the event please do contact Margaret Jackson or Angela Harley.

Programme
7.00 – Welcome and introduction to Medact
7.30 – Fracking – the Role of the Local Health Community
8.30 – Group discussion – plans for taking the group forward
Speakers

Tim Thornton – Yorkshire GP
Leigh Coghill – Frack Free

Join our Refugee Solidarity Group - we're meeting 7pm on 7th June
2017-06-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
We’re welcoming new members to our Refugee Solidarity Group. Join our next meeting on Wednesday 7th June at 7pm at the Medact office – The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square London N1 6HT. Please contact Feryal Awan, if you would like to attend.
The agenda for the evening includes:

Upcoming volunteer trip to Calais
Doctors of the World ‘Stop Sharing’ campaign (Medact is supporting Doctor of the World’s campaign to stop the Home Office from accessing migrant patients’ personal information)
Organising the next ‘Right to Healthcare’ training (designed to train health professionals to help migrants access healthcare)
Sharing plans and actions for the upcoming months

The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to defend access to health care rights for refugees and migrants, and inform civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. It is a friendly group of healthcare professionals and students, welcoming new members to participate as much as time allows. Activities fall under three main domains: Advocacy, Education and Action.
The Refugee Solidarity Group is part of a wider movement the Health Through Peace Movement. Please contact us if you could like to be involved in Medact’s work in this area.
