Medact

Medact Scotland Group Meeting
2019-02-28 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Citizen M Hotel, Glasgow, 60 Renfrew St,, Glasgow, G23BW, United Kingdom
Join us for our next Medact Scotland meeting on Thursday 28th February at 7.30 in the Citizen M Hotel in Glasgow.
Please get in touch with Lesley if you have any questions – Scotland@medact.org

“Selling the military” - A critical discussion on military marketing strategies
2019-02-27 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Wesley’s Chapel & Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU, United Kingdom
Please join us for an evening of discussion and exploration of our new report Selling the military: A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing. The report is a joint project between Medact and ForcesWatch that analyses the way the armed forces market their careers to adolescents and young people. Throughout the evening we will review how military marketing campaigns create powerful messages that at times exploit developmental vulnerabilities and social inequality, risking the health and well-being of recruits.
Chair
Dr Victoria Basham, of Cardiff University, is Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Military Studies journal (Taylor & Francis) which she also co-founded, and co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press book series, Advances in Critical Military Studies. Victoria is the President of the European International Studies Association. Her research focuses on issues of gender, race, class and sexuality in relation to militaries, militarism and militarisation.
Speakers
Dr Guddi Singh, is a paediatric doctor at the East London NHS Foundation Trust. She is the co-author of a forthcoming BMJ article written about Medact’s work on child recruitment to the military. She is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine Paediatrics and Child Health Section Council, and recently presented a three part TV programme on BBC2 called ‘Babies: Their Wonderful World.’
Rhianna Louise is co-author of the Selling the Military report, with colleague Emma Sangster. She works on Education and Outreach at ForcesWatch. Rhianna researches and writes around military recruitment in the UK, particularly the recruitment of young people, and on human rights and ethics issues related to the military. She previously coordinated the publication and was the lead author of Medact’s report on health concerns about recruitment children into the military.
Rhiannon Spear is a law student, and a Glasgow councillor with the Scottish National Party. In 2017 as National Convenor of Young Scots for Independence, the youth wing of the SNP, she led a successful motion to make raising the military recruitment age to 18 SNP party policy. Rhiannon is also the chair of the TIE campaign, an organisation campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish Schools. She is a passionate activist known for speaking out about inclusivity and systemic sexism.
The evening will open for a reception with refreshments at 6.30pm and we will begin the discussion at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27th February. The event will be recorded, so please inform us if you would prefer not to be filmed or photographed. Copies of our new report will be available at the event. The venue is ramp accessible, and there is an accessible toilet available by lift on the first floor. Please inform us if you need anything else to be able to attend this event.
Medact is a global health charity that uses evidence-based campaigns to support health workers to take action on structural barriers to health equity and justice, in an effort to bring about a world in which everyone can access their human right to health.
ForcesWatch is an independent research and campaigning organisation which scrutinises armed forces recruitment practices in the UK and challenges efforts to embed militarist values in civilian society.

Air Pollution and Health in Bristol and Beyond: Awareness, Education and Action
2019-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Main Lecture Theatre, St Michaels Hospital, Bristol, BS2 8EG, Bristol
Air Pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK.
Exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution contributes to diseases such as cancer, stroke, heart disease, asthma and to around 40,000 early deaths each year in the UK alone.
Join us for an evening about Air Pollution in Bristol with guest speakers from Environmental Protection UK, Friends of The Earth, Bristol Clean Air Alliance and others.
7pm on Thursday 21st February, Main Lecture Theatre, St Michaels Hospital, Bristol, BS2 8EG
Tickets are free but please register below to confirm your attendance.
We will be discussing:

What air pollution is and the biggest contributors to poor air quality
The effects of air pollution on our health
Available resources on air pollution and local air quality, and ways in which you can reduce your impact and exposure
Campaigns, action groups and how you can get involved!

This event is open to the public.
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Medact Migrant Solidarity Group meeting
2019-02-13 19:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
The next meeting for the Medact Migrant Solidary Group (Medact-msg) is the 13th February at 7pm. We’re looking forward to seeing some old faces and hopefully new too! Remember, additions to the agenda for the meeting are always welcome.

Medact Tyneside Monthly Meeting
2019-02-04 14:30 (Europe/London)
Our next Tyneside meeting is on Monday afternoon 4 February 2.30 pm. Please email Elizabeth Waterston tyneside@medact.org for the address.
We will be planning for the visit of Chuck Johnson Deputy Exec Director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in late March with a view to publicising and promoting the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,
The UN endorsed a Treaty to Prohibit and eliminate Nuclear Weapons in early July. The Treaty has now been signed by 69 states and ratified by 19 states, IPPNW affiliates all over the world are pressing their governments to sign and ratify the Treaty. ICAN – UK is working hard to persuade the British government to do this.
If you feel you could find time to help, please let us know.
When 55 nations have ratified it , it will enter into force.
We hope to see you on February 4th.

Working towards food justice - what can healthcare professionals do?
2019-01-30 18:45 - 20:45 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Medact are in the early stages of developing a campaign on how to bring about a just food system. Will you join us for a workshop to discuss access to food as a human right, and to devise a plan for how health professionals can campaign on this issue
Who is this for?
This workshop is for healthcare professionals working across the healthcare services who are interested in becoming involved with campaigns on food justice and health.
Outline
This workshop forms the early stages of developing a campaign on identifying the barriers to a just food system. We will be collectively exploring the questions:

What is our vision for food justice?
How does the food system relate to health?
How do we challenge dominant narratives on food insecurity that ignore structural inequality
How can healthcare professionals campaign to affect every day as well as long-term sustainable change?

This will be a participatory workshop where we hope to collate ideas for action.
RSVP: Please register below
Please contact rebeccadaniels@medact.org with accessibility requirements, including if support is needed with childcare within the space and any queries.
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Medact London January Meeting
2019-01-29 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join us on Tuesday 29th January for our next London local group meeting.
We will continue to work on housing and homelessness, creating plans for our campaigning in 2019. New people are welcome to join us.
7pm, The Medact Offices,The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, Hoxton, London N1 6HT
Email london@medact.org with any questions.

Health For All? Meeting Re: NHS Charging Policies
2019-01-29 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | St George’s – University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
Are you a health worker at St George’s or in Wandsworth 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 29 January, 6pm at St George’s University, St George’s Hospital, Tooting, SW17 0RE.
Speakers include:

Healthcare staff
Local community groups and St George’s patients

Refreshments will be provided. Please be in touch with healthforallsgh@gmail.com with any questions.
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Fighting Fracking and Fossil Fuel Divestment - how health professionals can help build a Fossil Free world
2019-01-26 14:00 - 17:15 (Europe/London) | 10-12 East Parade, Leeds
Join global health charity Medact and Concerned Health Professionals UK for an afternoon of talks and workshops in Leeds. We’ll explore how health professionals can help build a fossil free world and discuss our role in campaigning against fracking and advocating for fossil fuel divestment.
Sessions will include:

The Health Impacts of Fracking; and how we can advocate for a fracking ban.
Fossil Fuel Divestment – how health professionals can use it as a tool for climate action and clean air.

Health professionals from all fields are welcome. Please email deirdreduff@medact.org for more information and fill out the form below to register for your free ticket.
The fossil fuel industry is driving climate change and contributing to air pollution; both of which are claiming lives and damaging the health of millions. Efforts to extract fossil fuels using fracking techniques also present a range of health risks to local communities in the UK. We hope you can join us as we work together for a healthier, safer and fairer world powered by renewable energy. Please share this with colleagues who may be interested.
The event will take place in The Gallery Room, Avenue HQ, 10-12 East Parade, Leeds.
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Medact Manchester - January Strategy Meeting
2019-01-17 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Our next meeting on Thursday January 17th at 8pm in Manchester, will be an opportunity for us to discuss our aims and objectives for the upcoming year so that we can have as much impact as possible going forwards.
Please email manchester@medact.org for the address or with any questions.
We look forward to seeing you!

Medact Tyneside - Planning the year ahead
2019-01-09 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Jesmond, Newcastle; exact location TBC, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2019 is a pivotal year for the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This Treaty was agreed by the UN in July 2017 and so far has been signed by 69 states and ratified by 19.
The British government must be encouraged to sign the Treaty, and in November 2018, the City of Manchester endorsed the Treaty. Join us to discuss how we can get the City of Newcastle to follow Manchester’s lead, and our goals and activities for 2019.
E-mail tyneside@medact.org for more details.

Medact in Brighton
2018-12-18 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Audrey Emerton building, Eastern Rd,, Brighton, BN2 0AE, United Kingdom
Interested in helping homelessness? have an idea or want to explore what Medact can do locally to help in Brighton? Our next meeting will revolve around exactly that, so join us at our next meeting on Tuesday 18th December at 8pm.

Healthcare access for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants: training
2018-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | St Michael’s Hospital Lecture Theatre, St Michael’s Hospital BS2 8EG
Are you a doctor, nurse, physio, receptionist, healthcare assistant or other healthcare professional? Do you care about equality in healthcare access? Do you care about access for essential healthcare to vulnerable refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Bristol and the southwest? Then come along for some free training!
MedAct Bristol and Doctors of the World medics are running a training event on Monday December 17th from 7-9pm at St Michael’s Hospital Bristol for healthcare professionals to learn about the complex issues surrounding primary and secondary healthcare access for these vulnerable groups. Recent Home Office legislation has caused confusion among healthcare staff in understanding the rights of these groups to accessing essential and basic healthcare. This has posed a barrier for patients from these groups who often cannot access the care they need, are to afraid to, or do not know what they are entitled to. This poses a serious risk to their health and well-being and as health professionals we need to understand how our practice affect them.
Come along to our training session on Monday 17th December to find out about these issues and how you can help in your daily practice.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthcare-access-for-refugeesasylum-seekers-and-migrantstraining-tickets-52934949860?utm_term=eventurl_text#listing-organizer

Medact London Meeting
2018-12-11 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join Medact London at their next meeting on 11th December at 7:30pm, in Medact’s offices near Old Street.
We will be discussing our plans for action in the new year around how we can campaign against housing policy that negatively impacts the health of renters across the UK.
Email london@medact.org with any questions.

Medact Brighton Local Group Meeting
2018-11-20 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Tuesday 20th, 6-7:30pm, Audrey Emerson Building – Opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital
(the room will be displayed on the screen by the reception desk)
The meeting will focus on introducing ourselves and establishing who we are as a group of people – what interests, skills, power and potential we have. We can then identify priority issues to focus on before brainstorming ideas to take them forward.
We hope this meeting will provide a space for us to come together and act as a launch pad for Medact action in Brighton. Email brighton@medact.org with any questions.

Take Action For Section 21
2018-11-12 08:45 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
On Monday 12th November Medact London will be handing an open letter to the Ministry of Housing calling for an end to Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act.
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Insecure tenancies impact physical and #mentalhealth! 1/5 adults say housing issues have affected their mental health. Section 21 allows Landlords to evict without reason, @Medact London calls on @JBrokenshire to #ScrapSection21 for #bettermentalhealth #healthcare #evictions
Over 200 #healthcare professionals have signed @Medact London letter calling on @JBrokenshire to #ScrapSection21 and end no-fault #evictions. Say no to #poorhousingconditions and #poorhealth as a result! #securehousing #betterhealth @genrentuk
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Migrant Access to Healthcare - The Hostile Environment in the NHS
2018-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | New North London Synagogue, 80 East End Road, London, N3 2SY, United Kingdom
NHS policies are having a devastating impact on migrant health. Patients who cannot prove they have the correct immigration status can be faced with charges of up to 150% of the cost of treatment before being given vital care, and fear hospitals will share their data with the Home Office, leading to their deportation.
These policies are penalising some of the most vulnerable people in our society, including pregnant women and those fleeing torture, and are forcing health workers to act as border guards.
Join public health charity Medact and New North London Synagogue’s Asylum Seeker Drop In to discuss this issue, and the role of healthcare workers.
Speakers:
Ussumane, an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau who has experienced the devastating impact of NHS charging policies first hand
Diane Taylor, Guardian Journalist and one of the founders of and volunteer at the NNLS Asylum Seeker Drop In
James Skinner, Nurse and access to healthcare campaigner at Medact
Hosted by:
Dr Ben Eder, Member of Medact Refugee Solidarity Group, boger of Noam and leader at Our Second Home – a summer camp for teenage refugee and asylum seekers in the UK
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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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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.
