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  • It’s time for the health community to back a Green New Deal

    April 15, 2021
    It’s time for the health community to back a Green New Deal

    Members of our Climate & Health Research Cluster, discuss the findings of our latest briefing, ‘The public health case for a Green New Deal’, in the BMJ Opinion.


  • The UK’s covid-19 response underscores the danger of a “health versus wealth” approach

    March 9, 2021
    The UK’s covid-19 response underscores the danger of a “health versus wealth” approach

    Members of our Economic Justice & Health Group write in the BMJ discussing their experiences as frontline health workers during the pandemic, where they have had to treat both COVID-19 & the symptoms of harmful economic policies. Their article also draws upon the findings of our latest briefing paper, ‘Health Versus Wealth? UK economic policy…


  • The antithesis of care

    September 28, 2020
    The antithesis of care

    Our Research Manager, Dr Hilary Aked, wrote for Red Pepper Magazine, shedding light upon the implementation & impacts of the Prevent counter-extremism policy on mental health services.


  • Daniel Carter: Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave

    September 14, 2020
    Daniel Carter: Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave

    Daniel Carter, an Epidemiologist and member of our Economic Justice & Health Group, wrote in the BMJ about why protecting renters will help us minimise the public health impact of a second wave of COVID-19.


  • It Is Time For General Practice To Act On Racism In Health Care

    August 3, 2020
    It Is Time For General Practice To Act On Racism In Health Care

    The BJGP Life discussed some of the findings from our report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’, with a focus on the racial disproportionality in NHS referrals to Prevent.


  • Time to tackle institutional racism

    July 9, 2020
    Time to tackle institutional racism

    Medact Manchester member, Piyush Pushkar, wrote a blog for the BMA, discussing some of the findings from our report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’.


  • People with mental health problems are more likely to be referred to government’s counterterrorism programme

    July 6, 2020
    People with mental health problems are more likely to be referred to government’s counterterrorism programme

    The BMJ covered the findings of our report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’.


  • COVID-19: children on the front line

    June 28, 2020
    COVID-19: children on the front line

    Retired consultant paediatrician and co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public, John Puntis, writes for the BMJ about Medact’s Patients Not Passports briefing paper and our Migrant Solidarity Group’s recent research revealing the true impact of the Hostile Environment on children’s health.


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