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Global Health Watch 5
For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health. This fifth edition addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners today, […]
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Hospital Food
Every year, the NHS spends about £600 million on food and catering services, mostly in hospitals. But hospital food is often considered to be of poor quality, and the hospital […]
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BHP Billiton AGM solidarity demonstration
On Thursday 19 October, we joined London mining network, War on Want, Colombia Solidarity Campaign and People & Planet, for a demonstration against BHP’s neocolonial extractivism. We stood in solidarity with […]
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Sick of bad hospital food? 5 steps you can take
Medact’s work to improve hospital food follows from our new report, “Digesting The Indigestible”. But if you want to take more direct action, there is also our Campaign Toolkit, with […]
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Hospital Food Case Study – North Bristol NHS
North Bristol NHS is the largest hospital trust in the South West serving nearly a million people from Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. It also has a wider catchment […]
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Hospital Food Case Study – Nottingham University Hospitals
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH)’s 90 wards and 1,700 beds provide health services to 2.5 million people in the city of Nottingham, as well as specialist services for an additional 3-4 […]
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Farming and Antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing global public health threat, that requires urgent and co-ordinated action across all sectors. Whilst most of the focus has been on human use of […]
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How to improve food at your hospital – useful links
If you want to get involved with campaigning for healthier and more sustainable food in your hospital, or in your community in general, you are not alone.
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Comment on the government’s plan to tackle air pollution published today
Excellent news about a ban on petrol and diesel cars, but it needs to be expedited Commenting on the government plan to tackle air pollution published today, Professor Jonathan Grigg said: […]
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Health Through Peace Programme Launch
On 4-6th September at the University of York, Medact is bringing together health professionals and peace activists to debate, educate and advocate on conflict and global insecurity at Health Through […]
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Doctors Against Diesel website launched
We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel […]