People’s Health Movement Webinar for World Health Day
Our campaigners Siddhartha and James will be joining this webinar on Tuesday 7th April.
Responding to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the serious health inequalities that exist both in the UK and across the world. In response we have seen incredible kindness, and witnessed all kinds of actions to both serve our both communities immediate needs, and to tackle some of the inequalities that threaten to worsen the problem.
To fight this pandemic, we must radically re-imagine public health
Our public health is only as strong as our economic and social fabric.
The Social Justice Approach to Coronavirus
In this time of crisis, we need to keep the attention to public health measures that aren’t only good to control the virus outbreak but also extend to ensure that justice and protection is provided to those who are in the most vulnerable and precarious situations in our society.
Siddhartha Mehta: Healthcare workers should call for a health centred budget
Campaigner, Siddhartha Mehta, wrote in the BMJ Opinion about Medact’s open letter from health workers calling on the Government to introduce a health & wellbeing budget in wake of the Marmot Review.
Healthcare workers should call for a health centred budget
Read our Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha in BMJ Opinion, expanding on our case for a health centred budget in response to the findings of the Marmot 10-year review.
Marmot 2020: Health workers call for a Health and Wellbeing Budget
The findings of the recent Marmot review throw into stark relief the health inequalities caused by austerity. It links choices made in our economic, social and political system to negative and avoidable health outcomes.
Medact Meet & Greet ahead of Lucas Plan screening at MAC Birmingham
On March 1st, screenings are being organised up and down the country for the launch of The Plan ─ a new feature length documentary following the inspiring story of a group of workers at Lucas Aerospace in the 1970s, who, facing redundancies and industrial decline,...10 reasons Medact’s #HealthJustice Gathering is the place to be as a student
Before deadline and exam season starts, come to #HealthJustice 2020 to enhance your campaign knowledge and research skills, whist also discovering the fabulous city of Birmingham.
Siddhartha Mehta
Siddhartha has a background in public health and public interest campaigning. He has been a civil servant in the Public Health system of New Zealand working in the Health Improvement team to improve the built and food environment of Auckland. He was also a Union...Medact Gathering 2020
Join us for our 2020 gathering to explore the interlinked societal and political structures which damage health and how health workers can use their skills and their social mandate to create change for good.