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BBC Panorama – The Global Fund and Corruption
David McCoy is a public health physician based at Queen Mary University, London. He is also Chair of the Board of Medact. On December 2nd, Panorama – one of the […]
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Typhoon Haiyan Appeal
Humanitarian aid won’t stop climate change. Thousands killed. 1.9 million displaced. Super typhoon Haiyan – which hit the Philippines in November – is only one manifestation of an extreme […]
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Tax & Health
Severe resource constraints in the wake of the financial crisis have made the provision of health care more difficult than ever. In the UK, the NHS is facing the largest […]
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The Future of the NHS
Alarmed by the way ‘choice’ is being used to promote the NHS reforms, Medact wrote a pamphlet which unpicks what is meant by ‘choice’, exposes how the increase in ‘choice’ […]
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Medact responds to NHS White Paper
Medact responded to the government consultation on the NHS White Paper Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NH, arguing that health professionals must be free to concentrate on the best interests […]
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Background paper on the issues raised by the NHS White Paper
In preparation for its response to the 2010 government White Paper Equity & Excellence: liberating the NHS, Medact produced a background document summarising what it considered were the main issues […]
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The ‘Skills Drain’ of Health Professionals from the Developing World – a Framework for Policy Formulation
This is the second of Medact’s two papers on the ‘skills drain’ of health professionals from the developing world, which examine the economic, governance and human rights issues that surround […]
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The International Migration of Health Workers – a human rights analysis
Medact has launched two papers on the ‘skills drain’ of health professionals from the developing world, examining the economic, governance and human rights issues that surround this controversial issue. They […]