Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 3 – In Conversation: Open University Lecturer Dr Kathryn Medièn talks to Patients Not Passports.
Dr Kathryn Medièn, lecturer in Sociology at the Open University, interviews the Patients Not Passports team about migrant access to healthcare during the coronavirus crisis.
Climate Change and Access to Healthcare in the East Midlands ─ how the health community can campaign for change
The impacts of climate change are clearly being felt on human health across the world. At the same time, many people are being denied the right to health care from the NHS. Both these issues are causing misery and suffering in the East Midlands, and will only become...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.
Medact Research Network: Access to Healthcare Research Meeting
The Medact Research Network will be convening for an Access to Healthcare research meeting on Wednesday 1 July, 6.30pm – 8.00pm. Further details on how to join the meeting will be posted shortly. If you have any questions, please email Hilary, our Research...Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 2 – Prioritisation of COVID-19 testing: Migrant camps must not be forgotten
Sally, Anna and Kieran – researchers in the Migrant Health Group at St George’s, University of London – explore the increased risk to coronavirus faced by people living in Europe’s migrant camps, and the steps Governments should be taking to ensure they are able to access the testing and treatment they need.
Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 1 – The Psychological Impacts of the Hostile Environment
Darran Martin, a paediatric intensive care and ED nurse, explores the long term psychological impact of the Hostile Environment and the way in which these policies affect much more than a person’s ability to access public services.
Patients Not Passports – Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis
Medact’s new briefing paper examines the barriers to accessing healthcare for migrants during the coronavirus crisis
Medact Research Network
At Medact, we strongly believe in the importance of research for informing how best to act to secure our collective health. One of our biggest strengths as a movement is the knowledge and expertise of our members. That’s why we’re launching a Medact Research Network....Calls to scrap ‘unfair’ NHS surcharge for all migrant workers
Campaigner, James Skinner, was quoted in the Guardian, discussing the importance of scrapping the NHS Surcharge for all migrants, following the government’s decision to end NHS charging for NHS staff.