Either Civil Rule or Everlasting Sit-in
Since December 2018, protests across Sudan have been taking place almost daily – with healthcare workers playing a central role. In this piece, we provide the background to the ongoing struggle and platform the voice of Dr. Mohammed Abdelraoof Hussien, a doctor in Sudan.
Migrant charging in the NHS: how doctors can support patients when hospital care is denied
Medact’s Patients Not Passports toolkit and Interim-Director, Guppi Bola, feature in this BMJ analysis of doctors and the hostile environment
How NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’
The importance of resisting the hostile environment in the NHS with Medact’s Patients Not Passports campaign
As we move into an uncertain future, we need to look at what our bodies tell us
A discussion on migration and health, featuring Medact’s Interim Director, Guppi Bola
MPs cave in to Left-wing doctors and scrap plans to stop health tourists coming to Britain for treatment they’re not entitled to – costing the NHS £280m a year
Daily Mail covers access to healthcare campaign work, featuring James Skinner, Medact
Palestine National Demonstration – join our health justice bloc
Join a health bloc for the National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 11 May in London – to mark the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe)
Patients Not Passports – challenging healthcare charging in the NHS
Medact’s new briefing paper examines NHS charging and the introduction of immigration controls in the NHS.
NHS Healthcare as a Hostile Environment: The barriers facing asylum seekers
Medact Manchester member, Dr Louise Tomkow, highlights the change needed to improve access to the NHS
DWP not Fit for Practice
In yet another demonstration of government departments concerning intervention in healthcare provision, a recent report released by Z2K highlights a new practice by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) that could have real impact on health equity. The report...A statement from Royal Liverpool healthcare workers on healthcare charges
“As a doctor I find it appalling that my employer could encourage me to provide substandard care for a patient because of their nationality. Recently I saw ‘cost recovery staff’ document in a very sick young female’s notes that staff should “refrain from providing non-urgent treatment because she is chargeable for her care and has not yet paid a deposit”. Patients will suffer. Either through direct clinical neglect, or (more likely) through delayed presentation to health services due to fear of financial ruin or being reported to authorities.”
Ensuring Universal Healthcare in the NHS: Advocacy tools in the context of migrant charging
Join Medact, Docs Not Cops, and Health Professionals for Global Health to find out about the impact of NHS charging regulations on migrants and the role healthcare workers have in improving access to care for all. This event will launch the Patient’s not Passports Toolkit and showcase a variety of speakers who will discuss how the policy may directly contravene the principles of universal healthcare.