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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.
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Selling the Military – A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing
A new report co-written with ForcesWatch explores the UK military’s recent recruitment marketing campaigns, analysing the messaging and intended target audiences for recruitment.
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Submission to Defence Select Committee into US INF Treaty withdrawal
Members of Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group collaborated on this submission to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Inquiry into the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty in […]
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Submission to welfare safety net inquiry 2018
This submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into the ‘Welfare safety net’ was put together from answers to a survey of health professionals asking about their experiences […]
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The mental health of the UK Armed Forces and veterans – Medact submission to Defence Select Committee
We publish evidence submitted by Medact to the Defence Select Committee for its inquiry into the mental health of Armed Forces and veterans, outlining serious concerns related to the mental health impacts of the UK practice of recruiting adolescents to its military.
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First do no harm – clinical roles in preventing and reducing damage to vulnerable immigration detainees
The available evidence shows that the objectives of significantly reducing the number of vulnerable individuals detained and the duration of their detention have not been achieved by the changes to policy and practice introduced since the initial review into welfare in detention of vulnerable persons produced by Mr Steven Shaw in January 2016. In our…
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Digesting the Indigestible
Unravelling hospital food policy and practices, and finding the way towards healthier, tastier and more sustainable hospital food
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A Safer World – Treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons
The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess nuclear weapons. Our new report takes this opportunity to re-examine the arguments for and against the UK’s continued adherence to its own nuclear arsenal.
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How to Divest a Health Institution
Two years on from the release of our first report on health and fossil fuel investments, “Unhealthy Investments”, the divestment movement has grown exponentially and health institutions worldwide have made […]
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A Healthy and Sustainable Food Future
In this briefing Medact and Eating Better examine UK dietary guidelines and make recommendations to the UK government on how they can drive the change towards more sustainable – as well as healthier – eating.
