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  • First do no harm – clinical roles in preventing and reducing damage to vulnerable immigration detainees

    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…

  • Better Medical Care in Immigrant Detention Centres

    Better Medical Care in Immigrant Detention Centres

    Following a meeting organised by Medact with the generous assistance of the Royal Society of Medicine, of seven doctors working in immigration detention centres and six from voluntary organisations produced a consensus statement for dissemination.

  • Support for doctors working in immigration detention centres

    Support for doctors working in immigration detention centres

    Torture and doctors’ dual obligation Support for doctors working in immigration detention centresIn recent years, colleagues and I have examined several hundred asylum seekers giving histories of torture but subjected […]