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  • Patients Not Passports National Network Meeting

    September 30, 2021
    Patients Not Passports National Network Meeting

    This is a regular meeting for anyone involved in the Patients Not Passports campaign. Groups from around the country get together to share ideas, learn from each other, and plan […]


  • PnP New Joiners Meeting: November 2021

    September 29, 2021
    PnP New Joiners Meeting: November 2021

    The best way to get up to speed with the PNP campaign and get connected with work going on across the country is to come to our next New Joiners meeting on Tuesday 23rd September.


  • Refugees Welcome Demo

    September 29, 2021
    Refugees Welcome Demo

    A rally organised by people with experience of the asylum system to show the Government that we oppose the new Nationality and Borders Bill.


  • The New Plan for Immigration will only compound mental health issues for refugees

    June 17, 2021
    The New Plan for Immigration will only compound mental health issues for refugees

    Sanctuary seekers often arrive in the UK with a difficult set of premigration and migration journey experiences, and they are more likely than the host population or other people of […]


  • Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 2 – Prioritisation of COVID-19 testing: Migrant camps must not be forgotten

    June 12, 2020
    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

    June 9, 2020
    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

    June 5, 2020
    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


  • Patients Not Passports – challenging healthcare charging in the NHS

    April 9, 2019
    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.


  • Migrant Access to Healthcare – The Hostile Environment in the NHS

    October 2, 2018

    NHS policies are having a devastating impact on migrant health. Patients who cannot prove they have the correct immigration status can be faced with charges of up to 150% of […]


  • Refugee Solidarity Group – April meeting

    March 27, 2018

    Join our next meeting on Monday 11 December at 7.30pm at the Medact office.  Please contact Jessica Potter, if you would like to attend. The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to […]


  • Healthcare shouldn’t be a hostile environment…

    December 13, 2017
    Healthcare shouldn’t be a hostile environment…

    This winter, you can help us stop damaging changes to the NHS.


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