Frequently Asked Questions About The Prevent Duty in Healthcare
Members of our Securitisation of Health Group have answered some FAQ about the Prevent Duty in healthcare.
How I tried to resist the harmful Prevent policy
Hospice community artist Marcelo Camus reacts to the appointment of William Shawcross to review the Prevent counter-extremism programme and recalls his own struggle to resist the damage done by this policy in the health sector
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief’s call for evidence on anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination
We submitted to a UN Special Rapporteur’s call for evidence on anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination. Our submission focuses on the so-called “Prevent duty” in the UK National Health Service, drawing on our July 2020 report False Positives: the Prevent...Prevent duty in NHS ─ October planning meeting
An online meeting to discuss the ways that health workers can take action on issues related to the Prevent duty in the NHS.
False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch)
Thank you to all who joined us for the online launch of our latest report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’. We heard from an incredible panel of experts on the subject: Dr Hilary Aked – Research Manager at Medact and a writer...False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare
False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare is a new Medact report, written by Medact Research Manager Dr. Hilary Aked. The report examines the implementation and impacts of the Prevent duty in the NHS, looking at the interaction between the...The Prevent duty in the NHS: implementation and impacts
As Medact begins new work looking at how the PREVENT strand of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy is affecting the NHS, Reem Abu-Hayyeh gives an overview of the policy and its reception to date.
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