Our work
Health injustice is driven by political, social and economic conditions. Our campaigns organise for systems change to win justice.
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By donating, you will support all of our member-led campaigns by helping to fund the training, events and resources we need to build health-worker power.
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Our members
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Monica Sharman
“Through Medact I am developing a deeper understanding of health injustice, and learning the skills to challenge it. It’s been incredible to do this work alongside such a compassionate team of people who inspire me to believe that a fairer world is possible.”
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Rebekah Cheung Judge
“Being a Medact member gives us the opportunity to join together as a community of healthcare practitioners to affect the sociopolitical determinants of health which we see play out every day in the lives of our patients.”
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Calum Barnes
“As a doctor, being a Medact member is a way of advocating for my patients. Being part of a movement toward social justice has given me purpose and identity in a time where it is otherwise only too easy to feel helpless.”
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Michael Orgel
“I’ve been a member of Medact and its predecessor MCANW for decades, trying to counter the existential risk of nuclear weapons. We need to eliminate them before they eliminate us – and the funds saved could help ensure healthcare is a right not a privilege.”
Become a Medact member now
Join a community of health workers fighting for health justice today. Together we have the power to change the system.
Medact membership is open to anyone who works in health and shares our values.
Latest news
- Take Action: Health Workers Stand for Trans Health
- Renters’ Rights Act: No faults’ eviction end but the fight for housing justice continues
- Wyndham Heat Network Campaign Launch Draws Packed Hall as Residents Call for Urgent Change
- Rapid Response: GP data and the Federated Data Platform in England
- No Palantir in the NHS Briefing: Action Pack for Local Groups
- Call for an End to All Fighting in Iran
Take action!
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Take Action: Health Workers Stand for Trans Health
We are health workers across the UK committed to supporting and caring for trans people. At a time when trans healthcare is under attack worldwide – through legal restrictions, NHS […]
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URGENT! Ask your MP to join the “Healthy Homes, Stronger NHS” roundtable
Ensure MPs are advocating for insulated housing as the government prepares for the June Spending Review and Warm Homes Plan.
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Open letter: End the financing of nuclear weapons!
For the health of people and the planet, the elimination of nuclear weapons and prevention of their use is an urgent priority. Take action! Sign the open letter!
Our work
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Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, indiscriminate, and inhumane instruments of mass murder ever created. Their use – and even their possession – goes against every principle of international humanitarian law.
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Homes for Health
We’re bringing together a movement of health workers united in a shared vision to reclaim our homes for people and the planet
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Economic Justice
Our economic system is making people sick. Gross inequality leads to unequal health outcomes. But this is not inevitable: we have the power to change the system. Today in the
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Abolitionist Approaches to Health
We call for collective security, health and well-being, rather than ‘hard’ security measures like border enforcement, a punitive criminal justice system, and counter-terror measures that criminalise entire communities.
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Get involved with the #PatientsNotPassports campaign!
Patients Not Passports are organising to end to racist migrant charging policies within the NHS. Get involved with the campaign!