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…
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.
A number of members of Medact from the Nuclear Weapons Group (NWG) have produced a paper for submission to Labour’s International Policy Commission Defence Review. The submission is based on […]
This briefing by Dr David McCoy provides a structured and detailed examination of the arguments used by Jeremy Farrar (Wellcome Trust) and Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh) to support continued investment […]
Medact believes that healthcare should be freely accessible for all who need it on ethical, humanitarian, public health and economic grounds. However, the government’s current policy trajectory is set to […]
Summary According to the government, new measures are needed to combat ‘health tourism’ (i.e. visitors who come to the UK with the express intention of seeking free NHS care) and […]
Any non-EEA citizen who is not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK is liable for charging in secondary care, with some notable exemptions relating to membership to specific groups and specific […]
Medact member Frank Boulton has produced the following report on why nuclear weapons remain a very present danger. This briefing describes the current situation concerning nuclear weapons in a global context and why […]