Launch of the ‘Atoms for Peace?’ research report on university links to the UK’s nuclear weapons programme followed by a panel discussion on the ethics of military research in universities with Sir Jonathon Porritt (Forum for the Future and Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme) Professor Andy Blowers (Open University) and Dr Christopher Watson (British Pugwash […]
Location: Medact Offices Background Medact is a London-based health charity designed to enable health professionals to act on the social, political, ecological and economic determinants of health and health inequality. Medact is developing a strategic workplan for the next two years. As part of this process, it is organising a workshop to help determine its […]
The regular meeting of the London group of the People’s Health Movement. The group will be planning their grassroots campaigning around the issue of Private Finance Initiative’s in East London hospitals. The meeting will take place at the Medact offices. All welcome – especially newcomers.
The regular meeting of the London group of the People’s Health Movement. The group will be planning their grassroots campaigning around the issue of Private Finance Initiative’s in East London hospitals. The meeting will take place at the Medact offices. All welcome – especially newcomers.
This event is being run by the People’s Health Movement. For more information about PHM, please visit www.phm-uk.org.uk. The People´s Health Movement (PHM) has its roots deep in the grassroots people’s movement and owes its genesis to many health networks and activists who have been concerned by the growing inequities in health over the last […]
In April 2014, Medact – together with our partners Healthy Planet UK – launched the ‘Fossil Free Health’ campaign. We are calling on the UK health community to divest from fossil fuels. As a community committed to improving health worldwide, we hope that organisations such as the British Medical Association, the Royal Colleges and the […]
Medact and the Royal Society of Medicine are holding an event on 29th April: “Torture – An ethical dilemma for the medical profession?” Torture is all too common and widespread; and it comes into touch with many parts of the medical and public health system. What is the ethical position of clinicians working in prison […]
Join us for Medact’s Annual General Meeting. This is a members only business meeting. The AGM is an opportunity to vote on new board members, discuss the memorandum and articles and propose motions. The AGM will be followed by a mini conference, click here to find out more. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. If […]