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Climate Change, Clean Air and Fossil Free Health – Why & how health professionals can use divestment as a powerful tool to fight climate change and protect health

Medact Office The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, United Kingdom

Climate change threatens to undo decades’ worth of global health gains, but the health community can help stop this. This event will explore the connections between climate change, fossil fuels and human health. We’ll analyse why – and how – the health community can give crucial support to the fossil fuel divestment movement, as it fights the […]

Health For All? Meeting Re: NHS Charging Policies

The Brady Arts Centre 92-196 Hanbury St, London, United Kingdom

Are you a health worker at Barts or in Tower Hamlets concerned about how regulations such as upfront charging, data sharing for immigration enforcement and ID checks impact on patient care and clinical practice? Join us to discuss the policies, their impact and how we can best support our patients on Tuesday 3rd July, 6:30pm […]

Homelessness, Housing and Access to Healthcare

John Radcliffe Hospital – Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Corridor Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Join Medact Oxford to discuss the issue of Homelessness, Housing and Access to Healthcare. Hear from a panel of expert speakers in the field and connect with healthcare professionals from across the city to explore what role health workers can play in ensuring that homeless and vulnerably housed people can access healthcare. 

Sustainable Healthcare Education 1-Day Masterclass in London

The Laycock Centre Islington, London, United Kingdom

This one-day masterclass by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is designed for health professional educators and students to develop skills for integrating planetary health and sustainable healthcare into existing curricula and teaching. Full details can be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/education/sustainable-healthcare-education-1-day-masterclass

AGM Weekend 2018

Kinning Park Complex 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Medact’s 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on the afternoon of 21st September. The AGM will be followed by a dinner and speaker event organised with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members and supporters from all around the UK to swap ideas and get […]

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Food for Thought

Kinning Park Complex 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join us for a dinner and speaker event organised in conjuction with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members, supporters and newcomers from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. We are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie join […]

Leadership skills for sustainability and health – 1-day course in Oxford

The Jam Factory Hollybush Row, Oxford, United Kingdom

An interactive one-day course for public health and other health professionals and trainees to develop leadership skills for environmental sustainability within and outside the health and care sector. Drawing on real-life examples, the course will explore how health professionals can work with partners to incorporate environmental sustainability into public health programmes, healthcare facilities management and clinical […]

Sustainability in quality improvement – 1-day course in Oxford

The Jam Factory Hollybush Row, Oxford, United Kingdom

An intensive one-day course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ framework for integrating sustainability into quality improvement. Learning from real examples, participants will explore in depth how the framework can be applied in practice to develop preventative, holistic, lean, low carbon care. Up to 6 CPD […]

Migrant Access to Healthcare – The Hostile Environment in the NHS

New North London Synagogue 80 East End Road, London, United Kingdom

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 the cost of treatment before being given vital care, and fear hospitals will share their data with the Home Office, leading to their deportation. These […]