Medact
@medact.bsky.social
Health workers for health justice! https://medact.org
Join us on Wednesday 25 February at 7 pm on Zoom for a transformative workshop on deconstructing oppressive systems in medical education and exploring new paths toward health justice. www.medact.org/event/unlear...
Unlearning Medical Education - Medact Calendar
This event will feature group discussions and a conversation between Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan and Dr Jo Hartland about their experiences of medical learning.
www.medact.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Join us on Wednesday 25 February at 7 pm on Zoom for a transformative workshop on deconstructing oppressive systems in medical education and exploring new paths toward health justice. www.medact.org/event/unlear...
Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
To our fellow health workers, and all those showing us the real meaning of community care in the USA: we stand with you because we know our struggles are the same.
www.medact.org/2026/blogs/f...
www.medact.org/2026/blogs/f...
In Solidarity – From UK Health Workers to US Health Workers Resisting ICE - Medact
In offering our grief and solidarity, we re-commit ourselves to standing with all our fellow health workers resisting fascism, from Minneapolis to Gaza.
www.medact.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
To our fellow health workers, and all those showing us the real meaning of community care in the USA: we stand with you because we know our struggles are the same.
www.medact.org/2026/blogs/f...
www.medact.org/2026/blogs/f...
We are looking for several new Trustees, a new Chair of the Board of Trustees and a new Treasurer to help oversee our governance and support our work. If you share our vision and passion, why not join our Board and help us fight for health justice? www.medact.org/2026/jobs/va...
VACANCIES: We’re recruiting Trustees, Treasurer, and Chair of the Board - Medact
Are you passionate about health justice? Medact is seeking new Trustees to help oversee our governance and support our work.
www.medact.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
We are looking for several new Trustees, a new Chair of the Board of Trustees and a new Treasurer to help oversee our governance and support our work. If you share our vision and passion, why not join our Board and help us fight for health justice? www.medact.org/2026/jobs/va...
“Our real demand is that we should not even allow ICE in our hospital at all,” Morgan emphasized. www.blackrosefed.org/hospital-org...
Healthcare Workers Freed a Patient From ICE – You Can Do the Same
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents brought a detainee to a California hospital in 2025, they didn’t know they would leave empty-handed. Using capacity they built over months of orga...
www.blackrosefed.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Our real demand is that we should not even allow ICE in our hospital at all,” Morgan emphasized. www.blackrosefed.org/hospital-org...
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NEW Substack blog by the excellent NHS Analysts Together - part of the No Palantir in the NHS campaign.
Recommended reading for campaigners interested in Palantir, the Federated Data Platform and the NHS
nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/understand...
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org
Recommended reading for campaigners interested in Palantir, the Federated Data Platform and the NHS
nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/understand...
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW Substack blog by the excellent NHS Analysts Together - part of the No Palantir in the NHS campaign.
Recommended reading for campaigners interested in Palantir, the Federated Data Platform and the NHS
nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/understand...
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org
Recommended reading for campaigners interested in Palantir, the Federated Data Platform and the NHS
nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/understand...
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org
@goodlawproject.bsky.social and @justtreatment.org set up a tool to help us check whether our local NHS trusts are adopting Palantir's software and, if so, to send an email calling on them to reject its use. Let's start emailing!
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@goodlawproject.bsky.social and @justtreatment.org set up a tool to help us check whether our local NHS trusts are adopting Palantir's software and, if so, to send an email calling on them to reject its use. Let's start emailing!
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
An important read: shado-mag.com/articles/can...
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
An important read: shado-mag.com/articles/can...
Palantir is not welcome in the NHS! Sign the petition and read the evidence! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ge...
Get dangerous tech out of our NHS!
“Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them,” Alex Karp (Co-founder and CEO o...
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Palantir is not welcome in the NHS! Sign the petition and read the evidence! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ge...
CALL TO ACTION - Send this message to 5 friends in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland
NHS England has demanded that hospitals and NHS Trusts in Leicester use Palantir’s software to process our patient data and the roll out has already started. But with help, they can resist!
NHS England has demanded that hospitals and NHS Trusts in Leicester use Palantir’s software to process our patient data and the roll out has already started. But with help, they can resist!
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
CALL TO ACTION - Send this message to 5 friends in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland
NHS England has demanded that hospitals and NHS Trusts in Leicester use Palantir’s software to process our patient data and the roll out has already started. But with help, they can resist!
NHS England has demanded that hospitals and NHS Trusts in Leicester use Palantir’s software to process our patient data and the roll out has already started. But with help, they can resist!
📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
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Police tech doesn't predict crime. It predicts policing.
Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities.
The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word.
Sign up ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/join-fight-a...
Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities.
The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word.
Sign up ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/join-fight-a...
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Police tech doesn't predict crime. It predicts policing.
Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities.
The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word.
Sign up ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/join-fight-a...
Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities.
The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word.
Sign up ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/join-fight-a...
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting this week - Wednesday 3rd December, 6-7.30pm!
Open to health workers & health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Open to health workers & health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – December Meeting - Medact Calendar
Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.
www.medact.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting this week - Wednesday 3rd December, 6-7.30pm!
Open to health workers & health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Open to health workers & health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
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"Humanitarianism has enabled the genocide to last for two years.
A single operating room won’t change anything. Particularly when that operating room is paid for by the same Government paying for the missiles and bombs."
A single operating room won’t change anything. Particularly when that operating room is paid for by the same Government paying for the missiles and bombs."
What does it mean to be a health worker in the face of genocide? 🩺
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism - Medact Calendar
Join us for a webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the genocide in Gaza.
www.medact.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Humanitarianism has enabled the genocide to last for two years.
A single operating room won’t change anything. Particularly when that operating room is paid for by the same Government paying for the missiles and bombs."
A single operating room won’t change anything. Particularly when that operating room is paid for by the same Government paying for the missiles and bombs."
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🚨ACT NOW: Stand with NHS nurses facing deportation!
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
Nurses in Manchester at Risk of Deportation – Patients Not Passports
patientsnotpassports.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨ACT NOW: Stand with NHS nurses facing deportation!
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
There’ll also be a Q&A, giving you the chance to ask questions and reflect on how health workers can take action in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Share with colleagues, comrades and networks who care about justice, health and liberation.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Share with colleagues, comrades and networks who care about justice, health and liberation.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism - Medact Calendar
Join us for a webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the genocide in Gaza.
www.medact.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There’ll also be a Q&A, giving you the chance to ask questions and reflect on how health workers can take action in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Share with colleagues, comrades and networks who care about justice, health and liberation.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Share with colleagues, comrades and networks who care about justice, health and liberation.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Together, we’ll unpack:
⚕️ The politics of humanitarianism
🇬🇧 The British state’s complicity
✊🏽 How health workers can move from charity to liberation
We'll be joined by Layth Hanbali, Ghassan Abu Sittah, Amira Nimerawi, Hannah Caller and James Smith.
⚕️ The politics of humanitarianism
🇬🇧 The British state’s complicity
✊🏽 How health workers can move from charity to liberation
We'll be joined by Layth Hanbali, Ghassan Abu Sittah, Amira Nimerawi, Hannah Caller and James Smith.
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Together, we’ll unpack:
⚕️ The politics of humanitarianism
🇬🇧 The British state’s complicity
✊🏽 How health workers can move from charity to liberation
We'll be joined by Layth Hanbali, Ghassan Abu Sittah, Amira Nimerawi, Hannah Caller and James Smith.
⚕️ The politics of humanitarianism
🇬🇧 The British state’s complicity
✊🏽 How health workers can move from charity to liberation
We'll be joined by Layth Hanbali, Ghassan Abu Sittah, Amira Nimerawi, Hannah Caller and James Smith.
What does it mean to be a health worker in the face of genocide? 🩺
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism - Medact Calendar
Join us for a webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the genocide in Gaza.
www.medact.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What does it mean to be a health worker in the face of genocide? 🩺
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system.
www.medact.org/event/palest...
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting tonight - Wednesday 5th November, 6-7.30pm!
Open to health workers and health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Open to health workers and health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – November Meeting - Medact Calendar
Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.
www.medact.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting tonight - Wednesday 5th November, 6-7.30pm!
Open to health workers and health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
Open to health workers and health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare.
www.medact.org/event/abolit...
🚨📣 This Saturday 1st November!
Join us in London for 'Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World' – as we host brilliant speakers, campaigning to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons in our lifetimes.
Free to attend and open to all – make sure you're registered 🥂⬇️
Join us in London for 'Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World' – as we host brilliant speakers, campaigning to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons in our lifetimes.
Free to attend and open to all – make sure you're registered 🥂⬇️
🚨 T-2 weeks until we host: Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World – an evening lecture, conversation and drinks reception in London, free and open to all!
Interested in learning more about the movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction? Join us ⬇️
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Interested in learning more about the movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction? Join us ⬇️
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World - Medact Calendar
We welcome Medact members, health workers, students, and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on the fight for a nuclear weapons free world.
www.medact.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚨📣 This Saturday 1st November!
Join us in London for 'Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World' – as we host brilliant speakers, campaigning to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons in our lifetimes.
Free to attend and open to all – make sure you're registered 🥂⬇️
Join us in London for 'Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World' – as we host brilliant speakers, campaigning to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons in our lifetimes.
Free to attend and open to all – make sure you're registered 🥂⬇️
📢 Rent is eating us alive and destroying our health.
It’s time to cap rents and expand social housing. We need rent controls, secure tenancies and a national strategy to rebalance the housing system.
www.medact.org/project/home...
It’s time to cap rents and expand social housing. We need rent controls, secure tenancies and a national strategy to rebalance the housing system.
www.medact.org/project/home...
Homes for Health - Medact
We're bringing together a movement of health workers united in a shared vision to reclaim our homes for people and the planet
www.medact.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📢 Rent is eating us alive and destroying our health.
It’s time to cap rents and expand social housing. We need rent controls, secure tenancies and a national strategy to rebalance the housing system.
www.medact.org/project/home...
It’s time to cap rents and expand social housing. We need rent controls, secure tenancies and a national strategy to rebalance the housing system.
www.medact.org/project/home...
The government blames “supply and demand,” but the housing crisis is man-made:
🏠 Buy-to-let landlords selling up or passing on costs.
💸 Years of weak tenant protections.
📈 A lack of affordable housing.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
🏠 Buy-to-let landlords selling up or passing on costs.
💸 Years of weak tenant protections.
📈 A lack of affordable housing.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The government blames “supply and demand,” but the housing crisis is man-made:
🏠 Buy-to-let landlords selling up or passing on costs.
💸 Years of weak tenant protections.
📈 A lack of affordable housing.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
🏠 Buy-to-let landlords selling up or passing on costs.
💸 Years of weak tenant protections.
📈 A lack of affordable housing.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
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Some of our partners joining us at #HCD2025 include Peckham Palms, Centric Labs & Latin Elephant.
We’ll also be joined by @medact.bsky.social, sharing insights from their participatory community research and the Nags Head Healthy Homes campaign 🏡
We’ll also be joined by @medact.bsky.social, sharing insights from their participatory community research and the Nags Head Healthy Homes campaign 🏡
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some of our partners joining us at #HCD2025 include Peckham Palms, Centric Labs & Latin Elephant.
We’ll also be joined by @medact.bsky.social, sharing insights from their participatory community research and the Nags Head Healthy Homes campaign 🏡
We’ll also be joined by @medact.bsky.social, sharing insights from their participatory community research and the Nags Head Healthy Homes campaign 🏡
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A fantastic opportunity for ant-nuclear activists to meet up and learn more about the movement to abolish WMD, in London on 01 November.
🚨 T-2 weeks until we host: Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World – an evening lecture, conversation and drinks reception in London, free and open to all!
Interested in learning more about the movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction? Join us ⬇️
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Interested in learning more about the movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction? Join us ⬇️
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World - Medact Calendar
We welcome Medact members, health workers, students, and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on the fight for a nuclear weapons free world.
www.medact.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A fantastic opportunity for ant-nuclear activists to meet up and learn more about the movement to abolish WMD, in London on 01 November.