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DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK STATEMENT ON NHS HOSPITALS WITHHOLDING ‘NON-URGENT’ CARE

Like Albert Thompson, Djibril and many of our patients are refused life-saving treatment in NHS hospitals because it is deemed ‘non-urgent’ and they cannot hope to pay for it upfront. They are placed in this impossible situation as a result of the NHS charging scheme, whose reliance on classifications of ‘urgent’ and ‘non-urgent’ to determine if a patient has to pay upfront often fail to take account of conditions, like cancer, where timely treatment can make all the difference.

MPs repeat demand for an end to NHS Digital sharing patient data

The House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee has, for a second time, called on NHS Digital to immediately stop sharing patient details with the immigration authorities. Expressing deep concern about the Government’s approach to sharing confidential patient information

Exhibition: Doctors of the World’s innovative clinic design

Living with Buildings, will explore the pivotal role of design and urban planning in human health, featuring a mobile clinic, developed for and with Doctors of the World.

Living With Buildings

Living With Buildings An exhibition exploring the pivotal role of design and urban planning in human health, featuring a clinic developed for and with Doctors of the World. Living with Buildings opens at Wellcome Collection on 04 October 2018 until spring 2019.

Syrian Crisis: Seven Years of Impunity

This year 15 March marks seven years of war in Syria: the parties to the conflict, together with their allies, are killing with complete impunity, while the international community flounders impotently.

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018

On the 8th March, Doctors of the World celebrated International Women’s Day and highlighted the sad fact that many women in the world still die in childbirth, face sexual exploitation and often have a lack of access to contraception and safe abortion.

SHELLING PREVENTS AID FROM ENTERING EASTERN GHOUTA, SYRIA

Airstrikes and shelling on Eastern Ghouta have prevented humanitarian aid from entering the besieged enclave as well as medical evacuations five days after the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate nationwide cessation of hostilities, according to a group of international humanitarian organizations.

NHS Digital and DHSC refuse to suspend migrant data-sharing agreement with the Home Office, despite concerns raised by MPs and doctors

In a joint letter with the Home Office to the Health Select Committee (HSC), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said “we do not consider that, on the present state Read More

Call for case studies on problems accessing NHS care for migrants

Recent changes to health policy have made access to healthcare much more difficult for many migrants in the UK, and for many of our patients. To evidence the devastating effect we know these policies are having on many vulnerable people, we’re calling on frontline providers to submit anonymous case studies which demonstrate the impacts they see in their daily work.

Five reasons you’ll love the London to Paris Cycle

Love cycling? Fancy a challenge? Why not sign up for our London to Paris cycle ride. Open to all abilities, the ride takes place from 25-29 July 2018. We’d love you to join our team.

MPs and doctors challenge Home Office access to NHS patient data

Responding to calls from our #StopSharing campaign, a cross-party committee of MPs has put the NHS’ dangerous data-sharing deal with the Home Office under much-needed scrutiny. We told the committee how the sharing their confidential information makes migrant patients too afraid to access the healthcare they need.