Charging vulnerable for NHS primary medical services
25/07/2009

Medsin recently released a report summarising 274 submissions to a health department consultation about charging overseas visitors for primary care. It said that 43% of respondents had concerns about the effects on public health of charging, and 55% thought that the proposed charging scheme would not be cost effective or practical to implement.

The Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons takes extensive evidence from medical professionals and organisation
29/06/2009

The Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, during consideration of the Draft (Partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill, took extensive evidence from medical professionals and organisations – among which MDM UK- who were worried about the impact of proposals indicated in the Draft Bill to restrict access to health services for some groups of migrants.

Children’s Commissioner: "Detention of children must stop"
27/04/2009

On Monday 27 April 2009, England's Children's Commissioner published a report on the arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control. The Children's Commissioner is responsible for ensuring compliance by the State with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in England. The Commissioner describes the government's policy of holding children in removal centres as "harmful to their health and well-being".

Source: Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/27/childrenrefused-asylum-detention-centres

Failed asylum seekers are denied health care
01/03/2009

On 30 March 2009, the UK Asylum Appeals Court ruled in its judgment that failed asylum seekers with chronic illnesses were not entitled to free health care under the National Health Service (NHS). The test case was brought by a 35-year-old Palestinian man with a chronic liver disease who was initially refused free treatment to prevent liver failure.

MDM UK held its annual conference: "Migrants' access to health care needs to be improved"
01/03/2009

The aim of the annual conference of Médecins du Monde UK was to identify ways in which healthcare professionals can help make health care more accessible to migrants. This issue is becoming increasingly important, as it is estimated that over the next decade climate change will result in an extra 50 million to 200 million people from poor countries seeking refuge in richer countries.

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