Doctors in Unite passed the following motion on 22 January 2023, to be submitted to the Unite Policy Conference in July 2023. This conference recognises that: Unite policies include a number of controversial and unproven technologies, often promoted by vested interests, for example: This conference acknowledges that NO NEW fossil fuels should be extracted if […]
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The UK’s oldest medical trade union has sent an open letter to the four Labour party leadership contenders, demanding they recognise climate change as a public health emergency. Doctors in Unite said that flooding, heatwaves, tropical diseases and toxic air pollution are already putting the public’s health at risk. The union’s chair Dr Jackie Applebee […]
Health professionals implore the Labour Party Leadership not to back down over ULEZ expansion. Sign our open letter here. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party. 23rd July 2023 Dear Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer, As health professionals who see the devastating health consequences of air pollution daily, […]
Doctors in Unite support the action of Extinction Rebellion in London April 21-24, (“The Big One”) demanding urgent action to tackle the climate change crisis. We have no confidence in the profit-driven energy, oil and other corporations to change course, nor in the Tory government to prioritise the climate catastrophe above short term profiteering. Starmer’s […]
A CHARTER FOR GENERAL PRACTICE INTRODUCTION This paper calls upon those who plan the National Health Service to recognise that unless we revitalise primary care and make it the centrepiece of the NHS, with General Practice as a fundamental part, we will fail to get the maximum benefit from our investment in the NHS. We […]
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Doctors in Unite 2022 AGM
We held our AGM on 6th February 2022. Our Chair Jackie Applebee, referenced the amount of work that had taken place over the last year in weekly meetings responding to Covid issues. This had resulted in a number of position statements, campaigning, support and information sharing. Going forward meetings will be fortnightly: a Branch Meeting […]
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an enquiry into the future of general practice, “examining the key challenges facing general practice over the next five years as well as the biggest current and ongoing barriers to access to general practice.” Further information can be found here. This is the submission Doctors in Unite […]
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John Launer This article is reproduced from the Postgraduate Medical Journal 25 August 2021. Please click on link for references. Medicine and politics are inseparable. This applies from the very beginning of medical training and throughout doctors’ careers. In most countries, the young people selected to go to medical school are predominantly drawn from a […]
Born in 1821 in Schivelbein, Pomerania, then part of Prussia and now called Świdwin in North Western Poland. Died in Berlin in 1902. ‘Politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale’ Known as the Father of Modern Pathology Here are just a few things he did in this field: He developed cell theory. […]
“Doctors in Unite are supportive of vaccination as part of a broader strategy to end the COVID 19 pandemic. In general we believe that any risks from the vaccines will be outweighed by the benefits. However, it is difficult to say this categorically when the trial data and protocols have not been made available. We […]
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