Category: National
Dr Patrick Hart becomes the first working doctor to face a fitness to practice tribunal for climate activism.
Bristol based GP, Dr Patrick Hart, whose fitness to practice tribunal begins today, is the first working doctor to face […]
4th Oct 2025: More Health Workers arrested at October De-Proscription vigil in solidarity with Palestinians
At least 7 health professionals were arrested today at the latest protest against the unprecedented proscription of Palestine Action, and […]
Climate and Public Health Tour: North West stage
The North West is the second stop on HXR’s Climate and Public Health UK banner tour. The banners display the […]
Climate and Public Health Tour: South West stage (Plymouth, Cornwall and Dartmoor)
The South West was the first stop on HXR’s Climate and Public Health UK banner tour. Given that our government […]
25-06-2025: Open Letter Sent from Health Community to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Dear Mr Daniel Zeichner, MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Subject: Concerns Regarding Representation on the […]
British Medical Association passes two motions in support of doctors who undertake non-violent direct action at Annual Representatives Meeting
Doctors at the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) today voted overwhelmingly in favour of two motions which express support for […]
18th June 2025: Dr Sarah Benn has been suspended for a further 12 months following a second tribunal and tribunal review
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service has today imposed a 12 months suspension on Dr Sarah Benn following a second tribunal […]
17th June 2025: Dr Sarah Benn’s submission to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal today prior to their decision on what sanction to impose on her
This case is all about my attitude to the expectation that a doctor should uphold the law in order to […]
June 9th 2025: Dr Sarah Benn’s Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) suspension review begins this week along with a second tribunal hearing for protest following a second referral by the General Medical Council (GMC)
Dr Sarah Benn, a retired GP with over 30 years of unblemished NHS service is facing her Fitness to Practice […]
May 2025: Following HXR letter, the Lancet now refuses adverts from fossil fuel companies and the banks who fund them
The prestigous, world-leading medical science journal, The Lancet, along with its family of over 20 other journals, has updated its […]