Medact speaks out for countless people across the globe whose health, wellbeing and access to proper health care are severely compromised by the effects of war, poverty and environmental damage. The West Yorkshire group has been set up to take forward some of these campaigns at a local level.

Our first campaign is now underway: Defending Access to Healthcare. The UK government is consulting on a proposal to make it impossible for refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants to use the NHS. We think this is a rather bad idea.

To get involved: * Come to one of our meetings - look here * Join our mailing list by sending a blank email from your own email account to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it * Learn more about the details and background of this and other campaigns from www.medact.org