With MPs and Peers back in Westminster after their summer recess, we share some updates below about Medical Justice’s work in Parliament this year, and what’s coming up. All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Immigration Detention The APPG on Immigration Detention is a cross-party group of MPs and peers that advocates for evidence-based reforms to […] The post Medical Justice’s Work in Parliament – Update appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
We are very pleased to announce details of our next Basic Training Day which will take place on Saturday 08 November 2025. The training day will start from 9.30am and end at 5.30pm. We are very excited to be able to offer this training in person in London. The training day is supported by self-study modules […] The post Basic Training Day For Clinicians – November 2025 appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
Our Induction Training Day is for new volunteer interpreters who are joining Medical Justice. By joining Medical Justice as a volunteer interpreter, you can have a positive impact on the lives and health of a vulnerable group of people in the UK. Our interpreters help people in detention seek support and advice despite the language […]| Medical Justice
Medical Justice collates Home Office Immigration Detention statistics through regular Freedom of Information requests. These statistics have now been updated to the end of December 2024. The statistics cover the following thematic areas: Rule 35 reports Self-harm incidents and Assessment Care and Detention Teamwork (ACDT) Segregation Use of Force Comparison between numbers of Rule 35 […]| Medical Justice
Medical Justice’s annual review, published for the first time today, highlights how failures in clinical safeguards continued to put vulnerable people at unacceptable levels of risk and failed to prevent harm in immigration detention during 2024. Medical Justice Annual Review: The state of healthcare and harm in UK immigration detention in 2024 draws on a […]| Medical Justice
Read the Annual Report here The Medical Justice Financial Year ending 31st January 2025 Annual Report shows how we changed lives and made detention less harmful. Thank you for making it possible. You can download the report here. In 2024, inspectors warned of the worst conditions they have ever found in immigration removal centres […] The post Annual Report | Financial Year February 2024 – January 2025 appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
Medical Justice welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to refuse the Home Office permission to appeal a ruling that its failure to consult with Medical Justice on changes to guidance for immigration detention caseworkers was unlawful. Our judicial review challenged the Home Office’s ‘Second Opinion’ policy which allows it to disregard a medico-legal report […] The post Supreme Court favourable decision in Medical Justice’s judicial review appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
This year we are celebrating our 20th anniversary and will be walking 10km on Tuesday 17th June to help raise funds for Medical Justice! Medical Justice is the only charity in the UK to send independent volunteer clinicians to visit people held in Immigration Removal Centres across the UK and document their scars of torture […] The post London Legal Walk 2025 | Medical Justice appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
Seeking a strategic thinker with strong operational management experience who is absolutely passionate about challenging injustice to strengthen our vibrant and highly respected organisation. As the first Head of Operations, you will provide strategic oversight, work with staff to translate our strategy into actionable, measurable plans for efficient and effective work, which will enhance the […] The post Vacancy | Head of Operations appeared first on Medical Justice.| Medical Justice
Introduced in January 2025, the government’s new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill includes a number of provisions relating to immigration detention. While some bring positive change, including full repeal of the deeply damaging Safety of Rwanda Act 2024, others are extremely worrying. Concerning gaps and changes The Bill scraps much of the Illegal Migration […] The post Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025 – Medical Justice’s work so far appeared first o...| Medical Justice
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Working to promote and defend the health rights of immigration detainees including by arranging independent medical assessments| Medical Justice
Medical Justice press release 19th Sept 2023 for immediate release Dangerous use of force, a wholesale failure of safeguards and a culture of dehumanisation led to 19 instances of inhuman or degrading treatment at Brook House – despite the systemic failures continuing, the government plans expansion of detention Today the Brook House Inquiry (BHI) has published its […]| Medical Justice