Volunteering with Medical Justice

How you can get involved with Medical Justice work

Medics

We need qualified doctors, nurses, psychologists and midwives to volunteer to give advice to detainees over the phone where appropriate and conduct medical visits in places of detention where necessary. Medics are also need to give advice to other Medical Justice workers / volunteers. 

How Health Professionals Can Help Medical Justice

Solicitors, barristers and qualified immigration case-workers

We need solicitors and barristers to volunteer to give advice to Medical Justice patients and volunteers, and write-up case summaries in "plain English" for our website or useful court judgements that could benefit others - for example 

Interpreters

We need volunteer interpreters to visit detainees with doctors.  If you can help please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Anyone

Medical Justice London Meetings
Everyone is welcome to our public campaign meetings.  Each meeting has a specific theme - e.g. Mental Health, Children, HIV, etc.  You will be able to meet doctors, lawyers, ex-detainees and campaigners. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to join the mailing list to get notices of our campaign meetings. 

Visit detainees and refer detainees to Medical Justice
Make "social" visit to detainees and co-ordinate Medical Justice resources around individual cases.  You may benefit from joining a group of befrienders / campaigners who visit detainees and may hold special trainin for this.  See the visitors groups listed with the Association of visitors to immigration detainees.

Join the mailing list
If you join the mailing list you will get notices of all Medical Justice training and events.  To join the mailing please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last Updated on Friday, 31 August 2012 09:56