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Doctors of the World
@DOTW_UK
Before, during, after a crisis. ๐Ÿ’™ Our volunteer doctors and nurses will be here.
United Kingdom
doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Sep 6, 2020
    Replying to @kydm100
    We're sorry your family has been put in this terrible situation. NHS trusts often misapply the (highly unfair) NHS Charging Regulations. If you'd like to DM us, our Hospital Access Project team would be happy to take a look at the case. Take care @kaydemoda ๐Ÿ’™
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Mar 13, 2020
    Latest advice - We've translated #NHS updated guidelines + resources on to how to stay safe from #COVID19 #COVID_19uk #Coronavirus Available now in English, Albanian, Dari, French, Pashto, Portuguese, Bengali, Vietnamese, Kurdish Sorani bit.ly/3cPHnJI
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    May 31, 2024
    ๐ŸšจAย mental health crisis is unfolding at the UK mass asylum camp in Wethersfield, Essex. Refugees should NOT have to survive another crisis. We are asking @ukhomeoffice to #CloseTheCamps ๐Ÿงต
    Mental health crisis unfolds at RAF Wethersfield Mass Containment Site: Doctors of the World and...
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    May 2, 2018
    TODAY we take the battle to Westminster by parodying @theresa_may โ€˜Go Home' vans. Weโ€™ll be outside the @ukhomeoffice demanding the #HostileEnvironment is kicked out of our #NHS. READ our press release: ow.ly/3iph30jMPmz . SIGN #StopSharing petition: ow.ly/VvSU30jMPmB
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Apr 13, 2020
    Today, with the @theBMA and royal medical colleges, we asked the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Health to suspend the #NHS Charging Regulations. The regulations are dangerous, and undermine efforts to stop the spread of #covid-19 because: 1/5
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Nov 7, 2016
    A year ago, Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free. The heroes are the medics who are still there rebuilding the devastated healthcare system.
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Feb 21, 2024
    Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration scrutinises Home Office's immigration and asylum work. He recently inspected asylum containment sites. Sacking him with no replacement leaves a major oversite gap. Who will hold @ukhomeoffice to account?
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Nov 16, 2021
    Breaking news: Doctors of the World UK is today intervening in an important case at the High Court, on denying healthcare to people living in the UK without immigration status.
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Apr 7, 2023
    Please share ๐Ÿ’™ Join medical professionals, human rights campaigners, and health exclusion survivors, in defending the right to health for ALL, and protecting people against the govโ€™s #IllegalMigrationBill. #CommunitiesNotCamps #StopTheBill
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    Doctors of the World
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    Jul 21, 2017
    The delicious irony - the Defend Europe boat has been stopped en route for not having the right papers. independent.co.uk/news/world/eurโ€ฆ
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Nov 27, 2016
    Launching: unique #Christmas cards look beyond the nativity to the realities of the Middle East today. #RealityXmas bit.ly/2fn7Ggn
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Nov 12, 2018
    This year 70,000 docs + patients signed our petition to #StopSharing patient information w/ the @ukhomeoffice. In May, the deal was suspended. TODAY news the deal will be WITHDRAWN after legal action by @libertyhq and @migrants_rights Read our statement: bit.ly/DOTWstop
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    Dec 7, 2019
    How many more people will have to suffer and die because of this unethical, immoral, senseless laws? Our patient, an elderly woman suffering from 2 forms of cancer had vital #NHS treatment delayed for months because she couldnโ€™t pay ยฃ150,000 upfront 1/14
    Womanโ€™s vital cancer treatment delayed over ยฃ150k NHS charge
    From theguardian.com
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    Doctors of the World
    @DOTW_UK
    May 3, 2020
    โ€œThe UK has 10 indigenous languages incl sign languages, and many more spoken in communities. From a public health view, it is pointless producing info in just one language when 1/3rd speak another and many as a first languageโ€ @DoctorChrisVT talked to BBC about our work ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’™