UK-Med’s academic partners at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (part of the University of Manchester) have developed a short online course on Global Health and Humanitarianism. HCRI’s massive open online course (MOOC) will discuss the question ‘is humanitarianism an effective, justifiable and sustainable response to ill-health, inequality, injustice and war?’ HCRI’s work and teaching…

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Operations Manager with humanitarian and/or emergency health response experience to provide leadership and strategic oversight to all activities relating to delivery of the UK EMT programme during this busy period of development. The post holder will be experienced in programme planning, review of systems and resources, and team…

On 21-22 April, UK-Med will be attending the annual RCS Global Surgical Frontiers Conference to speak to attendees about the UK Emergency Medical Team (UKEMT) and to recruit a small number of surgeons and related clinicians to join the UKEMT register. We are particularly looking for fully-trained and experienced emergency General and Plastic surgeons, especially…

We are seeking to appoint a Humanitarian Pharmacy Adviser to provide technical oversight and management of all pharmaceutical aspects of the UK EMT programme with emphasis on the development of operational mechanisms and systems required for preparedness during an overseas deployment. The post holder will provide technical advice to pharmaceutical procurement and supply chain management….

On the 1st of April 2017 UK-Med ceased operating as a charitable Trust – Charity Number 1046202 and commenced operation as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation – Charity Number 1166956. Currently it will have no effect on any transactions between UK-Med and volunteers as the charitable status of UK-Med is as before and the name is…

On Wednesday 15 March, UK-Med attended the International Emergency Response Open Day. Organised by the University of Portsmouth, the event was hosted in co-ordination with the SimEx Multi-national Disaster Simulation series and showed how the response to sudden on-set disasters by national and international organisations is evolving. The event provided an opportunity for recruitment and…

All members of the UK-Med team have come through an ‘Out of this World’ experience over the last six months with their commitment to and subsequent verification of the UKEMT Type 1 & 2 and specialist cell in Rehab, during the Simex/Verification weekend held in Moreton-in-Marsh 9th -13th December.  The UKEMT verification was undertaken by…

The UK-Med office will be closed for the holidays on the following dates: Saturday 24th – Wednesday 28th December Saturday 31st December – Monday 2nd January We are running a reduced service between 09.00-17.00 on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th December. We reopen for the New Year at 09.00 on Tuesday 3rd January.

Former UK-Med Medical Adviser and Membership Manager, Karen O’ Neill nee Livingstone, was this week honoured by the University of Manchester with an Outstanding Alumni Award. Proposed by the School of Nursing,  where she studied for her undergraduate nursing degree, Karen had also completed further studies at the university with the award in 2012 of…

UK-Med was represented at a conference organised by the Margaret Pyke Trust on Saturday 26th November, at the Royal College of Physicians, London. The conference focussed on the theme of sexual and reproductive health in the developing world, and included talks by Dr. Brigid Hayden (UK-Med’s Deputy Medical Director), and Dr. Elaine Kirk (Trainee Humanitarian…