Over the past two years, UK-Med has been undergoing the process to become verified as an EMT (emergency medical team) by the World Health Organization (WHO); a global ‘on-call’ system for responding to the increasing number of large disasters and war zones around the world....
This week, UK-Med’s Health Director Ram and Emergency Nurse Sophia have been working in Kabul, Afghanistan, to support the country’s COVID-19 response. Ram reports...
On Saturday 2nd April 2022, the William Byrd Singers will be performing J S Bach’s St Mathew Passion at the Stoller Hall in Manchester in support of UK-Med....
A month into the conflict in Ukraine – Emergency Medicine Doctor Freda Newlands sends a second heart wrenching update from the city of Drohobych in the West of the country. ...
Six NHS doctors and nurses fly from Manchester to join our team of nine already working across the country. ...
Emergency Medicine Doctor Freda Newlands sends an update from the field in western Ukraine after visiting a shelter for internally displaced people in Drohobych, just south of Lviv....
We are delighted to share that Manchester Baroque and Manchester Cathedral are generously donating 100% of ticket sales from their annual Good Friday concert to support our work in Ukraine....
Ram and Tom have now travelled across the border from Poland. Over the past couple of days, we’ve been working with a number of our partners, including PCPM; a Polish emergency medical charity, who are travelling with us into Ukraine and have been doing amazing...
Today, we’ve launched an emergency appeal with the backing of Andy Burnham and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to support the humanitarian health crises unfolding in Ukraine, as nearly half a million people flee to Ukraine’s neighbouring countries. ...
As the Russian offensive in Ukraine enters its sixth day, the situation is constantly changing – but we know that the number of civilians injured, killed, and displaced is rapidly growing....