“Experiencing the deaths of children from this preventable disease was really heartbreaking, but seeing the children I’d been caring for who had been so unwell, improve and be discharged home with their families was amazing.” Susanna Keiderling – Paediatric Nurse...
In November 2019 a group of our members were welcomed by colleagues in Sierra Leone to take part in an observational trip. The trip provided vital insight into healthcare facilities in low-resource settings. We spoke to Emergency Department (ED) nurse Lorraine Lloyd about her experience...
BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme reported on the measles outbreak this morning. Their report included an interview with Stephen Owens, the clinical lead for the UK EMT....
With a climate related disaster being recorded every week, it seems no one will be untouched by the impacts of climate change (Harvey, 2019)....
Over the last weekend in September nine participants braved the wind and rain to complete specialist rehabilitation cell training for the UK Emergency Medical Team....
With a climate related disaster being recorded every week, it seems no one will be untouched by the impacts of climate change (Harvey, 2019)....
UK-Med will soon be recruiting experienced health professionals to join the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) Roster....
UK-Med and the UK-EMT were a focal point in a new piece of research written by Anisa Jafar published in Third World Quarterly journal....
In May we invited all members of our Community of Practice to respond to our member survey. ...
David Adams, an experienced aid worker from Northern Ireland, reflects on the recent outbreak response training – where he joined the team as comms lead....