The compound used to house UK-Med staff in Khan Younis was damaged by shelling on the night of 21 August. During this time there was an ongoing operation in the area by the Israeli Armed Forces. The shelling caused significant damage to the building, making...
As one of the final outposts of refuge and medical aid in southern Gaza, staffed partly by NHS medics, the UK-Med field hospital in Al Mawasi is under increasing pressure to provide lifesaving healthcare for the beleaguered population. ...
Kathleen Shields is an NHS children's nurse. In this article, she recounts her experiences working at the UK-Med field hospital in Gaza, where she cared for ill and injured children, including newborn babies....
30 years ago, UK-Med came into being as the successor of SMART – the South Manchester Accident Rescue Team. What started as a small team of NHS doctors and nurses supporting the ambulance service around Manchester evolved to become an international humanitarian charity. The goal...
Meet Kate White, a Program Manager for Capacity Building in Outbreak Response at UK-Med. Her extensive experience and commitment to humanitarian work helps build strong teams to tackle difficult situations, and sheds light on the inspiring resilience required throughout. ...
In response to one of the worst cholera outbreaks in Zambia, UK-Med specialists deployed as the UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT) in mid-January to support the local health response....
How do you build a hospital in a conflict zone like Gaza? David Anderson, Senior Health Advisor, explains how he and the UK-Med team built a hospital from scratch....
This editorial series will highlight some of our most inspirational women working on humanitarian responses with us, and their powerful stories of courage and compassion. This week, meet Dr. Anna Joseph, an Anaesthetist and Intensivist with over 20 years experience in the field, who has...
Since our Ukraine response first began, we’ve provided more than 20,000 medical consultations through mobile clinics. 43 per cent of people we’ve treated have been displaced, and three quarters of them are women. Here are the stories of four of those people, each of whom...
NHS Anaesthetist and UK-Med medic, Dr. Matt Newport, provides a harrowing and honest account of working in Al Aqsa Hospital; one of the last remaining hospitals still partially functional in Gaza....