No Borders in the NHS Favorite 

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Date: 

Sep 30 2017

Location: 

London, England

A creative action against the introduction of mandatory immigration checks and upfront charging in the UK’s National Health Service, including a systematic social media campaign under the hashtag
#PatientsNotPassports. The action helped create new chapters of Docs Not Cops in three citiies, an online day of action, a twitter storm, and 2 days after implementation the Government made their first concession, backtracking on their plans to force school nurses and health visitors to carry out immigration checks.

External sources: 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/patientsnotpassports
Posted by Alissa.Milano on Jan 31 2018

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How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work

Timeframe For change

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