False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch)

Описание: On the 2nd July 2020 we held the online launch of of our latest report
‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’.

This report brings together new research that seeks to shed light on the implications of the Prevent duty in UK health services.

Prevent is a controversial strand of the government’s counter-extremism strategy that obliges public service providers and workers to ‘have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’.

We heard from a panel of experts on the subject, including:

Dr Hilary Aked – Research Manager at Medact and a writer and investigative researcher with a background in political sociology
Dr Mayura Deshpande – Consultant forensic psychiatrist, deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, and chair of the Ethics and Professional Practice Committee at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr Tarek Younis – Cultural and critical clinical psychologist, and currently a Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University
Rosalind Comyn – Policy and Campaigns Officer at Liberty, where she leads work across policing and counter-terrorism

Read the report and key findings:
https://www.medact.org/prevent-report

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