All too often people assume that everyone has access to healthcare here in the UK.  However, every year, many families seeking basic immunisations for their children or medicine for themselves are not able to see a doctor. With ever increasing inequality in healthcare, both in the UK and overseas, health is not and must not become a luxury! Health is priceless.

Click here now to sign our 'HEALTH IS NOT A LUXURY' E-Petition. It calls on the UK government to uphold the right of vulnerable migrants to access healthcare regardless of their ability to pay.  If the petition gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be eligible for debate in the House of Commons so please pass this onto to your friends and family.  The e-petition is open until September 2012.

Fizza Qureshi, manager of the health advocacy programme, Project:London, sees those without access to medical care on a regular basis:

"The people we see at Project:London prove that even though we live in a rich nation there are those who struggle to register with the NHS and see a doctor. Having access to healthcare is essential for the patient but also it has a wider implication from a public health point of view. We are encouraging people to sign our petition calling for the UK government to uphold the right of vulnerable migrants to access healthcare regardless of their ability to pay. Health is not a luxury, for anyone."

Doctors of the World's ‘Health Is Not A Luxury' campaign has toured in London, Switzerland and France.

Photos © Benoit Guenot