North East doctors and health workers took a stand against nuclear weapons with a demonstration on the Millennium Bridge.
Campaign group Medact North East, which is made up of GPs, pharmacists, junior doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and public health professionals, unveiled a banner on the bridge in support of the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The banner, which read “Health Workers for the Nuclear Weapons Ban”, aimed to draw attention to their campaign which calls on the Government to support the UN's nuclear weapon ban treaty, which would make nuclear weapons illegal. This would give them the same status as chemical and biological weapons, cluster bombs and landmines.
