Neil Serougi

Neil Serougi is a Trustee of Freedom from Torture. He has worked at board level in the NHS, primarily focusing on ICT implementation, and has written on the impact of Big Data in health. Previously he held office as Secretary of West Midlands Association of Probation Officers and has recently written on the UK government's probation reforms. He has also worked on the West Bank and Gaza as a volunteer with UNRWA.

The Health Catastrophe in Gaza: Our Double Standards Are Killing Palestinians

In 2015 in Gaza neonatal mortality rates were 21 per 1000 compared to 3 in Israel. The statistics are equally grim for maternal deaths.

Neil Serougi
By Neil Serougi
In this Thursday, March 17, 2016 photo, Palestinian clown doctors entertain children in the department of kidney diseases at Al-Rantisi children’s hospital in Gaza City. Clown doctors Majed Kaloub, 24, and Alaa Miqdad, a 33-year-old dwarf, are employed by an international NGO into unusual places: hospitals, especially the pediatric ones; a game-changing shift that granted them steady work at best, but rendered them in need for psychosocial support as a side effect of the job. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

It is a feature of our political culture that health has become a powerful denominator in how we calculate social justice. The NHS and its challenges make our news almost every day. Providing accessible high quality health services is central to how we see good governance and civic entitlement. It’s a sentiment reinforced by frequent polls showing

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