Health leaders urge MPs to attend briefing on climate change
Health leaders have written to MPs urging them to attend a briefing on climate change by the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance. The letter, which is signed by [...]
Write to your MP: briefing on Climate Change
Write to your MP to ask them the attend the briefing on Climate Change The Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance will deliver a briefing on Climate Change to [...]
More immediate action to reduce air pollution and improve air quality is needed
Key messages: Proposed target of PM2.5 at 10 µg/m3 by 2040 is not acceptable A target of 10 µg/m3 by 2030 should be seen as the absolute minimum with a [...]
UKHACC Bulletin June 2022
Over the last weeks, there have been many reports of health professionals been driven to action to have their voices heard. Health leaders around the world were mobilised to write [...]
Reducing the carbon footprint of surgery requires a holistic strategic approach
Fellow in Sustainable Surgery, Melissa Pegg, writes on the need to incorporate the whole surgical pathway when seeking to reduce environmental harm of operating procedures The NHS, supported by the [...]
Too little effort in tackling pollution is resulting in too many lives being lost
Outdoor air pollution accounted for 2.9 million deaths globally in 2000. Less than twenty years later, in 2019, that figure had risen to 4.5 million. The air we breathe is [...]