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Pat Lok: How can I be an environmentally conscious healthcare practitioner?
Pat Lok considers what medical students can do to reduce the impact of healthcare on the climate “It is hot out there so please remember to keep hydrated for your […]
Talking to patients about the climate emergency
If the NHS is to reach net zero, we need to talk about the climate emergency in every part of the healthcare service The climate emergency is the single greatest […]
COP26: a missed opportunity for climate leadership
At the start of August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), systematically summarising the extent of our knowledge of […]
The climate crisis and the rise of eco-anxiety
Levels of eco-anxiety are growing, particularly among children and young people, and are likely to be significant and potentially damaging to individuals and society, warn Mala Rao and Richard A […]
Making outpatient care sustainable for the future
Our focus needs to be on working with our patients to ensure their needs are met […]
Unpacking vaccine “hesitancy:” the spectrum of vaccine acceptance
Media reports investigating the challenges that lead to relatively low covid-19 vaccine uptake rates in younger age groups highlight a need to consider “vaccine hesitancy” not as a single phenomenon, […]
Confronting future pandemics: what could a new treaty resolve beyond the IHR?
One critical question in the ongoing discussions for an international instrument to deal with future pandemics is to gain clarity on what the issues are that a treaty under Article […]
Solving systemic violence against healthcare workers in India
Violence against healthcare workers is a chronic and growing problem in India. Siddhesh Zadey and colleagues look at how it can be tackled […]
The £20 cut to Universal Credit is the wrong decision, taken at the worst possible time
On Wednesday 6 October—on the same day that the UK prime minister Boris Johnson delivers his leadership speech to the Conservative Party Conference—5.5 million households will see the biggest overnight […]