Blog and News

UKHACC Chair Richard Smith interviews the Chair of the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition Fiona Adshead about the Sustainable Markets Initiative.

On 9 July 2025 we’re joining The Climate Coalition, alongside grassroots groups and organisations from across the UK, to take part in a mass lobby of MPs and we need your help to make it huge.

The Climate Change Committee has published its first carbon budget for Scotland to achieve net zero emissions by 2045. We summarise some key takeaways.

Monthly edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports

In this blog, Richard Smith says that NICE denies treatments on cost grounds, but it’s both more important and more urgent that it denies treatments on environmental grounds.

In a letter to the Minister for Housing and Planning, the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change has called for a reversal of a decision to allow wood burning stoves in new builds

In its latest report to Parliament, the Climate Change Committee has warned that delivery of adaptation to address and prevent human health impacts from climate change is insufficient and the country is not prepared for the consequences.

In our response to the government’s consultation on the future of the North Sea we highlight the critical moment for the UK to lead a transformation of our energy system with a robust plan creates high-quality jobs, tackles the climate crisis, and protects health.

Monthly edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports

In a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, health leaders representing UKHACC membership organisations stress the risks new oil and gas fields pose to human health.

The updated Green Plan Guidance is welcome but would benefit from some improvements say UKHACC Ambassador David Pencheon, Chair Richard Smith and Director Elaine Mulcahy