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Richard Smith reports on the trial of six health professionals for breaking glass in a medical emergency

The 10 year review of the NHS Constitution includes a new value on sustainability. This is a welcome step, but the wording needs to be better.

As we approach Clean Air Day, Peter Wilkinson shares advice on cleaning the air.

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

UKHACC is one of a range of organisations from the health and science sector who are calling for immediate, coordinated action to reduce the projected rise in deaths and health issues due to increasing temperatures.

On 22 April, UKHACC joined with Lancet Countdown, BMA and RCGP to brief parliamentarians on the essential links between health, climate change and the environment

More than 30 health leaders from across the UK have written to candidates across all political parties expressing their deep concern about the impact the climate and ecological emergency is having, and will continue to have, on health and the health service.

Health professionals including doctors, nurses, nutritionists and paediatricians cycled around Regent’s Park on Sunday 9 June to inspire action on air pollution, active travel and the protection of green city spaces.

Action on climate change and health recognised as a top priority by the World Health Organization

UKHACC Chair, Richard Smith, writes that climate communications must break out of the environmental box to one that emphasises health, security, economy, food, community and other wider issues

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

UKHACC Chair, Richard Smith’s review of the book “Not the End of the World: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet” leaves him feeling more hopeful for the future