Season's greetings from me and my garden! Notes from the winter solstice. open.substack.com/pub/norfolkg...

This whole thread. 💜

These are wonderful! Thank you for alerting me to them @simonlandmine.bsky.social!

"Implementing strategies to reduce unused medication could mitigate environmental contamination that threatens human health, while enhancing economic sustainability of healthcare systems." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Top ten research priorities in women's health - developed at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) through a large UK consultation and published in @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social: www.rcog.org.uk/news/rcog-se...

We're hiring! New Nature Recovery Ranger roles for healthcare sites in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and London. Closing date - 12 January. Apply now: https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/career/nature-recovery-ranger/ #hiring #naturerecovery

A satisfying winter job - saving the seeds from lettuces that flowered, ready to sow in the spring. Still some colour in the garden, bright berries, a pantry for the little birds.

For the December @cosrh.org policy eBulletin, Katie Clark from @tht.org.uk sets out some of the highlights in the new HIV Action Plan for England: cosrh.org/Public/Publi...

Reducing regulated medical waste: A roadmap for process improvement: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Time flies, soup season begins. norfolkgarden.substack.com/p/time-flies...

The December issue of the Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV Policy eBulletin produced by @cosrh.org just landed - lots to explore! Policy developments, guidance, data, research, campaigns and lots of other news. mailchi.mp/cosrh/sexual...

In November, the @ukhsa.bsky.social published a new report bringing together the available evidence on climate change and mental health in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Interested in planetary health and sustainable healthcare? Here's my monthly round-up - including the 2025 Lancet Countdown report, the Belém Health Action Plan launched at COP30, free training for nurses and midwives, webinars, jobs and lots more! climateandhealth.substack.com/p/november-2...

Lots of interesting thread to pull on in this month's climate and health news round-up! Do sign up (free) if you'd like to receive it by email. climateandhealth.substack.com/p/june-2025-...

Editorial in the WHO journal on "the difficulty of translating 'well-being' from English to Arabic": pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

A new ten-year plan for the NHS in England is expected any day now. How do the government’s ‘three big shifts’ fit with a vision of sustainable healthcare?

Huge news from the Commons last night, as the decriminalisation of abortion takes a step forward. But you know what? There is loads of other news in the world of sexual and reproductive health too! Check out some highlights here: mailchi.mp/fsrh/sexual-...

The first hearing of the @who.int Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health is being held in Iceland next week (11th June) - register to view the livestream: www.who.int/europe/news-...

"We are closer to wildness than we think." Latest from the wonderful @wildmosaic.bsky.social: wildmosaic.substack.com/p/the-wild-i...

The good people at Asthma and Lung UK @asthmaandlung.org.uk are hiring a media officer (air quality) for their clean air and media team. Apply by 15th June: vacancies.asthmaandlung.org.uk/job/715312

Wellbeing of Women (WoW) and @fsrh.org are once again funding a research project in sexual and reproductive healthcare. Apply by 7th July. www.fsrh.org/Public/News/...

You might’ve seen the headlines: ‘West Nile virus in UK mosquitoes’ - but how did our scientists find it? 🦟 Our latest blog dives into the science behind mosquito surveillance and how we’re responding to climate change to protect public health. 🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/21/h...

UK HIV and sexual health folks, the BMA MEDFASH prize is open now, until the end of the month, via @bmafoundationmr.bsky.social. For any health or social care organisation actively involved in the delivery of HIV and/or sexual healthcare in the UK. bmafoundationmr.org.uk/bma-medfash-...

Work in kidney care in the UK? CSH @sushealthcare.bsky.social has an opportunity for 60 Kidney Centre Sustainability Champions to work on QI initiatives that make care more sustainable, address inequalities and improve quality of patient care. sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/o...

The team at The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (@lancetcountdown.bsky.social) is recruiting for a Communications Manager and also a lead for working group four in Europe (economics and financing): lancetcountdown.org/join-our-team/

I had the pleasure of speaking to Mary about her experience for this case study. The QuicDNA liquid biopsy is a really exciting development for lung cancer care in Wales and meant Mary could start treatment early.

We stand with RCOG in expressing concern over the Police Chief's guidance on child death investigations. This guidance leaves women vulnerable to investigation after pregnancy loss & at risk of criminalisation for using abortion medication. #DecriminaliseAbortion 🔗 www.rcog.org.uk/news/rcog-ra...

Love to see this - both the original toolkit supporting conversations between patients and clinicians about climate-related health risks and an evaluation of its use in the real world. ⭐ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A discrete event simulation model explored the impact of interventions that could have eased pressure on acute healthcare in Canada during the 2021 heatwave. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It's Sunday. Stop and smell the roses. norfolkgarden.substack.com/p/stop-and-s...

"The emotional heavy lifting we do as leaders in this space is something that can be minimised… we need to be compassionate to our leaders and we need to find ways to help our leaders be self-compassionate while they’re doing the heavy lifting…" bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...

Lots of interesting thread to pull on in this month's climate and health news round-up! Do sign up (free) if you'd like to receive it by email. climateandhealth.substack.com/p/may-2025-c...

Here's a short write-up of the climate and health conference, hosted by the Faculty of Public Health in London last week... climateandhealth.substack.com/p/public-hea...