Greta Hughson
@gretahughson.bsky.social
Climate and health (planetary health) / Sexual and reproductive health and rights / Growing food / Words / Shetlander in Norfolk.
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!
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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...
November 2025 climate and health round-up
Here’s what caught my eye this month.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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...
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-...
June 2025 climate and health round-up
It’s hot here this week and it’s interesting to see the heat health warning system being rolled out in real life.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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...
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The difficulty of translating “well-being” from English to Arabic
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Editorial in the WHO journal on "the difficulty of translating 'well-being' from English to Arabic":
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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?
The NHS 10-Year Plan can be more than reform – it can be a blueprint for climate resilience in healthcare. Join us as we work to embed sustainability in every shift:
https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/why-sustainability-is-important-for-the-governments-three-big-shifts/
#NHS10YearPlan #NetZeroNHS
https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/why-sustainability-is-important-for-the-governments-three-big-shifts/
#NHS10YearPlan #NetZeroNHS
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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-...
mailchi.mp/fsrh/sexual-...
Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV Policy eBulletin: June 2025 Issue
mailchi.mp
June 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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-...
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-...
www.who.int/europe/news-...
Launch and first hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health
Climate change is affecting communities across the WHO European Region, with rising temperatures, extreme weather events and environmental degradation threatening health and well-being. To accelerate ...
www.who.int
June 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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-...
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 wild is more familiar than different
Reflections from a bison forest
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June 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"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
Media Officer (Air Quality)
vacancies.asthmaandlung.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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/...
WoW-FSRH Entry Level Scholarship 2025
Wellbeing of Women (WoW) and the FSRH have teamed up again, for the third year running, to co-fund a research project in sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH).
www.fsrh.org
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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/...
Reposted by Greta Hughson
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...
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...
May 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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...
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-...
Research funding | The BMA
The BMA Foundation for Medical Research award funds to encourage and further medical research. Find out more about the foundation.
bmafoundationmr.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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...
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
Sustainability Kidney Champion information pack
The UK Kidney Centre Sustainability Champion role is essential in driving high-quality, low-carbon, and cost-efficient kidney care. With kidney care’s significant environmental impact—such as energy…
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk
May 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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...
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/
Join our team - Lancet Countdown
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May 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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.
#QuicDNA is transforming #LungCancer #diagnostics with liquid biopsies, offering faster, less invasive testing.
For Mary Simpson, this #innovation meant starting #cancer treatment a month earlier, improving symptoms and outcomes.
Find out more: lshubwales.com/case-studies...
For Mary Simpson, this #innovation meant starting #cancer treatment a month earlier, improving symptoms and outcomes.
Find out more: lshubwales.com/case-studies...
May 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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.
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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...
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...
May 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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...
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bringing climate health conversations to frontline clinics: A qualitative post-intervention assessment of utilization of the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit
Community health centers and clinics are on the frontlines of climate change and adverse health effects, providing essential care to millions of low-i…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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...
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...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Climate disaster effects on acute health care: a case study and model of the 2021 heatwave in British Columbia, Canada
The model replicated real-world patterns and was a valid representation of system
dynamics. Our findings showed that even a small surge in patients can be detrimental
to health-care access and deliver...
www.thelancet.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Stop and smell the roses
Everything in the garden speeds up in May.
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May 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"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…"
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Community, courage, culture and care: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of planetary health leadership in the UK health context
Background Planetary health and the delivery of planetary healthcare are growing concerns for health and health institutions globally. While the leadership required to navigate this evolving arena is ...
bmjleader.bmj.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"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...
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.
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May 2025 climate and health round-up
Here’s what caught my eye this month.
climateandhealth.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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.
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Here's a short write-up of the climate and health conference, hosted by the Faculty of Public Health in London last week...
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Public health and climate action
I had the good fortune to attend the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Climate and Health Conference in London last week.
climateandhealth.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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...
climateandhealth.substack.com/p/public-hea...