Health for XR
@healthxr.bsky.social
The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis. We are a group of healthcare professionals in support of Extinction Rebellion's key demands.
In a historic first, working GP Patrick Hart has been suspended from the medical register for 10 months for his actions to sound the alarm on the climate crisis and its threats to health.
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In a historic first, working GP Patrick Hart has been suspended from the medical register for 10 months for his actions to sound the alarm on the climate crisis and its threats to health.
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
🧵Dr Hart was referred to the MPTS by the GMC following his imprisonment earlier this year for an action in which Exxon Mobil petrol pumps were damaged to highlight their historic and ongoing complicity in the climate health emergency - healthforxr.com/gp-given-cus...
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🧵Dr Hart was referred to the MPTS by the GMC following his imprisonment earlier this year for an action in which Exxon Mobil petrol pumps were damaged to highlight their historic and ongoing complicity in the climate health emergency - healthforxr.com/gp-given-cus...
Health professionals join thousands in the march to Downing Street today, calling on the government to make polluters pay
@makepolluterspay.bsky.social
@makepolluterspay.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Health professionals join thousands in the march to Downing Street today, calling on the government to make polluters pay
@makepolluterspay.bsky.social
@makepolluterspay.bsky.social
Health workers sat in solidarity with Gazan health workers, 1400 of whom have been killed since the current crisis began. They sat behind a banner which read “Medical Duty > Terror law” citing the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2286.
👉 healthforxr.com/6th-sept-202...
👉 healthforxr.com/6th-sept-202...
September 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Health workers sat in solidarity with Gazan health workers, 1400 of whom have been killed since the current crisis began. They sat behind a banner which read “Medical Duty > Terror law” citing the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2286.
👉 healthforxr.com/6th-sept-202...
👉 healthforxr.com/6th-sept-202...
INSULATE BRITAIN 7 LOSE ‘FAIR TRIAL’ APPEAL
Appeal by those who acted to uphold the law was rejected by a criminal justice system that is protecting politicians who are breaking international criminal law.
insulatebritain.com/2025/08/15/i...
Appeal by those who acted to uphold the law was rejected by a criminal justice system that is protecting politicians who are breaking international criminal law.
insulatebritain.com/2025/08/15/i...
August 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
INSULATE BRITAIN 7 LOSE ‘FAIR TRIAL’ APPEAL
Appeal by those who acted to uphold the law was rejected by a criminal justice system that is protecting politicians who are breaking international criminal law.
insulatebritain.com/2025/08/15/i...
Appeal by those who acted to uphold the law was rejected by a criminal justice system that is protecting politicians who are breaking international criminal law.
insulatebritain.com/2025/08/15/i...
15🧵Health workers have an ethical and moral responsibility to act: to protect civilians, defend health care, and uphold international humanitarian law. If we do not stand for these principles in Gaza, they risk erosion everywhere.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
15🧵Health workers have an ethical and moral responsibility to act: to protect civilians, defend health care, and uphold international humanitarian law. If we do not stand for these principles in Gaza, they risk erosion everywhere.
13🧵Criminalising protestors who defend humanitarian law undermines the very legal foundations that protect all health workers in conflict. The right to protest is central to public health and democracy.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
13🧵Criminalising protestors who defend humanitarian law undermines the very legal foundations that protect all health workers in conflict. The right to protest is central to public health and democracy.
10🧵A Médecins Sans Frontières report published this month further provides eye witness testimony to call out the systematic use of violence and killing at the so called “Gaza Humanitarian foundation” aid distribution sites.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
10🧵A Médecins Sans Frontières report published this month further provides eye witness testimony to call out the systematic use of violence and killing at the so called “Gaza Humanitarian foundation” aid distribution sites.
9🧵International health workers, including from Médecins Sans Frontières and Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided parliamentary testimony in June detailing:
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
9🧵International health workers, including from Médecins Sans Frontières and Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided parliamentary testimony in June detailing:
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
5🧵In Gaza, these legal and ethical protections have been systematically violated. To date, over 1,400 health workers have been killed, hospitals have been destroyed, and ambulance workers have been targeted and killed while responding to emergencies.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
5🧵In Gaza, these legal and ethical protections have been systematically violated. To date, over 1,400 health workers have been killed, hospitals have been destroyed, and ambulance workers have been targeted and killed while responding to emergencies.
4🧵Emergency Nurse Leigh Evans, who has worked in the Palestinian territories including Gaza and who is participating in today's protest added that: “We are not servants of nations — we serve humanity. Our duty to care knows no borders, no politics.”
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
4🧵Emergency Nurse Leigh Evans, who has worked in the Palestinian territories including Gaza and who is participating in today's protest added that: “We are not servants of nations — we serve humanity. Our duty to care knows no borders, no politics.”
3🧵As Dr. Alice Clack, Consultant Obstetrician and former MSF practitioner, who was arrested in earlier de-proscription protests, states:“Our humanitarian work depends on these fundamental principles. Ignoring these acts endangers us all.”
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
3🧵As Dr. Alice Clack, Consultant Obstetrician and former MSF practitioner, who was arrested in earlier de-proscription protests, states:“Our humanitarian work depends on these fundamental principles. Ignoring these acts endangers us all.”
2🧵Medical ethics — enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2286 - demand that health workers oppose the deliberate targeting of medical facilities and personnel during conflict.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2🧵Medical ethics — enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2286 - demand that health workers oppose the deliberate targeting of medical facilities and personnel during conflict.
1🧵Today, UK health workers formed a health block in Parliament Square as part of protests against the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. Our central message: Medical duty must take precedence over unjust terrorism legislation - healthforxr.com/9th-august-2...
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
1🧵Today, UK health workers formed a health block in Parliament Square as part of protests against the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. Our central message: Medical duty must take precedence over unjust terrorism legislation - healthforxr.com/9th-august-2...
15🧵Health workers have an ethical and moral responsibility to act: to protect civilians, defend health care, and uphold international humanitarian law. If we do not stand for these principles in Gaza, they risk erosion everywhere.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
15🧵Health workers have an ethical and moral responsibility to act: to protect civilians, defend health care, and uphold international humanitarian law. If we do not stand for these principles in Gaza, they risk erosion everywhere.
13🧵Criminalising protestors who defend humanitarian law undermines the very legal foundations that protect all health workers in conflict. The right to protest is central to public health and democracy.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
13🧵Criminalising protestors who defend humanitarian law undermines the very legal foundations that protect all health workers in conflict. The right to protest is central to public health and democracy.
11🧵The UK government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action, despite contrary advice from intelligence and civil service, was made without credible evidence of terror activity. The need for evidence apparently set aside.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
11🧵The UK government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action, despite contrary advice from intelligence and civil service, was made without credible evidence of terror activity. The need for evidence apparently set aside.
10🧵A Médecins Sans Frontières report published this month provides further eye witness testimony to call out the systematic use of violence and killing at the so called “Gaza Humanitarian foundation” aid distribution sites.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
10🧵A Médecins Sans Frontières report published this month provides further eye witness testimony to call out the systematic use of violence and killing at the so called “Gaza Humanitarian foundation” aid distribution sites.
9🧵International health workers, including from Médecins Sans Frontières and Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided parliamentary testimony in June detailing:
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
9🧵International health workers, including from Médecins Sans Frontières and Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided parliamentary testimony in June detailing:
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
• Systematic targeting of health infrastructure
• Mass civilian casualties
• Patterns consistent with genocide
4🧵Emergency Nurse Leigh Evans, who has worked in the Palestinian territories including Gaza and who is participating in today's protest added that: “We are not servants of nations — we serve humanity. Our duty to care knows no borders, no politics.”
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
4🧵Emergency Nurse Leigh Evans, who has worked in the Palestinian territories including Gaza and who is participating in today's protest added that: “We are not servants of nations — we serve humanity. Our duty to care knows no borders, no politics.”
2🧵The group of 12 health workers were immediately targeted by police and arrested within minutes of the protest start.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
2🧵The group of 12 health workers were immediately targeted by police and arrested within minutes of the protest start.
HXR just signed the open letter to Peter Kyle and @feryalclark.bsky.social at the Department for Science Innovation & Technology calling on @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to reject Drax's bid to burn even more trees to power AI Data Centres.
No more bungs for biomass!
@axedrax.bsky.social
No more bungs for biomass!
@axedrax.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
HXR just signed the open letter to Peter Kyle and @feryalclark.bsky.social at the Department for Science Innovation & Technology calling on @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to reject Drax's bid to burn even more trees to power AI Data Centres.
No more bungs for biomass!
@axedrax.bsky.social
No more bungs for biomass!
@axedrax.bsky.social
🧵Members of Health for XR are supporting the #HeatStrike campaign this week by holding outreach sessions on the threat to health of extreme heat outside St Thomas’ hospital in London and the Royal Albert Edward Hospital in Wigan - healthforxr.com?p=3824&previ...
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🧵Members of Health for XR are supporting the #HeatStrike campaign this week by holding outreach sessions on the threat to health of extreme heat outside St Thomas’ hospital in London and the Royal Albert Edward Hospital in Wigan - healthforxr.com?p=3824&previ...
HXR members joined the @defendourjuries.bsky.social ‘Free Political Prisoners’ peaceful action in support of the Filton 18
This is a critical & defining moment for all of us who undertake peaceful protest in the UK and a grave challenge for our democracy.
healthforxr.com/30th-june-20...
This is a critical & defining moment for all of us who undertake peaceful protest in the UK and a grave challenge for our democracy.
healthforxr.com/30th-june-20...
July 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
HXR members joined the @defendourjuries.bsky.social ‘Free Political Prisoners’ peaceful action in support of the Filton 18
This is a critical & defining moment for all of us who undertake peaceful protest in the UK and a grave challenge for our democracy.
healthforxr.com/30th-june-20...
This is a critical & defining moment for all of us who undertake peaceful protest in the UK and a grave challenge for our democracy.
healthforxr.com/30th-june-20...
Facing a critical lack of medical supplies, two more infants have now died at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza as aid crisis deepens
www.itv.com/watch/news/t...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Facing a critical lack of medical supplies, two more infants have now died at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza as aid crisis deepens
www.itv.com/watch/news/t...
www.itv.com/watch/news/t...