John Cooper

@j0hnc00per.bsky.social

Nurse. Therapist. Socialism. Climate justice. Birmingham, UK. It’s later than you think 🌍🍉 https://musicfromdifferentplaces.blogspot.com/?m=1

Ten more interviews required! Help research how team cultures are made and experienced by NHS staff working in mental health. I am looking for participants employed in any role in NHS MH services in the UK to be interviewed (MS Teams), completely confidentially. ectf1@leicester.ac.uk #mentalhealth

This week the Royal College of Psychiatrists issued a public apology for decades of mismanagement and misdiagnosis, saying staff have been too focussed on treating symptoms rather than exploring how past traumatic experiences can still affect patients. 1/

NHS failing child sexual abuse victims, say psychiatrists

There have been decades of mistreatment and mismanagement of those who seek help later in life, say experts in a new, damning report.

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Europe is baking in a record-breaking heatwave – driven by climate change, mostly caused by burning fossil fuels Meanwhile, the US, Qatar, Nigeria and Algeria are lobbying to cut the EU's methane pollution rules so they can selling Europe EVEN MORE FOSSIL GAS and push those temperatures up higher

An Open Letter to Leaders of the European Commission, European Council, and
European Union (EU) Member States on the EU Methane Regulation
Dear President von der Leyen, President Costa, and EU Member State Leaders:
As your largest energy suppliers, we are committed to strengthening our economic and strategic partnerships
and ensuring Europe’s energy security. We fully support your objectives of increasing EU economic
competitiveness, prosperity, sustainability, and energy security through provision of reliable energy supplies
for the European Union and its citizens.
It is with these shared goals in mind that we write to urge the EU to take swift, necessary actions to clarify and
to adopt targeted amendments to the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR), some of which have already been
requested by several EU Member States, industry, and members of European Parliament.
These amendments should also be preceded by the: (i) adoption of a stop-the-clock mechanism, to provide
time to develop necessary methodologies and compliance pathways that work for all; (ii)grandfathering of
new contracts signed while these additional legislative adjustments are underway; and (iii) removal of
penalties for noncompliance during this transitional period.