Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧
@pauljbelcher.bsky.social
European Public Health🔹Senior Advisor & Consultant🔹Fellow, Royal College of Physicians🔹Member, UK Faculty of Public Health - European Public Health Association🔹Advisory Committee, European Health Forum LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pauljbelcher
UN criticises guidance from EHRC, the UK’s equality body www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...
ohchr.org
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#Brexit denies UK children access to life-extending drug for aggressive brain #cancer Experts are urging the government to reset the UK’s relationship with Europe to reopen access to potentially life-changing treatments www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Brexit denies UK children access to life-extending drug for aggressive brain cancer
Exclusive: Experts say Brexit has led to delays in the launch of clinical trials and increased costs for multiple drugs. They are urging the government to reset the UK’s relationship with Europe to re...
independent.co.uk
#Brexit denies UK children access to life-extending drug for aggressive brain #cancer Experts are urging the government to reset the UK’s relationship with Europe to reopen access to potentially life-changing treatments www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Brexit denies UK children access to life-extending drug for aggressive brain cancer
Exclusive: Experts say Brexit has led to delays in the launch of clinical trials and increased costs for multiple drugs. They are urging the government to reset the UK’s relationship with Europe to re...
independent.co.uk
Summer heatwaves are not just getting 'a bit hot' they're deadly - over 2,700 people died in UK in the 2 in May & June Over 40% of people affected would not have died without the 1.4C of human-caused global heating, say Imperial College and the Met Office www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C
theguardian.com
🌅 What went right this week: the #PositiveNews news that matters: 💨 Europe leading the world in tackling #Pollution 🏥 New test could spare women from invasive #Cancer exam 🇩🇰The world’s most liveable cities were revealed: Congratulations #Copenhagen www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The world’s ‘greatest forest recovery’, a new test for womb cancer, and Estonia’s environmental progress, plus more good news
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🌅 What went right this week: the #PositiveNews news that matters: 💨 Europe leading the world in tackling #Pollution 🏥 New test could spare women from invasive #Cancer exam 🇩🇰The world’s most liveable cities were revealed: Congratulations #Copenhagen www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The world’s ‘greatest forest recovery’, a new test for womb cancer, and Estonia’s environmental progress, plus more good news
positive.news
🌇 WHO warns that more than half of European countries lack heat-health plans The next #Heatwave is already building over the Atlantic but Europe is not prepared, says @who.int Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge. #PublicHealth #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
WHO warns Europe's heat preparedness falls short
The World Health Organization has warned that Europe must be better prepared for further "deadly weeks" of extreme heat.
euronews.com
🌇 WHO warns that more than half of European countries lack heat-health plans The next #Heatwave is already building over the Atlantic but Europe is not prepared, says @who.int Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge. #PublicHealth #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
WHO warns Europe's heat preparedness falls short
The World Health Organization has warned that Europe must be better prepared for further "deadly weeks" of extreme heat.
euronews.com
🌇 #DistrictCooling: Europe’s waterways could help cool down cities and replace the need for individual #AirConditioning #PublicHealth #Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis
Euronews@euronews.com · last mo.“District cooling offers clear benefits for cities aiming to safeguard public health and cut emissions.”
🗳️ #ReformUK election plan backfires as other major rivals refuse to stand. #Farage will face comedian #CountBinFace alone You know what to do good voters of #Clacton? #VoteBinFace @countbinface.bsky.social #ClactonByElection www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's political rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election
The Reform UK leader says he wants an "establishment versus the people by-election" but Labour calls it a "circus".
bbc.co.uk
🇵🇸 Lawyer says detained #Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail Lawyer for prominent Palestinian medic Dr #HussamAbuSafiya from Gaza who has been detained by Israeli authorities without charge for over 18 months has told the BBC he fears for his client's life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya tells the BBC his client was so badly beaten he could not recognise him during a visit last week.
bbc.co.uk
🇵🇸 Lawyer says detained #Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail Lawyer for prominent Palestinian medic Dr #HussamAbuSafiya from Gaza who has been detained by Israeli authorities without charge for over 18 months has told the BBC he fears for his client's life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya tells the BBC his client was so badly beaten he could not recognise him during a visit last week.
bbc.co.uk
🇪🇺 #Lobbying: Nearly 3/4 of Dutch submissions to an #EU consultation on stricter #tobacco rules were written by a tobacco company’s #AI tool and submitted as apparent individual responses. Most were traced to tobacco company Philip Morris International nltimes.nl/2026/07/05/d...
Most Dutch EU tobacco rule submissions were generated by a tobacco company’s AI tool
Nearly three-quarters of Dutch submissions to a European Union consultation on stricter tobacco rules were fully written by artificial intelligence and submitted as apparent individual responses. Most...
nltimes.nl
🌇 'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new #climate in seven charts "Our #heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions [and] we stabilise the climate" - Professor of climate science @edhawkins.org www.bbc.com/news/article...
#PositiveNews | What went right this week: the good news that matters 💨 #AirPollution down in Europe ☀️ Silenced #Climate scientists hit back in the US 🧠 Pioneering therapy could target deadliest brain #Cancer 🍅 Healthy #diet linked with reduced #dementia risk www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
Europeans breathed easier, silenced US scientists hit back, and a healthy diet was linked to lower dementia risk, plus more good news
positive.news
🇺🇸 #Trump pardons violators of Federal #CleanAir Act as US independence celebrations suffer #ExtremeHeat exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions IndependenceDay parade in Washington DC canceled Saturday due to #Heatwave #4thJuly #USA250 #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump issues 11 pardons on eve of country’s Fourth of July celebrations
Pardons issued to nine people charged with violating Clean Air Act as extreme heat smothers much of US
theguardian.com
Good morning! Here’s a Sunday morning view to start things off. 📍Kithurst Hill 📸 Jamie Fielding
🌆 #Heatwaves #ClimateCrisis: Health professionals across Europe are calling for a long term EU climate and health strategy, not just short-term emergency responses @europe.noharm.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans must be put in place before heatwaves – not cobbled together during them | Letters
Letters: Health professionals across Europe are calling for an EU climate and health strategy, write Mark Wilson and Dr Paul De Raeve; plus a letter from Nadine Henderson
theguardian.com
🌆 #Heatwaves #ClimateCrisis: Health professionals across Europe are calling for a long term EU climate and health strategy, not just short-term emergency responses @europe.noharm.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans must be put in place before heatwaves – not cobbled together during them | Letters
Letters: Health professionals across Europe are calling for an EU climate and health strategy, write Mark Wilson and Dr Paul De Raeve; plus a letter from Nadine Henderson
theguardian.com
☕ Your morning #coffee could be protecting your #liver, study says Drinking coffee — even decaf — is linked to lower risks of #cirrhosis, liver #cancer and liver-related death, a new study in the journal of Clinical #Gastroenterology and #Hepatology has found. www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
Your morning coffee could be protecting your liver, study says
Drinking coffee — even decaf — is linked to lower risks of cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver-related death, a new study has found.
euronews.com
Children under two should avoid screens entirely, according to a new review linking early exposure to long-term developmental risks.
Children under two should have zero screen time, experts warn
Children under two should avoid screens entirely, according to a new review linking early exposure to long-term developmental risks.
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Trust in science in the United States @nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🌇 WHO Statement – Get prepared: current European Region #heatwaves are a dress rehearsal “Every summer we fail to prepare for them is a summer we pay for in lives.” Statement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, Regional Director for Europe, @who.int #ClimateEmergency www.who.int/europe/news/...
Statement – Get prepared: current European Region heatwaves are a dress rehearsal
Across the WHO European Region right now, people are struggling to sleep. Emergency rooms are filling up. Ambulance services are breaking records. In France, emergency medical calls have risen by up t...
who.int
✏️ Just published: #EuroHealthNet's monthly newsletter. The most important news and information about #HealthEquity, wellbeing, and their determinants in Europe! @eurohealthnet.bsky.social eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
Health Highlights - EuroHealthNet's monthly newsletter
Health Highlights is EuroHealthNet’s monthly newsletter. It brings you the most important news and information about health equity, wellbeing, and their […]
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🇬🇧 Tax on #Refugees: Asylum Seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK law Means-tested scheme included in #Immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Asylum seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK law
Means-tested scheme included in immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees
theguardian.com
🌇 ‘At 32°C, productivity drops 40%’: why Europe’s #heatwave is now a workplace health and safety crisis Trade unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social and health experts call for binding #EU rules to protect workers from extreme temperatures. #ClimateCrisis euobserver.com/224139/at-32...
‘At 32°C, productivity drops 40%’: why Europe’s heatwave is now a workplace crisis
Trains buckle, schools shut and outdoor workers struggle through 40°C days. Trade unions and scientists are warning that Europe’s heatwave is no longer just a 'weather story' but a full showdown over ...
euobserver.com
🌇 ‘At 32°C, productivity drops 40%’: why Europe’s #heatwave is now a workplace health and safety crisis Trade unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social and health experts call for binding #EU rules to protect workers from extreme temperatures. #ClimateCrisis euobserver.com/224139/at-32...
‘At 32°C, productivity drops 40%’: why Europe’s heatwave is now a workplace crisis
Trains buckle, schools shut and outdoor workers struggle through 40°C days. Trade unions and scientists are warning that Europe’s heatwave is no longer just a 'weather story' but a full showdown over ...
euobserver.com
🌆 #Heatwave: ‘Conditions are awful – staff are really struggling’: Royal College of Physicians warns that UK's National Health Service (NHS) is not fit for extreme temperatures. #NHS "dangerously underprepared" for this week's extreme heat - @rcphysicians.bsky.social www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
‘Conditions are awful – staff are really struggling’: RCP warns NHS is not fit for extreme temperatures as doctors sound alarm
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