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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 uk.linkedin.com/in/pauljbelcher

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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 22h
October's autumnal magic is here! Look out for: • The brilliant shades of autumn colour • Fungi appearing (admire, don't pick, as some can be poisonous) • Spiders and their webs • Nuts and berries ripening for wildlife Take a moment to slow down and enjoy the natural world 🍂 📸Emma Varley
Misty tree‑lined country lane in autumn, golden leaves arching overhead and a lone cyclist silhouetted in the foggy distance.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎼 #MusiciansForHealth brings micro-concerts to more than 1,500 #elderly people in #hospitals and health centers in #Spain to combat #loneliness and improve well-being www.democrata.es/en/health/mu...
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Microconcerts that improve the lives of 1,500 elderly people
The Foundation Musicians for Health offers micro-concerts in hospitals and socio-health centers to combat loneliness and reinforce emotional well-being.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇪🇺🇬🇧 #UK would be ‘welcome’ back in #EU French President #EmmanuelMacron and Spanish Prime Minister #PedroSánchez have welcomed #AndyBurnham’s plan to unpick #Brexit www.politico.eu/article/macr...
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Macron and Sanchez say UK would be ‘welcome’ back in EU
Andy Burnham’s suggestion that the U.K. could rejoin the EU was met with a more muted response from Brussels itself.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Move to rejoin #EU among options for #UK, says #AndyBurnham The prime minister told the #BBC the current #Brexit settlement had caused "more harm than good" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Andy Burnham
The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇪🇺 #PublicHealth groups criticise #EuropeanParliament event on the role of wine in health policy, organised by the wine industry “wholly inappropriate” to give alcohol industry a platform in a health policy debate particularly on #WorldHeartDay” @ehnheart.bsky.social ehnheart.org/news-events/...
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European Heart Network | World Heart Day is no platform for alcohol industry influence
Brussels, 28 September 2026 – On 29 September, World Heart Day, MEP Dario Nardella (S&D) will host an event in...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚀 STARTS TOMORROW: European Health Forum Gastein 2026 #EHFG2026 💻 Free online attendance
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇺🇳🇪🇸 Spain nominates Dr María Neira, the #WHO’s former director for #environment, #climatechange and health, for the WHO Director-General election. Her last-minute nomination was supported by 100+ civil society organisations @drmarianeira.bsky.social @who.int healthpolicy-watch.news/spain-to-nom...
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EXCLUSIVE: Spain To Nominate María Neira As Candidate For WHO Director-General - Health Policy Watch
Spain is set to nominate María Neira for the WHO Director-General election ahead of Thursday's statutory deadline, sources close to matter told Health Policy Watch. The submission expands the candidat...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UK #CostOfLiving crisis: Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as gap between #HousingBenefit and actual rent grows “Keeping Local Housing Allowance #LHA frozen while rents rise is driving people to #FoodBanks” @trusselluk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows
Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇺🇳 UN: #ElNiño is “a significant #PublicHealth threat, not just a #ClimateChange phenomenon” #WHO warns of rising risks from #cholera, #malnutrition, #mosquito borne diseases and heat-related illness as #ExtremeWeather puts additional pressure on vulnerable communities gulfnews.com/world/europe...
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El Niño is rapidly strengthening and the UN warns the biggest threat may be to human health
UN warns a rapidly strengthening El Niño could fuel disease, hunger and deadly heat, straining fragile health systems and vulnerable communities worldwide.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
✅ Registered and ready for #EHFG2026 online!
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 21/09/2026
On World Alzheimer's Day, we’re highlighting two studies commissioned by EMA that use real-world healthcare data to better understand Alzheimer’s disease, from who is affected to what happens after diagnosis. Keep reading the thread👇 🧪 #medsky #Scicomm
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇺🇳 New WHO report warns that #women account for 77% of the European #healthcare workforce but earn 19% less per hour than men www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
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Women in health earn 19% less than men, WHO warns
Despite dominating Europe's health and care sector, women hold just over half of its top-paying jobs, according to a new WHO report.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦 #UK should 'team up' with #Canada in new #Europe alliance, Canadian minister tells BBC "The world has changed. America has changed. So we need to change." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister says
It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.
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Layla McCay @laylamccay.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Having experienced the challenge of finding the UK health / NHS policy community here on Bluesky, I've created a starter pack so you can easily follow some key voices right away. Please comment with suggested additions as more people join. go.bsky.app/NEVJUbU
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
‎🦟 Mosquitoes Are Becoming Europe's Problem Too: What the Frankfurt Deaths Reveal ‎ “Global travel and a warming climate are shrinking the distance between mosquito borne disease & populations that have spent generations assuming it was someone else’s problem” www.modernghana.com/news/1523274...
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‎Mosquitoes Are Becoming Europe's Problem Too: What the Frankfurt Deaths Reveal ‎
Malaria has a well-worn geography in the public imagination Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, parts of Latin America .
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#ClimateChange and #PublicHealth: #WestNile virus hits Seville as 89-year-old man dies, second death this season with 54 cases across Andalusia #Heatwaves and higher temperatures allow carrier mosquitoes to remain active for longer www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
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West Nile virus hits Seville: 89-year-old man dies, second death this season
The patient had been in Hospital Virgen del Rocío since Monday with meningoencephalitis caused by West Nile virus, which has already led to 54 cases in Andalusia this season.
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EuroHealthNet @eurohealthnet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What if better health starts with better communication? Our latest magazine explores how clear, trustworthy, and inclusive health communication can make a real difference in an age of misinformation. Out now: eurohealthnet-magazine.eu Flipzine: eurohealthnet-magazine.eu/eurohealthne...
EuroHealthNet Magazine mockup showing a colourful cover featuring a face covered by social media icons to represent info overload. Next to it is a two page spread showing the first 2 pages of the editorial. On the left is a shadow figure looking up at different colour balls representing information overload. The second page features text blocks reading: public health is facing a communication backlash - it needs to understand it, not fear it.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#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/...
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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...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#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/...
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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...
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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/...
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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
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🌅 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...
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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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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🌅 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...
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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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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🌇 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/...
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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.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🌇 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/...
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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.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🌇 #DistrictCooling: Europe’s waterways could help cool down cities and replace the need for individual #AirConditioning #PublicHealth #Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🗳️ #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...
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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".
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 08/07/2026
Brussels just dodged a Brexit‑fuelled airport meltdown with its biometrics U‑turn
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Brussels just dodged a Brexit‑fuelled airport meltdown with its biometrics U‑turn
<div><img width="600" height="400" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/03/pexels-connor-danylenko-534256-2612113-600x400.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/03/pexels-connor-danylenko-534256-2612113-600x400.jpg 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/03/pexels-connor-danylenko-534256-2612113-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>The EU Commission says that the EES will reduce the average time spent at passport control from 90 seconds to 20 seconds per person. Airlines have warned of five-hour queues at airports.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🇵🇸 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...
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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.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🇵🇸 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...
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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.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🇪🇺 #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...
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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...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🌇 '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...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#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...
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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
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🇺🇸 #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...
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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
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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Good morning! Here’s a Sunday morning view to start things off. 📍Kithurst Hill 📸 Jamie Fielding
A solitary tree stands on a gently rolling meadow beneath a pale blue sky with scattered clouds and small red poppies dotting the grassy foreground.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌆 #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/...
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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
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌆 #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/...
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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
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
☕ 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 in the journal of Clinical #Gastroenterology and #Hepatology has found. www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
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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.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 02/07/2026
Children under two should avoid screens entirely, according to a new review linking early exposure to long-term developmental risks.
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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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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Trust in science in the United States @nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🌇 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/...
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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...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
✏️ 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/...
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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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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🇬🇧 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...
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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
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🌇 ‘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...
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‘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 ...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🌇 ‘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...
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‘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 ...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🌆 #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...
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‘Conditions are awful – staff are really struggling’: RCP warns NHS is not fit for extreme temperatures as doctors sound alarm
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🌆 #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...
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‘Conditions are awful – staff are really struggling’: RCP warns NHS is not fit for extreme temperatures as doctors sound alarm
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🌇 #Heatwave: France raises health alert to highest level ‘Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said they were now seeing deaths among young people linked to the extreme temperatures, as well as the elderly.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Europe's heatwave shifts east as as France raises health alert to highest level
Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🎓4 day course: How do #HealthSystems survive, adapt, and transform in the face of crisis? From pandemics and climate shocks to cyberattacks and economic instability. 30 November - 3 December 2026 - Trinity College Dublin Teaching team includes Dr @maryjguy.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/medicine/edu...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#UN commission of inquiry says #Israel committing genocide in #Gaza by deliberately targeting #children About 30% of those killed in the Gaza war have been children, according to the UN commission of inquiry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @lancetcountdown.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🌡️ A week to go until our next webinar on climate change and heat. Join Professor Ollie Jay, Dr Farjana Jahan and Joan Ballester as they discuss how climate change and health indicators can help understand and respond to rising heat risks. Register to attend: buff.ly/7nPDgU2
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