bill to battle climate change and institute health care reforms despite complete republican opposition. mr biden said people would now see lower drug and energy costs, and big corporations would finally start to pay their fair share. the $430 billion package officially known as the inflation reduction act should enable the us to meet 80% of its carbon emission targets by 2030. the house passed the measure by 13 votes. the senate previously approved the bill on the casting vote of the vice president. after nhs paramedia joe cartwright lost several friends who took their own lives and attended many other tragic deaths as part of his job, he decided to start raising money for a suicide prevention charity. now he s in training to cross the english channel on a paddleboard in the hope of sharing an important message. the bbc s james burridge went to meet him.
now the story of an nhs paramedic who s in training to cross the english channel on a paddleboard in the hope of sharing an important message. joe cartwright lost several friends to suicide and attended many such tragic deaths as part of his job, and so now he s raising money for a suicide prevention charity. 0ur reporter, james burridge, went to meet him. if i want to achieve something big in life, this is how to do it. luton paramedicjoe cartwright is taking on an enormous challenge in september. he s paddleboarding across the english channel. paddleboarding helped change joe s life. the ambulance service is under immense strain, and has pushed him and many others to the brink. a couple of years ago, i was diagnosed with ptsd after dealing with a horrendous suicide in my place of work in the ambulance service. it left me with some horrendous visuals of this one particular person that i saw everyday wherever i was. it changed my life, i could not
importance of suicide prevention. what is difference is paddleboarding on the sea, which i haven t done up until about three orfour on the sea, which i haven t done up until about three or four months ago. i did from southampton to the isle of wight, and now i know how dangerous the sea can be. what is the aim with all of this? the aim for this is to, if i can speak so openly about the troubles and traumas i have been through, i want as many other people to do the same. i want other people to take up a sport like paddleboarding to. to find their own sort of happy place, and i want to get as much awareness, especially in blue light responders, and get help out there to prevent one more life been lost. that was joe cartwright talking to james burridge. if you ve been affected by any of the issues raised injoe s story, the bbc action line has details of organisations which can offer support. i wish him all the best. let s catch
became unimaginably hard, and some took their own lives. now one paramedic, who also suffered suicidal thoughts, has found a unique way to clear his mind and to raise awareness of the issue. he s going to paddleboard across the english channel. his name isjoe cartwright and he s been telling his story to james burridge. last few years have been really testing for everyone in the ambulance service, we have had the pandemic to deal with, we have some really good parent medics to covid unfortunately, editors sometime as well as dealing with covid we have dealt with staff suicides. my name isjoe cartwright, i am an an operational commander paramedic. covid was terrible for us. we were going out to patients in the morning that were gasping for oxygen and we couldn t do anything with them. going back to them in the evening and they had sadly passed away. it really had an effect on the crews. how does it have such an effect on