Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to deliver better services, support healthier populations, and save costs.
The combined threats of climate change and biodiversity loss are a global public health emergency requiring urgent attention.12 The health impacts of these crises are far reaching, spanning the direct effects of changing weather patterns, such as heat waves causing cardiovascular events or severe dehydration; damage to health infrastructure through extreme weather events; system disruptions to the upstream determinants of health, such as reduced crop viability affecting nutritional status; and the direct health effects of fossil fuel combustion, such as respiratory diseases from air pollution.3 The NHS contributes about 5% of UK fossil fuel emissions and generates substantial waste,4 which feeds into a cycle where he
Landmark project boosts sex and gender equity in UK medical research
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Pharmaceutical Market Europe - February 2024
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The recently announced changes to how academic foundation jobs are allocated will not remove the barriers that prevent clinicians from pursuing research, write Marina Politis , Kate Womersley , and Charlotte Summers
The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) recently announced major changes to the specialised foundation programme (SFP) an academic pathway for newly qualified doctors. Applicants will no longer be able to select academic jobs for which to interview; instead, these jobs will be assigned by a computer ranking system that’s not linked to applicants’ previous achievements.1 The introduction of this preference informed allocation system for the main foundation programme was met with frustration in 2023.2 The decision by UKFPO to extend it, and to incorporate the SFP into the allocation process for the main foundation programme rather than having a separate application, will make the NHS a less attractive place to train for doctors who are considering a clinical academic
Pharmaceutical Market Europe - February 2024
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