Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Jill Belch

@jillbelch

Citizen. Environmentalist for 1/3 of a century. Researcher #pollution #climate. Professor Vascular Medicine. Likes people. Believes in equality, fairness, truth

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calendar_today31-08-2013 08:52:43

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Climate Defiance (@climatedefiance) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Words fail. Words. Fail. Phoenix just breached 100 degrees for the 100th consecutive day. We are being burned alive by the billionaire class. Earth is fast becoming unbearable. Unlivable. Uninhabitable. We are signing a suicide pact with the fossil fuel industry. Don't you see?

Dr Peter Weeks (@drpeterweeks1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING NEWS : Who knew if you denigrate, underfund, overmanage and demonise a profession for years then there might be a few problems ! NHS faces ‘tipping point’ in England where most appointments will not be with GPs | GPs | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/articl…

Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Quite remarkable that UK doctors are having to pressure their actual regulator - supposed arbiter of standards & probity in the medical profession - to persuade them to release the data from their <squints> public consultation on PAs. But here we are, GMC 🤷‍♀️

Dale Vince (@dalevince) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The salmon farming industry is a disaster - for the environment, for marine life, and for the communities that depend on healthy ecosystems. The fact that it's still being certified by RSPCA (England & Wales) is just wrong... We need transparency and action to stop this destruction. Time

Ellie Chowns (@elliechowns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

5 peaceful climate protesters are facing an excessive sentence under the undemocratic Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. I’m calling on Labour to repeal the Conservatives’ repressive anti-protest laws which undermine our obligations under international law.

Dr David Wrigley (@davidgwrigley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a kick in the teeth to these local GPs who tried their best to keep the practice going, had to throw in the towel only to see their local commissioners hand the contract over with a huge uplift of funding. Wonder if Wes Streeting MP is aware… pulsetoday.co.uk/news/practice-…

Ankit Kant (@ankitkant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ICB couldn't support the existing local GPs, however they have managed to find another £40/patient for a private provider to do the work instead. That is a massive uplift! Massive. Wes Streeting MP please do take a look at what is happening up and down the country.

Dr Sandeep Bansal (@idrsunny) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a national scandal. A corporate acquires a GP surgery and they are given an extra £320,000 to take over. This is transferring money directly from the tax payer to corporates. The NHS will be run by corporates in 5 years in primary care with the NHS badge being just

This is a national scandal. 

A corporate acquires a GP surgery and they are given an extra £320,000 to take over. 

This is transferring money directly from the tax payer to corporates. 

The NHS will be run by corporates in 5 years in primary care with the NHS badge being just
Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This isn’t the only study 👇🏻 We need to curtail pesticide use. In US, cicadas emerge en masse at intervals of 13-17yrs. Pesticide use increased in cicada seasons, as did infant mortality. People born in these years had lower test scores & were more likely to drop out of school.

Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More #Climate knock-on effects At least 19 people contract fungal infection after California music festival. Valley fever has been increasing in California for years as the climate crisis has rendered landscape drier & hotter – conditions the fungus favors theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1 in 7 globally suffers from infertility. #Pollution, both air & noise likely contribute to this. bmj.com/content/386/bm…

1 in 7 globally suffers from infertility. 
#Pollution, both air &amp; noise likely contribute to this.
bmj.com/content/386/bm…
Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When peaceful protest is under threat in the uk, where we don’t know the reason for an unelected person being able to make our laws, things are pretty poor.

Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great news Schoolchildren living in London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) were nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling after its introduction compared with those outside the zone. #AirPollution bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr Jill Belch (@jillbelch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Coming to UK if we let it. Private equity investors buying up hospices. A study found for-profit hospices more likely to discharge patients before death, to transfer patients to hospitals & ER, & have higher rates of complaints & deficiencies theguardian.com/business/artic…

TOXIC 3G ⚽️ PITCHES: SUPPORTING AFFECTED FAMILIES (@against_3g) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Isn't science amazing? This is brilliant... theguardian.com/science/articl… Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent Researchers say procedure not yet tested on people could eventually be used to help locate injuries or tumours .