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I enjoyed this piece but felt the urge to submit a response as the best compliment we can give people we admire for their activism is to be a part of the movement ourselves.

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Rammina 🌍 Thanks so much Rammina 🌍 Here are some of the stories that inspired me, and a discount voucher Hurst Publishers Health for XR

“It seems reasonable to suggest that engaging in non-violent climate protests may be considered a “supererogatory duty” for doctors – one that cd be considered morally good, given the points above..” As a potential patient, I agree. Reasonable & reassuring. We want Drs who care.

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Adam Kay Dr Rachel Clarke Dr Janaway Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 David Oliver George Monbiot

Delighted to have an abstract accepted for an oral presentation on:

“Good Medical Practice and the Climate Crisis”

For this J. of Medical Ethics IME Medical Ethics Conference in July

How timely.

Clearly lots to discuss….

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#GreenerAHP referenced in Rammina 🌍’s excellent blog. I urge you all to read her work, she has quite the portfolio of sense making pieces 💪🏽 Nonviolent climate protests and the medical profession – should doctors be struck off for their actions - go.shr.lc/4a8iTbj

'Nonviolent climate protests and the medical profession – should doctors be struck off for their actions?' 🌍👩‍⚕️

A new blog post by Rammina Yassaie #bioethics #climatechange

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“The survival of humanity is argued to be at risk, so any utilitarian calculation of proportionality is likely to conclude that short-term nonviolent disruption is a lower threat and proportionate response to the far greater threat of climate devastation…”

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This is a matter of grave concern. One of the explicit duties of doctors is to “ Protect and promote the health of patients and the public.” This is not compatible with being prosecuted and then struck off for taking non-violent direct action…what other action is open to us?

Brilliant to hear our AHP AHP SHU students present their leadership placement work for Greener AHP week!

Great to see our students leading the change 👏💚🌍 with SYaB AHP ICS 💙

#GreenerAHP

Helen Batty Dr Janice St. John-Matthews (DProf) Jacqueline Gordon Helen McAlinney SHU Radiography

Quite.

Time for all health leaders to choose courage over comfort.

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“The profession has not been undermined by her actions & the public is not concerned about one doctor trying to protect them & the planet, but more by the inadequate response of the Govt & organisations, including the GMC, to our overwhelming and unprecedented climate crisis”

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Sometimes the Law is wrong.

Just a few short weeks ago, you apologised for unjust regulatory action against gay doctors under homophobic laws in the 1980s.

You are repeating the same mistakes

We must not be apologists for unjust laws.

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4. History tells us that neither the law, nor medical regulators are always right, 40 doctors received criminal convictions under homophobic laws in the 1980.
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The GMC has failed us all.

Suspending whistleblowing doctors for sounding the alarming on climate devastation rides roughshod over the GMC’s own legal & ethical responsibility to protect patient safety.

All health leaders should call this out urgently.

UK Health Alliance on Climate Change

I’ve tried hard to avoid the PA debate.

I quit paediatrics in 2017 because the culture, enabled by some consultants, was toxic.

I would encourage the specialty to focus on creating compassionate cultures, so they stop losing doctors, rather than taking recruitment shortcuts.