Last week I went to an academic conference about mental health, during an unprecedented heatwave, & the first plenary session was dedicated to the climate crisis as the biggest threat to mental health. But when I tried to talk to other attendees about our own actions...

As members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, we ask that the college move its bank account from Barclays to an ​​ethical and sustainable bank. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/i0TLm8HBzT via @UKChange

Great #SusQi @SusHealthcare workshop today. Fantastic to hear about sustainable quality improvement projects happening in practice 🌱. If you’re interested in learning about Sustainable Quality Improvement (SusQi) go to 👇 https://t.co/7u0dSJkf0y #greenhealthcare

@VictoriaI_Stan kicking off the Sustainable Quality Improvement online workshop this morning. 💚#SusQi Looking forward to hearing everyone ideas for sustainable quality improvement projects. #QI #sustainablehealthcare #GreenerNHS

@studarch discussing the environmental impacts of healthcare and how we can apply the #SusQi framework to reduce environmental costs and improve population health💚#sustainablehealthcare #GreenNHS

At med school the focus is on science - biology, physics, biochemistry. The more I work in healthcare the more I realise that the subjects we really need to learn are anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. Medicine is an art.

For the past six weeks, @amywestervelt and @MaryHeglar have been writing on climate issues as a guest columnists. And what a superb run. They started with a plan to fix climate journalism:

Pleased to see this partnership with @SusHealthcare 👇

The #SusQi live training session has got off to a great start with a great mix of motivated healthcare professionals and @SusHealthcare. #qualityimprovement definitely provides the tools and methods to put thinking into action.

Check out this fantastic course for Mental Health and Sustainability by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. It has a host of fantastic speakers including those on our committee. @KatherineKennet @jkrzanow @h_pinto13

This landmark outdoor health care project at University Hospital Llandough @OurHealthMeadow with @Health_Charity @CV_UHB is really gathering momentum @wgdep_health @WGClimateChange @WGHealthandCare @WGRural @vaughangething @sophiehowe @GreenHWales

"We're out in the streets protesting. We're protesting because we're angry - and we are right to. We have seen a failure of leadership. When we express our anxiety, we are left out of the room. We are not being invited in." - @CloverHogan at #COP26. #RaceToZero #RaceToResilience

⁦@FrancesMortimer⁩ WHO #COP26 Pavilion “Education needs to be empowering. We don’t need a huge amount of knowledge: human & planetary health are intertwined & carbon literacy. Skills integrated into quality improvement training”⁦@SusHealthcare⁩ ⁦@GreenerPractice

A Rwandan explains why they rejected Western psychologists after the genocide

Our latest #meded paper is out! This one addresses some of the challenges and strategies for helping medical students create positive social and environmental impact through quality improvement practices #sustainablehealthcare #susqi #ClimateCrisis #MedEd https://t.co/uViHfvWICY

Mental health trusts are preoccupied with length of stay as measure of how well they cope with demand. Bed occupancy tells you more about quality and the system Staff stress, patient experience and safety associated with lower bed occupancy @NHSBenchmarking @SteveWatkinsNHS

‘A doctor speaks out on the life-threatening hole at the heart of medical training’ Thanks @euronewsgreen @euronews @ecomaeve https://t.co/KYmKfAmQPb

"Doctors who believe that medicine and politics are entirely separate will be seen as fundamentally out of touch with medicine or politics, or both"

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, wildfires, floods, storms and droughts, are increasing in frequency and intensity – widening existing health inequalities