07:39 Wednesday 30th March 2016
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
DOTTY MCLEOD: Floods, heatwaves, pollution. mosquitos, is the NHS ready for the impact of climate change? Well a new organisation made up of bodies like the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Nursing thinks not actually. This is the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change. It says climate change events are becoming more intense and more frequent. It wants the Government to set up action plans to ensure the public and the health systems they rely on are able to respond. Dr Fiona Godlee is the Editor in Chief of the British Medical Journal, one of the organisations in the new Alliance. Morning Fiona.
FIONA GODLEE: Good morning.
DOTTY MCLEOD: So why has the BMJ signed up to this?
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