Summarised by Centrist
Despite the average GP appointment lasting just 10 minutes, the UK’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is urging doctors to discuss climate change with patients.
This new directive also advises doctors to work from home and reduce tests and prescriptions to save the planet.
Writing for Spiked, columnist Julie Birchall notes that the RCP even encourages doctors to be alert for ‘eco-distress’ in patients, a condition likely exacerbated by incessant climate change fear mongering.
In Canada, a doctor diagnosed a patient with ‘climate change’ due to breathing problems after a hot summer. This absurdity illustrates the dangers of conflating medical expertise with environmental activism.
The NHS is also chasing Net Zero targets, planning to introduce electric ambulances, which paramedics fear will compromise patient care due to long recharging times.
Considering their above normal rates of drug and alcohol abuse, Birchall thinks doctors should stay in their lane:
“I’d definitely listen to a doctor’s advice on what to do with, say, a broken leg, because I’m aware that they studied the subjects of sickness and health into their mid-twenties, while I was chasing off to interview gormless pop stars. But take lessons from them on politics or lifestyle? No thanks,” she writes.
