Shock at draft national health plan’s climate change omission
The 10-year preventative health strategy consultation makes no mention of the issue, says Climate and Health Alliance director Fiona Armstrong
Hundreds of medical professionals are warning that the planned National Preventative Health Strategy will fail if it doesn’t include action on climate change.
The 10-year strategy is currently being developed with public feedback.
However, climate change isn’t mentioned in the paper — at all — according to the Climate and Health Alliance.
This came as a shock to Fiona Armstrong, executive director of Climate and Health Alliance that gathered 30 health organisation together to sign a joint statement calling on Minister for Health Greg Hunt to rectify the omission.
