Our special adviser on air quality responds to a report by CBI Economic's report Breathing Life into the UK Economy, commissioned by the Clean Air Fund.
'Improving air quality', a joint report from four select committees published today, calls for a new clean air act, a clean air fund and a national air quality support programme.
Following the release of the UK government's 'Health impacts of all pollution – what do we know?', RCP president Professor Jane Dacre called its recommendation for health impacts of pollution to be included in all curricula for clinicians in training 'a notably progressive move'.
As part of the RCP's commitment to tackling the problem of air pollution, we are supporting the UK’s first-ever National Clean Air Day on Thursday 15 June.
The RCP is supporting moves to improve the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive to protect children from the advertising and marketing of alcohol and unhealthy foods.
The RCP has produced a briefing in support of Geraint Davies MP’s Private Member’s Bill on Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Adverstising) and outlining some key statistics on the prevalence of obesity in the UK.