Submitted on Sunday 5th May 2019
Rejected on Friday 7th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change the Dept of Health's name to the Department of Public + Planetary Health
Our children are facing hardship and tragedy because we have failed collectively to respect and revere the planet.
We need to make it absolutely clear going forward that there is no public health without planetary health. Changing the name of the DOH to reflect this would be a powerful statement.
Written by an inner city London GP.
The earth is heading for 4.5 degrees of warming this century. We are facing droughts, famine, disease, mass international migration that will dwarf Syria, civil unrest, rising protectionism and resultant war.
To make policy changes quickly the government needs the public perception of this problem to change, and fast. A bold move like this would get a lot of attention, drive discussion and at little cost to the government. A complete win-win for all parties.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We're not sure what action you would like the Government to take.
Climate change is currently the responsibility of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. If you would like this responsibility transferred to the Department of Health and Social Care, and for the Department to be renamed accordingly, you could start a petition to do that.
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