Photo: We Are Warrington
In today’s edition: a clinic-on-wheels brings cervical cancer screening to more communities in the UK, travelling doctors take turns in French small-town clinics, and a new kind of library in Colorado lets people borrow the tools they need to experience nature.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, but NHS figures show there are just over four million women in England who are not up to date with their cervical screening. In a move to improve take up, Living Well buses started running walk-in cervical screening clinics in Cheshire and Merseyside. Funded by NHS England North West, the service was so popular that this summer it expanded into neighbouring regions.
Source: The Guardian
In France, Médecins Solidaires is sending doctors to small-town clinics for week-long rotations, helping communities where permanent GPs are in short supply. Doctors share the workload by taking turns, giving patients access to consistent primary care without requiring one physician to move there permanently.
Source: Reasons To Be Cheerful
The programme buys and cancels qualifying medical debt at no cost to the state or eligible residents. It covers people whose medical bills exceed 5% of annual income or who earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level, meaning more than 200,000 additional residents will receive notices this week alone with no application required.
Source: ABC 15
Solar panels generated nearly 1 terawatt-hour in May 2026, supplying almost a third of the state’s electricity. This put solar ahead of natural gas at 32% and coal at 28%, while wind supplied 2% in a region which has long been reliant on coal as a power source.
Source: Grist
The city is using opioid settlement funds to build a 24/7 crisis response service, using existing mobile crisis teams which already send mental health professionals instead of police to some emergencies as a springboard. The new service will respond to a wider range of crises where police are not needed, directing people to specialised support instead.
Source: NPR
Since Tuesday, businesses can only make marketing calls with prior consent or about an existing contract. The new rules cover all sectors, with limited exceptions, and move telemarketing towards permission-based contact.
Source: BBC News
An $800,000 pilot will test radiant cooling, using pipes beneath station surfaces to absorb heat and transfer it into water. Funded by congestion-pricing revenue, the approach could be a better way to cool stations that can become dangerously hot in summer.
Source: Inside Climate News
New Orleans-based Glass Half Full collects discarded bottles from bars, restaurants and drop-off sites before crushing the glass into sand and other materials that can be used in coastal restoration projects.
Source: Good Good Good
Traditional crab pots are connected to surface buoys by vertical lines that can trap and injure whales, but new gear could let fishermen retrieve pots without leaving ropes in the water. Oregon is currently trialing this new equipment while also restricting pot numbers and fishing depths.
Source: Good Good Good
The Anythink Nature Library in Colorado has opened as the eighth branch of the Adams County Library. Alongside books, visitors can borrow birdwatching kits, snowshoes and other equipment for exploring the 140-acre Aylor Open Space.
Source: Good Good Good
