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Innovative Training Post in GP Training

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29 Aug 2020
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Margaret Jackson
I and a colleague are putting together a proposal for an Innovative Training Post (ITP) within the GP training programme in Scarborough themed around climate and sustainability. Is there anyone…
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New Nurses and Midwives global climate movement

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26 Aug 2020
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Siobhan Parslow-Williams
Nurses and Midwives from across the world are being invited to join the new Nurses Drawdown movement bycommitting to taking personal and professional action. To join the movement and to find out more…
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Sustainable surgery in primary care

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18 Aug 2020
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Admin *
Good morning After Newsletter 88 I had a conversation with the GPs in our practice who do minor surgery about trying to reduce single use items. It sounds like we have already made advances in this…
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Faculty development and partnership with students to integrate sustainable healthcare into health professions education

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13 Aug 2020
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Felicity Connolly
Great paper published this week in Medical Teacher Journal by SanYuMay Tun. Thanks for including Lancaster Medical School as a case study SanYuMay! Proud to be alongside other universities in the US…
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Invitation for Doctors working in Europe to complete Survey

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7 Aug 2020
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Vivien De Greef
Students from the University of Amsterdam would like to hear from you regarding COVID-19 induced e-health implementation and its contribution to sustainable healthcare. Background:The COVID-19…
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Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023

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3 Aug 2020
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Vivien De Greef
The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023 (EPT Agenda 2023) is a global call to action built around a single aim relevant to physical therapy or physiotherapy education (1). This aim of the agenda…
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Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

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29 Jul 2020
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Vivien De Greef
Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada. After a four-hour self-study module, we met in a four-hour workshop to discuss…
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Planetary Health Report Card - UK recruitment

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15 Jul 2020
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Hannah Chase
The Planetary Health Report Card is a medical-student driven initiative designed to inspiremedical schools internationally to introduce climate change and planetary health into the medical school…
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'Upcycling' dialysis filters?

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7 Jul 2020
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Frances Mortimer
I hadn't realised that discardedkidney dialysis filters are being repurposed to make pure water in some places in Africa, Asia and Latin America - described in this article, titled 'Ingenious…
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Royal College of Surgeons Bulletin Sustainability Issue

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3 Jul 2020
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Charlotte Holbrook
The Royal College of Surgeons of England have dedicated their July issue of Bulletin tosustainability. It is very exciting to see this fantastic collection of articles reach such a wide audience of…