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Environmental Sustainability and Healthcare Sustainability, two sides of the same coin

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10 May 2017
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Dr Frances Mortimer (Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford) and Sir Muir Gray (Value Based Healthcare, University of Oxford) lead a session at the [“Igniting Collective Excellence”,] International…
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Surviving or Thriving?

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10 May 2017
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Shiva Marjani
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week. “Surviving or Thriving? The state of the UK's mental health” is the new report released by mental health Foundation, for this occasion. The report is brief but…
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BTS position statement on the environment and lung health

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4 May 2017
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Alexander Wilkinson
In case you didn't see it, the British Thoracic Society released its Position Statement on the Environment and Lung Health in March along with these 5 action points members can take: First and…
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Unmask My City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe

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2 May 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The anti-air pollution campaign 'Unmask My City' has been launched today, 2nd May, coinciding with World Asthma Day 2017. It is a global initiative by doctors, nurses, public health practitioners, and…
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NurSusTOOLKIT launch 2nd May 2017 in Plymouth

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1 May 2017
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Janet Richardson
I am pleased to announce that on 2nd May we will launch the NurSusTOOLKIT. This European Erasmus + funded project provides teaching and learning materials to support nurses an health professionals to…
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Harvard school of public health climate change and health podcasts

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27 Apr 2017
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These 15/20 minute entry-level podcasts recorded in February 2017 look at what we know about the way in which climate change affects health and the steps we can take. Both are interviews with Dr Aaron…
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A great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups

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27 Apr 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
We have a great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work on sustainable commissioning and sustainable healthcare by participating in CSH’s CCG Sustainability Scholars…
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Global Public Health MOOC - starting 1st May

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27 Apr 2017
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Delivered on-line by the University of Bergen and FutureLearn, Medical Peace Work is a course which introduces global heath and public health through the lens of peace practice. It covers a wide…
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JOIN US on the 29th June - quality improvement, international collaboration and sustainable kidney care

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25 Apr 2017
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Building on all the fantastic work achieved in Green Nephrology since 2008 and following on from the commitment shown to high quality and low carbon kidney care, the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare…
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Canadian webinar and report on Choosing Wisely

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11 Apr 2017
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Choosing Wisely (CW) is a campaign, originally from Canada but now also active the UK and US, which engages clinicians and other health professionals in debate and action to deprioritise low value and…