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My own contribution to the green movement

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8 Nov 2015
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Jayaindra Fernando
As a consultant general surgeon in Sri Lanka, always found time to pursue hobbies of wildlife and painting. As a spin off started growing a arboretum of trees native and endemic to Sri Lanka. This has…
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Progress on Ethylene Oxide in Sri Lanka

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8 Nov 2015
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Jayaindra Fernando
Ethylene Oxide sterilization has been use for recycling some consumable surgical items in Sri Lanka as well as rest of South Asia. The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka has directed that herewith this…
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New research shows brisk walking most effective at reducing weight

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5 Nov 2015
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Jacqueline Cutting
New research by the London School of Economics (LSE) shows that regular brisk walking is the best exercise for keeping weight down. The research compared 30min of high impact walking with the same…
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Tackling Childhood Obesity in West Yorkshire: The role of nature and the outdoors

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3 Nov 2015
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CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network are holding a workshop on the 25th November in partnership with South Pennines LNP. The workshop aims to bring about effective working relationships between…
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Launch of the new JCP-MH Guidance for Commissioners

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28 Oct 2015
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Oliver Bashford
Yesterday at the Royal College of Nursing in central London, a group of clinicians, commissioners and other interested parties gathered for the launch of the new joint commissioning panel for mental…
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Cycling for Sustainability - A ride to the summit

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28 Oct 2015
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Michael Pearce
My alarm buzzed at 03:40am, bleary eyed I stretched across to switch it off assuming I had made an alarm-setting mistake… then it dawned on me that it wasn’t a mistake, and that I had signed up to…
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Psychiatrists cycle to deliver sustainability pledge in Mental Health

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27 Oct 2015
by
Frances Mortimer
Four psychiatrists including Royal College of Psychiatrists Registrar, Dr Adrian James are showing their commitment to sustainability in mental health by cycling 65 miles from Oxford to London. Dr…
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Sustainability and environmental justice in medical ethics education

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22 Oct 2015
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Alistair Wardrope
The third of the Priority Learning Outcomes for Sustainable Healthcare requires that medical students: Discuss how the duty of a doctor to protect and promote health is shaped by the dependence of…
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It was a great pleasure for...

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20 Oct 2015
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Caroline Jessel
It was a great pleasure for me to join the COT conference in Brighton this year at the invitation of Ben Whittaker. Not only did I get a chance to breathe puresea air and experience the delights of…
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Dutch cyclists live longer lives

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13 Oct 2015
by
Frances Mortimer
The WHO HEAT (health economic assessment tool for walking & cycling)in action! BBC report on how Dutch cycling culture is benefiting health: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34498871