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TOP TEN FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE SUSTAINABLE!

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19 Feb 2015
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Sonia Sangha
Dear all,Efforts are being made to produce a list of practical suggestions on Psych Susnet to help encourage members to get involved and start being proactive to help our service be more sustainable.…
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Draft patient leaflet on Green Nephrology - comments invited!

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13 Feb 2015
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Frances Mortimer
Members of the Green Nephrology Network have been collaborating with the National Kidney Federation to develop an information leaflet for patients about Green Nephrology. The leaflet is to be…
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New Inquiry Launched on Sustainability in the NHS

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5 Feb 2015
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Frances Mortimer
House of Commons announcement NEW INQUIRY LAUNCHED ON: SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NHS A year after the NHS published its SD Strategy (‘Sustainable, Resilient, Healthy People & Places’) in January…
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Apologies for the broken link in blog post

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2 Feb 2015
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Kate Chatfield
Seeking feedback on course development unfortunately had a broken link for the survey embedded.I have now rectified this. Apologies to anyone who tried the link before.Heer it is…
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Course develoment MSc Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing

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30 Jan 2015
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Kate Chatfield
In the School of Health at the University of Central Lancashire we are currently developing an MSc in Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing.This course will seek to explore global challenges, as well…
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Fossil Free Healthcare

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29 Jan 2015
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Eleanor Dow
On the 3rd February, Healthy Planet are publishing their report “Unhealthy Investments”, co-authored with MedAct, The Climate and Health Council, Medsin and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.This…
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Department for Transport cycle projects using HEAT tool to predict health gains

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28 Jan 2015
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Admin *
By using the World Health Organisation’s Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) for walking and cycling, DfT have predicted the impact on physical fitness to account for over 60% of the overall…
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OTnews cover story

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27 Jan 2015
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Ben Whittaker
November's sustainability networking event at COT HQ has made the front page of the latest OTnews:http://www.cot.co.uk/latest-features-ot-news/otnews-january-2015I'll upload the slides from the day on…
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Sustainable Practice in Occupational Therapy

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25 Jan 2015
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Carole W. Dennis
We've been reading about what members of OT Susnet and others have accomplished around issues of sustainability and occupational therapy for some time, and we are pleased to have something to add to…
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NHS Forest Crowdfunder Success!

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13 Jan 2015
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Jacqueline Cutting
Thank you to all of our supporters who helped us create healing enviroments by pledging a tree for the NHS Forest for Christmas. This was a fantastic success and we now have nigh on 100 extra trees…