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Tree planting for NHS Sustainability Day huge success

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31 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
Nearly 500 trees were planted on 27th March around the country for the NHS Sustainability Day of Action. Those planting trees for the NHS Forest's 2@2 campaign included Prime Minister David Cameron…
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Plant 2 trees @ 2 o'clock for NHS Sustainability Day

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6 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
NHS Sustainability Day of Action takes place on 27th March, with lots of activities taking place around the country. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is encouraging partners to plant 2 trees at 2…
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Electric/plug-in hybrids

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5 Mar 2014
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Caroline Gorst-Unsworth
Does anybody out there have experience of increasing staff take up of electric vehicles (either as a personal purchase/lease, or of a pool car scheme)? Our Trust are working on a sustainable…
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The Mental Health Sustainability Gap

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3 Mar 2014
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In designing sustainable mental health services, we need to fully understand our available resources and constraints across environmental, economic and social domains. Only then can models of care be…
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NHS Sustainability Day 2014 - what are you doing?

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20 Feb 2014
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NHS sustainability day is on the 27th March. That is just over 1 month away. This is a great opportunity for us to promote enviromental practices within our teams. Lots of people are signing their…
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Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network leads nationally on sustainability

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12 Feb 2014
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Rachel Stancliffe
Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) is leading the way nationally in prioritising sustainability as a cross-cutting theme. We are pleased to announce that The Centre for Sustainable…
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Launch of Sustainable Development Strategy

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11 Feb 2014
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Ingeborg Steinbach
On 29th January 2014 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) launched the new sustainable development strategy for the health, public health and social care sector for 2014 - 2020. It describes the…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use.

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result from…
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Cycling could save NHS millions

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11 Feb 2014
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A Guardian article discusses how the NHSwould save £250m a year if one in 10 journeys were made by bicycle, according to a study commissioned for a campaign for government to treat cyclingmore…