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Turning the World Upside Down

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1 May 2013
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Isobel Braithwaite
A couple of weeks back, I attended the launch event of the new Turning the World Upside Down (TTWUD) website. It was a thought-provoking event, and the site itself is full of interesting and unusual…
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RCPsych Explores Carbon Accounting at the Patient Level

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29 Apr 2013
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I went to the RCPsych and HEFMA conference in Birmingham last week. Itwas great to have the expertise and knowledge of HEFMA in the sameroom as those interested in sustainability at the RCPsych. We…
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Sustainability Ideas for Hospitals

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22 Apr 2013
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Amy Alsop
My name is Amy and I am the junior doctor ‘Sustainability Fellow’ for the Severn Deanery in the UK. It is a new post this year so I have a blank slate to work with. It is a post I have taken on in…
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Junior Doctor Sustainability Fellow

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22 Apr 2013
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Amy Alsop
My name is Amy and I am the junior doctor ‘Sustainability Fellow’ for the Severn Deanery in the UK. It is a new post this year so I have a blank slate to work with. It is a post I have taken on in…
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climate change, global kidney health and the ISN

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11 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
In his talk at the global health session of the Renal Association-BTS Congress last month, Professor John Feehally, president of the International Society of Nephrologists, reminded the audience how…
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Commissioners urged to consider "social value"

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11 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
An article by Mo Girach for the NHS Alliance. The piece comments on the implications of two recent pieces of legislation impacting on the delivery of health care services (particularly by independent…
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Severn Deanery wins Green Award

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10 Apr 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Congratulations to the Severn Deanery, which has been placed in the top three for Bristol Zoo’s Walk of Fame ‘Green Team’ award!Sustainability has become a major agenda for the Severn Deanery in…
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Australian colleagues launch Green Dialysis website

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10 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The strap line for the new Green Dialysis website is "eco-dialysis… a more thoughtful future". http://greendialysis.org/ documents the eco-journey of the Barwon Health Renal Service, which began…
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Presentations from Sustainability and Health symposium - University of Brighton

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4 Apr 2013
by
Heather Baid
The Sustainability Group from the University of Brighton School of Nursing and Midwifery hosted a symposium during the University's green week (March 2013).Click here for our website which has the…
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Plans underway for a Sustainable Respiratory Inhalers Programme

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4 Apr 2013
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Frances Mortimer
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use…