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End of life care

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21 Nov 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
A large proportion of healthcare resources go into providing care for people in their last few months of life, but it is not always apparent that the interventions they receive are what they really…
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Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Healthcare Cost?

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15 Nov 2012
by
Sally Aston
According to a new US based report 'Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Healthcare Cost Curve' sponsored by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and Health Care Without Harm, the…
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Sustainable Health and Social Care Research Summit

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14 Nov 2012
by
Rachel Stancliffe
This event built on a scoping review of research needs conducted by The King's Fund and funded by the National Institute for Health Research and SCIE. Senior people with backgrounds in funding,…
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Cutting CO2 in kidney care: 102 heat exchangers fitted!

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13 Nov 2012
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
In October 2011 The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) secured funding at the Pitch Pledge Party event, a 10:10 initiative in partnership with The Funding Network (TFN) and Guardian, for the…
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Atlas of Health and Climate: joint publication by WHO and WMO

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7 Nov 2012
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Frances Mortimer
On 29 October 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published jointly an Atlas of health and climate that provides scientific information on the…
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New EDTNA/ERCA Green Innovation Award

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7 Nov 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
The EDTNA/ERCA 42nd International Conference is inviting abstracts on Green Innovations - pioneering work to reduce the environmental burden of dialysis (closing date 15th February 2013). The…
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SHE Network update & invitation to telemeeting: 15 November 2012, 2pm

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31 Oct 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
Members of this network are invited to join a telemeeting 2-3pm on Thursday 15th November 2012.The meeting will review recent activity including the following:GMC curriculum consultation working…
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Internship opportunity: educating for sustainable healthcare

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25 Oct 2012
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Frances Mortimer
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network are looking for a volunteer / intern to provide administrative support for a national consultation exercise on…
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Great to see the BRS looking at exercise in CKD

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17 Oct 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
Picking up on the workshop run by Charlie Tomson at the Green Nephrology Summit last month on opportunities for primary and secondary prevention in kidney care, I was really glad to…
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RCN report says NHS could save £5.5m on waste management

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17 Oct 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
This Health Estates & Facilities Management Association (HEFMA) article "Wasting Away" gives a nice introduction an RCN report on waste management in the NHS. It identifies some pretty enormous…