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Slides of the presentation done for Allied health sustainability network meeting 18/10/2023.
Title:Development of an occupational therapy version of the planetary health report card
Presentor:…
https://www.dassiet.com/ucast/resources
Dassiet is bringing biodegradable splinting to the US market and expanding European adoption.
The above link shows videos of UCAST and Woodcast solutions…
Slides attached - for my dissertation I interviewed OTs that were taking therapy outdoors in nature. Five worked in NHS settings, one worked for a charity and one in a social enterprise. Here are…
On Tuesday it was International Biodiversity day. Biological diversity is often understood in terms of a wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences…
OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice.
RCOT members can viewissues of OTnews…
This is the most recent carbon/natural resources footprint of health and social care in England, based on 2017 data. Of note, the greenhouse gas emissions from metered dose inhalers are estimated at…
Nephrologist,Charlie Tomson, gives an overview of the challenge of reducingcarbon in the NHS and potential solutions - from energy and waste reduction to Sustainable Care Pathways.
This very interesting report talks about the psychological impacts of climate change which are very worrying indeed.
It then calls for professionals in mental health to focus on this issue to bring…