This is an article i have written with colleagues about how environmental and social factors can be included alongside economic analyses in assessments of services
Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected. Many of us therefore feel that we should use our position to speak out and make sure that people know about the climate emergency and the…
An article is planned fora forthcoming edition of OTnews exploring examples of sustainable practice in various different settings.
Are you practicing occupational therapy in a sustainable way? Or…
Check out Michelle Perryman on Episode 13 of the Podcast “Occupied” (http://www.brockcook.com/013/) eloquently speak about how Occupational Therapists as a young profession in a medical model world…
Hello everyone, my name Anna Michell and I have become the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare’s (CSH) newest Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteer. My role with CSH will be to write up case…
"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…
Welcome to my farewell post as an OT Sustainability Volunteer! One of mymain projects recently has been writing a report looking at the role of occupational therapists within the NHS…
Occupational therapy, with its holistic approach to problem-solving and ability to understand complex contextual factors, is in a position to play a critical role in framing issues around…
Worth a read:
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/greening-vacant-lots-reduces-depression-city-dwellers
I like the simplicity with which hits the triple bottom line.