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…
Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign. Populations are ageing and changing andtechnologies continue to evolve and expand;meanwhile, services are…
Hello - Im a final year medical student doing a 2 week placement with CSH. I am making a pamphlet for GPs suggesting ways in which they can help reduce their patient's exposure to air pollution.
I…
The Environmental Audit Committeehas called on the Government, the NHS and manufacturers to reduce the production and use of metereddose inhalers in order to cutgreenhouse gas emissions.
In the…
This was a very research-rich event which clearly put climate change on the health 'to-do' list. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change (one of the organisers) has produced a good summary…
I was asked to contribute a health-related article for a special Green Infrastructure themed edition of Town and Country Planning, the journal of the TCPA.
This is the outcome. It is driven largely…
Nearly 1 in 4 people in England are classified as ‘inactive’, doing under 30 minutes of physical activity a week, and face the greatest risks to health as a result. The UK Chief Medical Officers…
As many NHS professionals will be aware the NHS has committed to reduce its carbon footprint in line with the Climate Change Act (2008) but, aside from ensuring that legislative targets are reached,…
Today CSH has launched the Green Nurse Network in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing, the Faculty of Heath & Human Sciences at Plymouth University and Medact.
Nurses are the…
In case you didn't see it, the British Thoracic Society released its Position Statement on the Environment and Lung Health in March along with these 5 action points members can take:
First and…