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Paper highlighting environmental footprint of efficient cataract surgical model

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7 Dec 2017
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Cassandra Thiel
Hello everyone, (I've cross-posted this with the Sustainable Operating Theatres forum, so pardon me if you're receiving this twice.) I'm very excited to share my new publication- "Cataract surgery…
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Summary of Climate and health session - All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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23 Nov 2017
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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…
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A Mandatory NHS Sustainability Training Day

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21 Nov 2017
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On the14th November 2017 the UK’s first, mandatory Sustainability in the NHS Training Day was held in Sheffield for dental trainees. This exciting event was made possible by Health Education England…
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Where do your optometry and ophthalmology instruments come from?

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16 Nov 2017
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Rosie Hillson
Have you ever thought about the ethical and environmental impacts of eye health procurement? A questionnaire to find out about this very issue has been designed. Simon Berry, quoted in Optometry…
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Sustainability and Carbon Footprinting in Dentistry- BDJ Article

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6 Nov 2017
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Darshini Ramasubbu
http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v223/n8/abs/sj.bdj.2017.839.html Insightfularticle on carbon footprinting and sustainability in dentistry published in this months British Dental Journal. Really…
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Sustainability at the British Dental Industry Association Showcase

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27 Oct 2017
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Darshini Ramasubbu
Last week, Sara and I attended the BDIA showcase for two days to display a poster we had made alongside Dr Brett Duane, the CSH and HEE on Sustainability in Dentistry. We surveyed over 700 dental…
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The Adult Health and Social Care Crisis - Green Infrastructure as Part of the Solution

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9 Oct 2017
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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…
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Institutional Rhythms: Ideas and Opportunities for energy and mobility demand in the NHS.

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20 Sep 2017
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Dr. Stanley Blue from the University of Lancaster has been working with the DEMAND centre (www.demand.ac.uk) which studies the dynamics of energy, mobility and demand. He has been working at…
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Creating a sustainability toolkit for eye healthcare

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13 Sep 2017
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Rachel Stancliffe
CSH has been awarded a Seeing is Believing Innovation Fund grant of $50,000 to develop a tool to measure The Triple Bottom Line for Community Cataract Services worldwide. This project will be a…
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Seeking sustainable or green dental practices

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11 Sep 2017
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Darshini Ramasubbu
Hi there! I am looking for dentists to interview who have made sustainable changes totheir dental practices- going paperless, utilizing energy saving equipement, encouranging/incentivising staff to…