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Health sector hits first target in combating climate change - SDU report

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28 Jan 2016
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Frances Mortimer
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change. A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…
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The link between diet and...

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24 Nov 2015
by
Michael Pearce
The link between diet and climate change seems to finally be getting some press: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34899066 - an insightful summary of the Chatham House Report: Changing…
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BMJ Editorial this week ...

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20 Nov 2015
by
Arif Ahmed
BMJ Editorial this week 'Combating climate change' http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6178 This editorial gives an overview of the current issues in climate change and health. The related…
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YPWD Win Psychiatric Team of the Year!

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11 Nov 2015
by
Michael Pearce
Congratulations to the Young People with Dementia team in Wokingham in Berkshire, having won the RCPsych Psychiatric Team of the Year Award for older adults 2015! The charity, which promotes…
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Launch of the new JCP-MH Guidance for Commissioners

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28 Oct 2015
by
Oliver Bashford
Yesterday at the Royal College of Nursing in central London, a group of clinicians, commissioners and other interested parties gathered for the launch of the new joint commissioning panel for mental…
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Cycling for Sustainability - A ride to the summit

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28 Oct 2015
by
Michael Pearce
My alarm buzzed at 03:40am, bleary eyed I stretched across to switch it off assuming I had made an alarm-setting mistake… then it dawned on me that it wasn’t a mistake, and that I had signed up to…
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Psychiatrists cycle to deliver sustainability pledge in Mental Health

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27 Oct 2015
by
Frances Mortimer
Four psychiatrists including Royal College of Psychiatrists Registrar, Dr Adrian James are showing their commitment to sustainability in mental health by cycling 65 miles from Oxford to London. Dr…
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RCPsych Sustainability Scholarship 2015-2016

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17 Sep 2015
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Suhana Ahmed
In June this year, the RCPsych Sustainability Scholarship Programme 2015 -2016 was advertised. Higher trainees in Psychiatry were offered the chance to apply and be supported by the Centre for…
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Mental Health and Sustainability

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7 Sep 2015
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
A PsychSusnet member Toby Pillinger interviews Daniel Maughan about his work on spreading awareness about sustainability across mental health services throughout his time as the RCPsych Sustainability…