David Nicholson who has just left his post as CEO of the NHS wrote a letter to all commissioners and Trust Chief Executives calling them to improve the sustainability of services. It would be…
Is urban design really powerful enough to make or break happiness? The question posed in this article deserves consideration, because the happy city message is taking root around the world. Do the…
Budget cuts lend impetus to integrating health and social careCheck out this Guardian article published on 6th November. It talks about how intetgration is needed to respond to NHS budget cuts. Could…
Where do our responsibilities as clinicians begin and end? We all agree that, as clinicians, we are responsible for providing high quality assessments and management plans for our patients. I think we…
The Guardian reports on how a website is helping those with mental illness rebuild their lives. This website is called'Connect and Do'. It helps users to connect with other people, do something fun,…
The focus at CleanMedwas different each day, with the first day focusing on ‘making the exceptional normal’. This was about different types of technological innovations that can reduce both financial…
Check out this article published in Metro, which gives very interesting statistics for how a green working space can improve your creativity, productivity and…
Sustainability means many different things to many different people. Most people struggle to understand what it looks like. Prince Charles is big on it. Banks talk about it. Large multi-nationals put…
This is my first blog as the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Fellow in Sustainability.The announcement of my appointment to this fellowship was made in April’s edition of the RCPsych…