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The Impact of Paper Procurement in the NHS.

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8 Aug 2017
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Natalie Roddis
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,…
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Green Nurse Network launched

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27 Jul 2017
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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…
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Social Prescribing - the future?

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11 Jun 2017
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Jonathan Rocks
I recently attended a conference at the King’s Fund in London entitled ‘Social prescribing; from rhetoric to reality’. It was a great day with lots of interesting speakers sharing their views and…
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Cheddar Inter-Generations Project

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30 May 2017
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GP Sustainability scholar, Dr Claudia Wegner, is working on a project to improve the wellbeing of the elderly population in Cheddar. The initiative provides time and space for younger and older people…
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Unmask My City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe

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2 May 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The anti-air pollution campaign 'Unmask My City' has been launched today, 2nd May, coinciding with World Asthma Day 2017. It is a global initiative by doctors, nurses, public health practitioners, and…
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Harvard school of public health climate change and health podcasts

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27 Apr 2017
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These 15/20 minute entry-level podcasts recorded in February 2017 look at what we know about the way in which climate change affects health and the steps we can take. Both are interviews with Dr Aaron…
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A great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups

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27 Apr 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
We have a great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work on sustainable commissioning and sustainable healthcare by participating in CSH’s CCG Sustainability Scholars…
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Naturally Healthy?

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6 Apr 2017
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Rachel Stancliffe
On 2nd March CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network delivered a Valuing Nature Programme event to ensure that tools and methods are available to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of addressing…
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Atlas on Children's Health and the Environment

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30 Mar 2017
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The first of these World Health Organisation reports, Inheriting the World, was published in 2004. This is new edition, Inheriting a Sustainable World, is a more detailed look at this fundamental area…
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Environmental Audit Committee on adaptation raises concerns about risks to health

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16 Mar 2017
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Evidence on the global of effects of climate change have been very well documented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change including those to human health. This week in response to the…