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Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteer - Getting sustainability on the curriculum!

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27 Feb 2017
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Kat Peever
Hi, I'm Kat, I'm a postgraduate Occupational Therapy student currently at London South Bank University. I first became aware of theCentre for Sustainabile Healthcare when looking for more…
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OT Volunteer Part 2

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20 Feb 2017
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Niamh Allum
Hello, I am Niamh Allum, an Occupational Therapist with an interest in sustainable practices in healthcare. Icurrently work within rehabilitation, however in my previous role I workedfor…
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Greetings from an OT Sustainability Volunteer

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6 Feb 2017
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Sam Eperson
Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself as one of the new OT Sustainability Volunteers! I am an Occupational Therapist, specialising in Neurology at East Surrey Hospital and have a keen…
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Green Ward Competition at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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2 Feb 2017
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Dartford and Gravesham's second Green Ward Competition will be launched on NHS Sustainability Day. With the support of CSH clinical staff, teams will develop their own approaches to resource efficient…
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National health organisations make their commitments to sustainable development

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30 Jan 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The Department of Health and eight major health organisations have stated their organisational commitments to deliver a socially and environmentally sustainable health and care system. The…
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Words of advice for President Trump

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23 Jan 2017
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Frances Mortimer
Bravo to Nick Hopkinson and co-authors of this letter on "Climate Change and Lung Health: the challenge for a new president" published in Thorax last…
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Carbon footprint of GSK inhalers

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11 Jan 2017
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Alexander Wilkinson
This isn't widely available but GSK have given it to me so I'm sharing it. It shows the carbon-trust-certified carbon footprint of their inhalers. Headline figures are: 30 days of seretide 250…
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New blog by Richard Smith...

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6 Jan 2017
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Rachel Stancliffe
New blog by Richard Smith on sustainable mental health services in Lambeth http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2017/01/05/richard-smith-tales-of-sustainability-i-transforming-mental-health-services-in-lambeth/
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Choosing Wisely

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8 Nov 2016
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On the 24th October 2016 the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges brought out a report called Choosing Wisely . It was inspired by a world-wide initiative to encourage greater communication between…
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Air quality ruling

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3 Nov 2016
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This week the High Court found the government's action on air quality to be inadequate. In the second successful case against the government in two years brought by the legal charity Client Earth, the…