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…
It was a great pleasure for me to join the COT conference in Brighton this year at the invitation of Ben Whittaker. Not only did I get a chance to breathe puresea air and experience the delights of…
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…
We are delighted to announce our 2015 NHS Forest Conference on the 28th September at University Hospital, Birmingham. The theme is “The value of health and wellbeing at your green space” with agenda…
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…
Having come to the end of my two year RCPsych research fellowship in sustainability, it is time to do some reflecting…
I have found that sustainability is one of those words that people tend to…
Nervously en-route to the morning'sactivity of choir singing my head was ringing with painful memories of standing at the back of church warbling tunelessly along to obscurehymns. Little did I know…
Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural systems represent a growing threat to human health. By unsustainably exploiting nature's resources, human civilisation has…
Last week saw the publication of the new COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. It includes the following quote from section 2.4.2 under 'Resources and sustainability':"You should work as…
This is a must watchvideoabout the 2015Lancet commission on health and climate change.The 2015LancetCommission on Health and Climate Change maps out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary…