I have recently established a display board for patients in my GP surgery waiting room explaining about Sustainability and its relevance to health. The display has ideas for how individuals can become…
We are pleased to announce the upcoming special issue of the journal WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (IOS Press) which will focus exclusively on Green Ergonomics,…
After sucessfully launching a recycling scheme in 34 theatres, across 3 theatre suites, we've got a motivated multidisciplinary group who would like to do more. Does anyone have any success (or…
Dear SHE colleagues,The Academy of Medical Educators is putting out an online members' journal called Excellence in Medical Education.In the first (open source) edition - see below for link - there is…
What with Climate Change week recently and NHS Sustanability Day today the BMJ highlighted Sustainbility in last weeks BMJ (published March 19th) with a series of excellent articles.Why not have a…
Hi all,Here is a link to the COT's specialist section on learning disabilities, they are calling on OT's to produce an audit tool that service users can use to evaluate their own living space. This…
Now that the much-feared medical finals are out the way, done and dusted, I have an opportunity to venture into pastures new and spend some time in the form of a Special Studies Module discovering…
Hi all, it's 28 March and that means... NHS Sustainability Day! You might have seen my blog* with 5 ideas for kidney units last week? Even if you've got nothing planned, it's not too late to sponsor a…
The Kings Fund has published two papers on on environmentally sustainable health and social care. Both reports are based on a literature review and stakeholder consultation carried out by The King’s…
The Kings Fund has published two papers on environmentally sustainable health and social care. Both reports are based on a literature review and stakeholder consultation carried out by The King’s Fund…