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Greening Dementia - a literature review

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4 Jun 2014
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Jacqueline Cutting
Natural England have published a review of literature pertaining to Greening Dementia, concerningof the benefits and barriers facing individuals living with dementia in accessing the natural…
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Editorial on Environmental Sustainability in the May edition of 'International Psychiatry' Journal

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16 May 2014
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The 2013 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has caused renewed concern among both clinicians and health policy makers. Climate change is continuing at an increasing rate. This…
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OTnews feature about mental health and sustainability

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12 May 2014
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Ben Whittaker
May's edition ofOTnewshas the feature 'Responding to financial, climate and social change' on p.21. Here's a lnk for BAOT members: www.cot.co.uk/latest-features-ot-news/otnews-may-2014
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Social prescribing; a pathway to sustainability?

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6 May 2014
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Could our current mental health care system be too ‘deficit’ focused? This may explain why we have a system that is very well geared up for managing patients during relapse, but a system that has…
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NEW RCPsych sustainability award

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15 Apr 2014
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The RCPsych have created a sustainability award this year for clinical teams who have reduced environmental impact of their practice in some…
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Letter to The Times from Doctors about Climate Change

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8 Apr 2014
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The following letter appeared in the Times on Saturday 29 March 2014.Sir, On Mondaythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to publish its latest report on the current and projected…
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The busy month of March

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2 Apr 2014
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This month saw three big events on three subsequent days. On the 26th March I gave the evening lecture at the new college premises, Dame Sue Bailey introduced me and said some really positive words…
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Electric/plug-in hybrids

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5 Mar 2014
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Caroline Gorst-Unsworth
Does anybody out there have experience of increasing staff take up of electric vehicles (either as a personal purchase/lease, or of a pool car scheme)? Our Trust are working on a sustainable…
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The Mental Health Sustainability Gap

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3 Mar 2014
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In designing sustainable mental health services, we need to fully understand our available resources and constraints across environmental, economic and social domains. Only then can models of care be…
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NHS Sustainability Day 2014 - what are you doing?

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20 Feb 2014
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NHS sustainability day is on the 27th March. That is just over 1 month away. This is a great opportunity for us to promote enviromental practices within our teams. Lots of people are signing their…