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Patient empowerment

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5 Feb 2014
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One principle of sustainable health care is patient empowerment. Empowering patients to manage their own mental health is a key factor in reducing burden on services and therefore reduced use of…
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The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation

Created on
10 Jan 2014
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Sam Eperson
The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation (NAMO) is a model I have designed to aid occupational therapy interventions, considering features of outdoor natural environments. NAMO allows…
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Request to sign an open letter on climate, energy and health to David Cameron

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20 Nov 2013
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi, My name's Isobel Braithwaite and I'm a medical student at UCL; I've been involved with the CSH in the past as an intern and met some of you at CleanMed Europe. I'm involved in the student…
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Call for help with Patient Transport in Kidney Care

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14 Nov 2013
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Rachel Stancliffe
Hello All! CSH is thinking about starting a project to 1) look at patient transport in kidney care from both carbon and patient experience points of view and 2) run a pilot project in one hospital.…
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Right patient, right time, right place - an example from kidney care

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13 Nov 2013
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Hugh Rayner
Dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease is a burden on patients, taxpayers, and the environment. The carbon cost of dialysis is estimated to be seven tonnes CO2 equivalents per year. Although…
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The true cost of water: Understanding the value of water through monetization of risks

Created on
11 Nov 2013
by
Kalpesh Shah
Tuesday 19th November 2013, 1:00 pm (GMT) / 8:00 am (EST) Join this webinar with Veolia Water to find out about the growing business risks relating to water use, the need for a pragmatic metric and…
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We have some NHS Forest trees to give away.................

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11 Nov 2013
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We have 700 NHS Forest trees to give away this planting season for all healthcare estates interested in doing some planting! Many of the trees were generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym…
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Notes from the Green Nephrology Summit 2013

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31 Oct 2013
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Frances Mortimer
42 people gathered for this year's Green Nephrology Summit, held at Guy's Hospital in London on 25th September. Once again, we were a good mix of clinicians (docs, nurses, physios), technicians,…
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web-based consultations for chronic kidney disease

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11 Oct 2013
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This doesn't look as good as the system pioneered in Bradford, but it's still good that other centres are looking at e-consultations to reduce the number of patients with CKD who are required to…
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SBRI competition: technology-based solutions for patient empowerment and sustainability in kidney care

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9 Oct 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The Department of Health and the National Institute for Health Research Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative (NIHR D4D HTC) are collaborating to launch a new Small Business Research…