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Sustainable mental health in action

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22 Oct 2013
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The Guardian reports on how a website is helping those with mental illness rebuild their lives. This website is called'Connect and Do'. It helps users to connect with other people, do something fun,…
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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
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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…
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Sustainable models of care at CleanMed

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9 Oct 2013
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The focus at CleanMedwas different each day, with the first day focusing on ‘making the exceptional normal’. This was about different types of technological innovations that can reduce both financial…
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Some Questions for the NKF Conference 2013

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2 Oct 2013
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William Beale
Five questions to ask for sustainability issues. Garbage Is the waste separated so that only dangerous red waste is sent for incineration and the rest separated for recycling? This can be a…
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Bradford and Bristol Royal share the 2013 Green Nephrology Award

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26 Sep 2013
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Frances Mortimer
The 2013 Green Nephrology Award (for sustainability initiatives in kidney units) went to joint winners, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Bradford Teaching Hospitals. Both kidney units…
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Green building week

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16 Sep 2013
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Check out this article published in Metro, which gives very interesting statistics for how a green working space can improve your creativity, productivity and…
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What does it look like?

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2 Sep 2013
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Sustainability means many different things to many different people. Most people struggle to understand what it looks like. Prince Charles is big on it. Banks talk about it. Large multi-nationals put…
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Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit on 25 September

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29 Aug 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit, taking place at Guy's Hospital in London on Wednesday 25th September. This is the yearly get-together of the Green Nephrology Network,…
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Linking energy saving to patient experience

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29 Aug 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Interesting to see this case study from Barts - lots of money saved by simple energy saving, but staff only changed behaviour after the link to patient experience was made, e.g. close doors to improve…