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New report links wellbeing to active commutes

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15 Sep 2014
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Jacqueline Cutting
A new report from from UEA's Norwich Medical School and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York shows that people's wellbeing is improved if they walk or cycle to work - or even take…
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Climate Fiction Will Reinforce Existing Views

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30 Jul 2014
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Judith Anderson
Interesting article by George Marshall in New York Times in run up to release of his new book Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate…
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Divestment for health

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24 Jun 2014
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Isobel Braithwaite
I'm writing this post to alert CSH members tothis motion(#370) which is on the agenda of the British Medical Association's Annual Representatives' Meeting tomorrow morning, on climate advocacy and…
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Choosing wisely

Created on
17 Jun 2014
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Clinical decisions are often complex. There are many factors to take into account and many pressures within the health care context that pull us in different ways. Worryingly, there is increasing…
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New paper: Physical space and its impact on waste management in the neonatal care setting

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16 May 2014
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Andy Nichols and I have recently had an article published in the journal of infection prevention titled:Physical space and its impact on waste management in the neonatal care setting. This qualitative…
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Recycling Inhalers

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4 Apr 2014
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Christelle Blunden
Dear all Very good news- the UKs first inhaler recyling scheme has begun- seehttp://www.gsk.com/uk/consumers/complete-the-cycle.htmlfor more details including to find out whether pharmacies near…
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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…