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RCPsych Explores Carbon Accounting at the Patient Level

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29 Apr 2013
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Admin *
I went to the RCPsych and HEFMA conference in Birmingham last week. Itwas great to have the expertise and knowledge of HEFMA in the sameroom as those interested in sustainability at the RCPsych. We…
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climate change, global kidney health and the ISN

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11 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
In his talk at the global health session of the Renal Association-BTS Congress last month, Professor John Feehally, president of the International Society of Nephrologists, reminded the audience how…
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Australian colleagues launch Green Dialysis website

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10 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The strap line for the new Green Dialysis website is "eco-dialysis… a more thoughtful future". http://greendialysis.org/ documents the eco-journey of the Barwon Health Renal Service, which began…
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New additions to our NHS Forest for NHS Sustainability day

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27 Mar 2013
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Libby Critchley
Hi All NHS Forest 2 Trees at 2 pm We are all set for NHS Sustainability day tomorrow the holes have been dug posts in place and our trees have been donated and loving preped by a local Nursery…
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Junior Doctor Sustainability Fellow

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27 Mar 2013
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Amy Alsop
My name is Amy and I am the junior doctor ‘Sustainability Fellow’ for the Severn Deanery. It is a new post this year so I have a blank slate to work with. It is a post I have taken on in addition to…
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NHS Sustainability Day - Spring Switch off Day and Eco-Rhyme Competition

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22 Mar 2013
by
Manoj Chohan
We are celebrating Sustainability Dayby promoting 2 green initiatives. 1) The Day itself is declared as Spring Switch Off - encouraging patients, staff and visitors to switch off unwanted…
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Oxford trainee, Dr Daniel Maughan, appointed to RCPsych Research Fellowship in Sustainability 2013-15

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13 Mar 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Daniel Maughan to the RCPsych Research Fellowship in…
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Can we help the NHS solve the "Nicholson challenge"?

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7 Mar 2013
by
Ian Stott
Hi all Last week I spoke at the annual Renal Clinical Directors' Forum, which is a meeting organised by the Renal Association for clinical directors (doctors who manage their departments) to meet…
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Possible Green Nephrology Fellowship opportunity 2013-16

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27 Feb 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare may soon be appointing to a new Green Nephrology Fellowship, linked to “a highly visible demonstration project showcasing radical redesign of a clinical service…
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Renal Dialysis Unit - Benchmarks

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6 Feb 2013
by
Manoj Chohan
We have a 766 m2, 28 station renal unit that is not linked to any other hospital building. I have estimated some benchmark figures for our unit. Southend renal unit annual…