In celebration of #EarthDay2021, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has declared a #ClimateEmergency and released a Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable…
The new Physio Susnet network has launched! The platform aims to connect clinicians, researchers, educators and students to share and explore ideas promoting sustainability in physiotherapy.
If you…
Environment and climate change have been areas I’ve been passionate about for a while, and I have made changes in my personal life to decrease my own carbon footprint. However, I have been at a loss…
The cover story for this month's OTnews is about A Greener Future.
The article explores sustainable healthcare as a concept, and shares examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice from…
The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023 (EPT Agenda 2023) is a global call to action built around a single aim relevant to physical therapy or physiotherapy education (1). This aim of the agenda…
Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada. After a four-hour self-study module, we met in a four-hour workshop to discuss…
We all want to "restart" elective care as soon as is safely possible in this Covid Crisis, and in some areas post-Covid era...... and restarting cataract surgery to reverse and prevent blindness has…
Hi Sustainability Friends!!!
Before I start I just want to wish everyone good health; these are testing times for all our healths and health systems. #staysafe#letsbeatcoronavirus.
The…
Hi Sustainability Friends!!!
My predecessor (Dr Claire Morgan) had handed over an enormous project around the Eyefficiency tool. It is a quality improvement tool for cataract surgery; to implement…