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Tree Planting and Conservation within Occupational Therapy

Created on
28 Mar 2024
by
Harriet White
Technical instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department, Alex Watkins, spoke to me about some projects he's been leading at Langdon Hospital. Alex initially led projects in the woodworking…
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HQIP sustainability hero award

Created on
27 Mar 2024
by
Emma Vittery
As part of HQIPs clinical audit hero awards which are now open, there is a sustainability section for all audit/ improvement work with a sustainability focus. Deadline is 5th May with full details in…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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buccal midazolam prescribing

Created on
21 Feb 2024
by
Fraser Scott
2 prongs to this idea 1. reduce prescritions for new patients who don't need it 2. review existing patients who have buccal midazolam: do they still need it; or could it be swapped to epistatus…
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Air pollution and asthma: Sadiq Khan apology to mother of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

Created on
2 Feb 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Ella, who died on February 15, 2013, from a fatal asthma attack, was the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate. At an event at City…
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Getting involved in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Created on
29 Jan 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch took place this weekend, with over 5 million birds counted so far.There’s still time to get involved with service users or colleagues and tell the RSPB what birds you see…
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Clean Air & Active Travel

Created on
28 Jan 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Anyone wishing to hear the talk/see the video about sustainable travel and air quality please see in…
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Sustainability in Hand Therapy

Created on
10 Dec 2023
by
Pete Vesey
As my 18 month contract with RCOT drew to a close I was pleased to be able to represent RCOT at the British Association of Hand Therapist's annual conference on 6-7th Oct 2023. I was able to promote…
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It's that time of the year again - have you heard of the reverse advent calendar?

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Ka Yan Hess
Hello all Has anyone started thinking about Christmas already? It is hard to believe 2023 has flown by so quickly and we are heading for December in a few days. In the spirit of the upcoming…
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Opportunity for Practice Staff to take part in a brief 5-minute online survey about how their practice is (or isn’t) taking actions towards a Net Zero NHS.

Created on
15 Nov 2023
by
Raquel Nunes
Opportunity for Practice Staff in Coventry and Warwickshire ICB, Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and South Yorkshire ICB to take part in a brief 5-minute online survey about how their practice is…