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Canadian webinar and report on Choosing Wisely

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11 Apr 2017
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Choosing Wisely (CW) is a campaign, originally from Canada but now also active the UK and US, which engages clinicians and other health professionals in debate and action to deprioritise low value and…
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Naturally Healthy?

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6 Apr 2017
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Rachel Stancliffe
On 2nd March CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network delivered a Valuing Nature Programme event to ensure that tools and methods are available to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of addressing…
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Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Singapore, 2017

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17 Mar 2017
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Manfred Moerchen
Dear all, In addition to David's post I attached here the poster "Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Environmentally sustainable practices at an eye hospital in Cambodia" that had…
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'Environmental sustainability' in a rural eye hospital in Cambodia - strengthening practices.

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3 Feb 2017
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David Lewis
Warm greetings to all. Please note that this article is posted together with my colleague Dr Manfred Moerchen, who is also part of the network. CBM is an international NGO working to improve the…
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National health organisations make their commitments to sustainable development

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30 Jan 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The Department of Health and eight major health organisations have stated their organisational commitments to deliver a socially and environmentally sustainable health and care system. The…
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New report 'Good practice in social prescribing for mental health: The role of nature-based interventions'

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20 Jan 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The report 'Good practice in social prescribing for mental health: The role of nature-based interventions', published today on gov.uk, sets out the benefits of social prescribing for mental health,…
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£2.2 billion public health payoff from green spaces

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23 Sep 2016
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare welcomes a study, reported in the journal “Preventative Medicine”, which has calculated that the public purse benefits to the tune of £2.2 billion each year, from…
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Physical inactivity: economic costs to NHS clinical commissioning groups

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28 May 2016
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This short report from Public Health England provides analysis based on NHS England's 2010 to 2014 programme budgeting data. It looks at population attributable fractions for ischaemic heart disease,…
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Green Ward teams show impact of clinical sustainability projects

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4 May 2016
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Frances Mortimer
On NHS Sustainability Day 2016, clinical teams at two Trusts showed what can be achieved at ward and department level to improve sustainability. Taking part in CSH’s Green Ward Competition, teams…