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UK health services unprepared for climate change, warns major new health alliance

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30 Mar 2016
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Frances Mortimer
UK health services are currently unprepared for the risks posed by climate change, warns a major newhealth alliancelaunching today. In an unprecedented move, the heads of the UK’s leading health…
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Health sector hits first target in combating climate change - SDU report

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28 Jan 2016
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Frances Mortimer
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change. A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…
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Breathlessness, physical activity and sustainability of healthcare - letter

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3 Dec 2015
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Frances Mortimer
Only just came across this letter by Nick Hopkinson and colleague to the European Respiratory Journal last January, highlighting the importance of paying attention tobreathlessness in midlife - both…
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Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Cutting Waste Report published

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6 Nov 2014
by
Mary Zacaroli
A guide for doctors on cutting waste in clinical care, which was co-authored by theRoyal College of Psychiatrists'Fellow in Sustainability, Dr Daniel Maughan,was the BBC's top story on 6th November.…
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Committee on Climate Change report and SDU call for NHS feedback on overheating in wards

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15 Sep 2014
by
Jacqueline Cutting
The Committee on Climate Change has produced a recent report entitled 'Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy' The report investigates the threats and opportunities for the country…
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BMJ editorial - Inhaled drugs and global warming: time to shift to dry powder inhalers

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29 May 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
Asatmospheric carbon dioxide levels top 400 parts per million,an editorial in this week's BMJ from Nick Hopkinson, Toby Hillman and Frances Mortimer draws attention to the impact of respiratory…
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CleanMed 2013 - call for case studies

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7 May 2013
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Frances Mortimer
CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
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Commissioners urged to consider "social value"

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11 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
An article by Mo Girach for the NHS Alliance. The piece comments on the implications of two recent pieces of legislation impacting on the delivery of health care services (particularly by independent…
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Plans underway for a Sustainable Respiratory Inhalers Programme

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4 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use…
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Cradle to Gate

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12 Dec 2012
by
Rachel Stancliffe
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Sector Guidance for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical DevicesA consortium of major global companies has been working with the NHS SDU to agree standards for reporting of…