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Sustainable Dentistry Interview for Modern Dentist Magazine

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6 Nov 2019
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Sara Harford
Darshini Ramabasubbu and myself were interviewed by the 'Modern Dentist Magazine' in their issue titled 'Old ways won't open new doors' about environmentally sustainable dentistry, for our thoughts…
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GP trainee interested in sustainable healthcare?

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6 Nov 2019
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Frances Mortimer
We are increasingly being contacted by GP trainees (and educators) wishing to develop a special interest in sustainable healthcare. So Ithought it might be helpful to share these few notes about how…
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Help! Template curriculum documents needed!

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4 Nov 2019
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Kenneth Barker
Help! It seems that UoAberdeen like our SSM in Sustainable Medicine, and are asking us now to submit to become part of the core curriculum. Good news. We are however under a bit of time/resource…
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Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholarship in Wales - first Diary Entry

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25 Oct 2019
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Alexander Chiu
Hi Sustainability Friends!!! I am Dr Alexander Chiu, ST6 trainee in Wales Deanery. I am proud and excited to be chosen to be the first Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar in Wales. I started this…
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comissioning a new green hospital

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24 Oct 2019
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Tim Martin
Imagine your NHS trsut had been given the go ahead to spend £350 million on a new hospital. Where could you go to learn the best practice for this hospital. Are there hospitals anywhere in the world…
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design of a new hospital

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22 Oct 2019
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Tim Martin
Does anyone have information about how to design a new hospital in a sustainable way?
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NEW Association of Anaesthetists Green Star Awards

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22 Oct 2019
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Cathy Lawson
What a whirlwind couple of months it has been! There seems to be a real appetite for sustainable anaesthesia now which is great to see. We’ve had a few exciting developments that have come to the fore…
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New Anaesthetists Environmental Champions Network

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22 Oct 2019
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Frances Mortimer
Environmental champions are being sought for every anaesthetic department in the UK and Ireland. The volunteer roles will besupported by the Association of Anaesthetists, which will provide regular…
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Interview with Chantelle Rizan: a surgeon raising the profile of research in Sustainability in Surgery

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17 Oct 2019
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Charlotte Holbrook
Hi, in what I hope will be the first in an occasional series of interviews(!), I recently had the opportunity to ask Chantelle Rizan about her research work in sustainability in surgery. Chantelle is…
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Update from our first W.I.S.E. Sustainability Scholar in Ophthalmology

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16 Oct 2019
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Ingeborg Steinbach
Clare Morgan is CSH's first W.I.S.E. (Wales, Ireland, Scotland England) Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar in Scotland supported by a grant from Bausch and Lomb during 2019. Bausch and Lomb’s funding…