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Half term report:...

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4 Apr 2016
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Oliver Bashford
Half term report: Sustainability in crisis pathways and the RCPsych scholarship The first half of the RCPsych sustainability scholarship has brought fascinating insights into the workings of a CCG,…
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Half term report: Sustainable commissioning, sustainable appraisals and the RCPsych scholarship

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1 Apr 2016
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Michael Pearce
The first half of the year has been a busy one so far in my role as a psychiatry sustainability scholar… As-well as collaborating and learning with the other enthusiastic scholars, attending and…
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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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Half term report: Sustainable outcomes for Liverpool and the RCPsych scholarship

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30 Mar 2016
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Arif Ahmed
The main focus of my scholarship to date has been involvement with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on their liaison service redevelopment. This has given me an insight into commissioning,…
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Yay! Sustainability included in new QI report

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24 Mar 2016
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Frances Mortimer
Very pleased that the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has included my "Talking Point" on Sustainability and Quality in their new report on QI training (published 21 March). You can find the…
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Loneliness and MH

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18 Mar 2016
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Jacqueline Cutting
Just to build on the comments about older age loneliness and the impact on MH, one report shows that GPs are seeing people simply because their patients are seeking company to fill their loneliness -…
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Environmental Steering Group

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18 Mar 2016
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Kathryn King
Quite excited to now be a member of the Tyne Esk and Wyre Valley's trust's newly established Environmental Steering Group! We met for the first time a month ago and will be meeting again next week to…
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Mental Health and Education...

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17 Mar 2016
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James Warham
Mental Health and Education resource under threat. Wolves Lane Nursery is a council hosted Horticultural Nursery and Community based project including resources for those with mental health and…
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NHS Sustainability Day!

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16 Mar 2016
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Michael Pearce
It is one week until NHS Sustainability Day. How are you marking this date?? As I type this the Chancellor of the Exchequer has decided to freeze fuel duty, which means ongoing cheaper fuel… which…
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A few days in Nottingham…

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16 Mar 2016
by
Michael Pearce
At the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Conference in Nottingham last week, 2 sustainability scholars set up a stand on sustainability in mental healthcare. We presented a poster looking at the…