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OTnews feature about mental health and sustainability

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12 May 2014
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Ben Whittaker
May's edition ofOTnewshas the feature 'Responding to financial, climate and social change' on p.21. Here's a lnk for BAOT members: www.cot.co.uk/latest-features-ot-news/otnews-may-2014
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Social prescribing; a pathway to sustainability?

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6 May 2014
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Could our current mental health care system be too ‘deficit’ focused? This may explain why we have a system that is very well geared up for managing patients during relapse, but a system that has…
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UN and WHO find that cycling has huge potential to save lives and create jobs

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15 Apr 2014
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A report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Health Organisation details how cycling has the potential to save 10,000 lives and create employment over 76,000 jobs.…
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NEW RCPsych sustainability award

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15 Apr 2014
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The RCPsych have created a sustainability award this year for clinical teams who have reduced environmental impact of their practice in some…
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Letter to The Times from Doctors about Climate Change

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8 Apr 2014
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The following letter appeared in the Times on Saturday 29 March 2014.Sir, On Mondaythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to publish its latest report on the current and projected…
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Recycling Inhalers

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4 Apr 2014
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Christelle Blunden
Dear all Very good news- the UKs first inhaler recyling scheme has begun- seehttp://www.gsk.com/uk/consumers/complete-the-cycle.htmlfor more details including to find out whether pharmacies near…
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The busy month of March

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2 Apr 2014
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This month saw three big events on three subsequent days. On the 26th March I gave the evening lecture at the new college premises, Dame Sue Bailey introduced me and said some really positive words…
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Tree planting for NHS Sustainability Day huge success

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31 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
Nearly 500 trees were planted on 27th March around the country for the NHS Sustainability Day of Action. Those planting trees for the NHS Forest's 2@2 campaign included Prime Minister David Cameron…
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Plant 2 trees @ 2 o'clock for NHS Sustainability Day

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6 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
NHS Sustainability Day of Action takes place on 27th March, with lots of activities taking place around the country. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is encouraging partners to plant 2 trees at 2…
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Electric/plug-in hybrids

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5 Mar 2014
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Caroline Gorst-Unsworth
Does anybody out there have experience of increasing staff take up of electric vehicles (either as a personal purchase/lease, or of a pool car scheme)? Our Trust are working on a sustainable…