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Winners of last year's SBRI Funding Competition announced

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29 May 2014
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The winners of last year's new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to find innovative technology based solutions in Kidney Care have been announced on 13th May 2014. The £3.6 m…
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New Environment and Health research unit set up

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28 May 2014
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Rachel Stancliffe
In partnership with Public Health England (PHE), the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been awarded funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to create a…
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New paper: Physical space and its impact on waste management in the neonatal care setting

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16 May 2014
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Andy Nichols and I have recently had an article published in the journal of infection prevention titled:Physical space and its impact on waste management in the neonatal care setting. This qualitative…
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Editorial on Environmental Sustainability in the May edition of 'International Psychiatry' Journal

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16 May 2014
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The 2013 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has caused renewed concern among both clinicians and health policy makers. Climate change is continuing at an increasing rate. This…
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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…