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NHS Sustainability Day 2014 - what are you doing?

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20 Feb 2014
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NHS sustainability day is on the 27th March. That is just over 1 month away. This is a great opportunity for us to promote enviromental practices within our teams. Lots of people are signing their…
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Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network leads nationally on sustainability

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12 Feb 2014
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Rachel Stancliffe
Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) is leading the way nationally in prioritising sustainability as a cross-cutting theme. We are pleased to announce that The Centre for Sustainable…
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Launch of Sustainable Development Strategy

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11 Feb 2014
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Ingeborg Steinbach
On 29th January 2014 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) launched the new sustainable development strategy for the health, public health and social care sector for 2014 - 2020. It describes the…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use.

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result from…
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Cycling could save NHS millions

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11 Feb 2014
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A Guardian article discusses how the NHSwould save £250m a year if one in 10 journeys were made by bicycle, according to a study commissioned for a campaign for government to treat cyclingmore…
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NHS Change Day 2014

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10 Feb 2014
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NHS Change Day is a movement with a shared purpose of improving health and care. Their mission is to inspire and mobilise people everywhere, staff, patients and the public to dosomething better…
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Patient empowerment

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5 Feb 2014
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One principle of sustainable health care is patient empowerment. Empowering patients to manage their own mental health is a key factor in reducing burden on services and therefore reduced use of…
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Healthy Planet National Conference - request for help with publicity before the early bird deadline

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4 Feb 2014
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi all,Below is the information about our upcoming conference; one of the organising committee has written a blog about it which she's posting soon. It would be very much appreciated if you could send…
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Nature and leisure activities in natural areas and its influence on active and healthy ageing

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16 Jan 2014
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Jovita
TOURISM AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN NATURAL AREAS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ACTIVE AGEING Ambienta 45: Consultancy for Environment and Sustainability (Member of the European Innovation Partnership on…