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Does cycling make you happy?

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21 Nov 2013
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Is urban design really powerful enough to make or break happiness? The question posed in this article deserves consideration, because the happy city message is taking root around the world. Do the…
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Request to sign an open letter on climate, energy and health to David Cameron

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20 Nov 2013
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi, My name's Isobel Braithwaite and I'm a medical student at UCL; I've been involved with the CSH in the past as an intern and met some of you at CleanMed Europe. I'm involved in the student…
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Call for help with Patient Transport in Kidney Care

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14 Nov 2013
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Rachel Stancliffe
Hello All! CSH is thinking about starting a project to 1) look at patient transport in kidney care from both carbon and patient experience points of view and 2) run a pilot project in one hospital.…
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Is integrating services sustainable?

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13 Nov 2013
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Budget cuts lend impetus to integrating health and social careCheck out this Guardian article published on 6th November. It talks about how intetgration is needed to respond to NHS budget cuts. Could…
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Right patient, right time, right place - an example from kidney care

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13 Nov 2013
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Hugh Rayner
Dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease is a burden on patients, taxpayers, and the environment. The carbon cost of dialysis is estimated to be seven tonnes CO2 equivalents per year. Although…
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Waste in the NHS

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11 Nov 2013
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What do people think about waste in the nhs? is it just rubbish or do we need to think about the wider concepts of waste in the system?
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The true cost of water: Understanding the value of water through monetization of risks

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11 Nov 2013
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Kalpesh Shah
Tuesday 19th November 2013, 1:00 pm (GMT) / 8:00 am (EST) Join this webinar with Veolia Water to find out about the growing business risks relating to water use, the need for a pragmatic metric and…
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We have some NHS Forest trees to give away.................

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11 Nov 2013
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We have 700 NHS Forest trees to give away this planting season for all healthcare estates interested in doing some planting! Many of the trees were generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym…
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We have some NHS Forest trees to give away.................

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11 Nov 2013
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We have 700 NHS Forest trees to give away this planting season for all healthcare estates interested in doing some planting! Many of the trees were generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym…
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Responsibility and waste; a waste of time?

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7 Nov 2013
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Where do our responsibilities as clinicians begin and end? We all agree that, as clinicians, we are responsible for providing high quality assessments and management plans for our patients. I think we…