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Diabetes and Climate Change

Created on
28 Jun 2012
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has produced a pioneering policy report that establishes the interconnections between two urgent challenges in the 21st Century. The report explores the…
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Green Ward Winners at the Whittington

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27 Jun 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
Amidst rising fuel costs and the need to address climate change, three Whittington Hospital departments took part in a Green Awareness competition, with the winners receiving prizes donated by climate…
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Recycling of concentrate bottles - summary

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25 Jun 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
There has been discussion in the Green Nephrology Forum about recycling of bicarbonate containers on the dialysis unit. Clearly a fair number (I am not sure exactly how many) of units are now…
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Co-benefits of tackling diabetes

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21 Jun 2012
by
Sarah Walpole
Diabetes and climate change are two urgent challenges in the21st century. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF)has produced a pioneering policy report that establishesboth the interconnections…
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The Spirit Level - equality is a central message for healthcare and sustainability

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21 Jun 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
Many of you will have heard of and read the award-winning book The Spirit Level, which highlighted the damage that increasing inequality has done to our society, especially with regards to health, and…
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It's Bike Week!

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20 Jun 2012
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Sally Aston
It's Bike Week this week!Its main aim is to encourage colleagues and maybe even patients to get on their bikes and remember how much they enjoy cycling!What can you do:You can send around an email to…
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Ecocide

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14 Jun 2012
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If health is based on social determinants (WHO 2008), if health is based on the physical environment (Barton and Grant 2006), then, just as slavery and apartheid were crimes aganst humanity, ecocide…
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Greener Inhalers for the UK

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13 Jun 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
The Centre's Sustainable Respiratory Care group will lead research on why the UK continues to use inhalers with a much higher carbon footprint than other European countries. 25,000 people a year die…
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SHE Network (medical schools) - June 2012 update

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12 Jun 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
Update on SHE Network activities in 2011-12 - including award of HEA grant, GMC liaison, draft curriculum consultation, conference presentations and workshops, publications by SHE members. Download…
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Cost-Effective and Sustainable Surgery

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12 Jun 2012
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
The Association of Surgeons in Great Britain and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have published a Consensus Statement on Cost-effective and Sustainable Surgery. The statement is based on …