In a letter to all London Trusts Ruth Carnall, CEO NHS London, requires carbon reduction to be embedded into how they plan and operate. The letter significantly raises the profile of carbon reduction…
WSP Environment & Energy is working with the Department of Health to update its guidance on the Safe Management of Healthcare Wastes (HTM07-01). You can influence the process by providing feedback on…
Take one hospital bed, 50 sets of fairtrade surgical scrubs, one sick planet and over one hundred health professionals. Fire them up with calls for urgent action on climate change from an inspiring…
Prion risk: where do we draw the line? Millions of nail clippers are incinerated every year across the NHS, as a result of policies to manage the theoretical risk of vCJD, according to an article by…
The health benefits of strategies for tackling climate change were described as "a convenient truth" at the launch of groundbreaking research published by the Lancet yesterday. The series of six…
‘Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’ (The Lancet 2009). Join us on Saturday December 5th for the UK’s biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate…
How should the climate-health crisis change the role of doctors? What can medical practitioners do now to protect those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? Can clinicians be advocates…
Hi Everyone Just a few updates on the Green OT project and some items of interest I hope! And a picture of a beautiful spider web in my urban garden! COT update Julia Scott, CEO of the COT, has…
On 18th of October the BBC published new evidence about the beneficial impact of green spaces on health, especially mental health, based on research from the Journal of Epidemiology & Community…
There's going to be an important vote on climate change in parliament this Wednesday. MPs are voting on whether or not the House of Commons and the whole of government should join the 10:10 climate…