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90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare

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25 Jan 2012
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Ingeborg Steinbach
Our conference organized in partnership with The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster is taking place on 24th February 2012. The day offers a great opportunity to find out about the…
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Thinking about Occupation like a Mountain in the Mountains

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23 Jan 2012
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Mark Hudson
(Beaver dam and aspens from the Deer Valley Grocery-Café, Park City, Utah)In October 2011, I had the privilege of helping Mami Aoyama and Moses Ikiugu to organize a double session on occupation and…
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The Zero Waste Challenge for 2012

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23 Jan 2012
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Frances Mortimer
The Green Nephrology Network is taking up a "zero waste" challenge in 2012. Kidney departments will be cutting carbon and saving money by driving out waste from the dialysis process. Case studies…
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How a GP phone call is reducing patient travel to surgery by 40% - the Patient Access method.

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18 Jan 2012
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Harry Longman
Over 40 GP practices around the country offer an innovative service to all their patients. When they call, the receptionist will ask what the problem is and make sure their phone number is up to date.…
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2012: Don't Waste the Year - save up to £90 million!

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18 Jan 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
This year the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is focusing on helping clinical specialties and organisations to cut their wasteto save money and carbon.While we are involved with many longer term…
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Welcome to the network for Sustainable Respiratory Care!

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11 Jan 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…
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Welcome to the Sustainable Respiratory Care Network!

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11 Jan 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…
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Occupational Science and Sustainability: A Conference Report

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2 Jan 2012
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Mami Aoyama
(Left to Right:Izuru Sakai, Mark Hudson, Teena Clouston,Marie Anne Ben, Mami Aoyama. Inset: Moses Ikiugu)The annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA (SSO: USA) was held in Park…
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Say no to tat at Xmas!

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22 Dec 2011
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Sally Aston
Dear Sustainable Primary Care network colleagues, It's that time of the year when we are all rushing around frantically buying and gathering things for the home; struggling to find presents which may…
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Green Nephrology update Christmas 2011

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19 Dec 2011
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Frances Mortimer
Happy Christmas! Here's what has been happening across the Green Nephrology Network in 2011 ***Launch of online Green Nephrology Network*** This new network enables all members of the Green…