New guidance,Education for sustainable healthcare within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions, sets the groundwork for the next generation of health and care professionals. It…
A group of Canadian OT students studied the perceptions of Occupational Therapists and their understanding of their role in climate change. These findings which are to be published, were presented to…
Slides of the presentation done for Allied health sustainability network meeting 18/10/2023.
Title:Development of an occupational therapy version of the planetary health report card
Presentor:…
This is a map/directory of Garden Therapy organisations around the country, so people can refer to, or network with, or volunteer at gardens in their locality.
Opinion piece on what ambulance based paramedic's could do to help demonstrate what we are already doing and what more we need to do to help reach net zero.
Would love to here the views of others…
Linda Cornish(Clinical Specialist Hand Therapist, MCSP) andSarah Bradley(Consultant Hand Therapist MSc, DipCOT, RCOT member) wrote for OTnews Sept edition ahead of the British Association of Hand…
Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
Reuse and recycling: Leeds City Council Housing Occupational Therapy
Jenny Haslock and SallyChawner-Baxter demonstrate the triple (financial, environmental and social) impact of the Housing…
To introduce a timely process in the provision of elbow crutches to community patients. Reducing waste and protecting and managing resources efficiently (greener AHP).