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A team from Spain have published a method to establish the material composition of commonly used endoscopic accessories and then used life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the carbon footprint…
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April 2023
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López-Muñoz P, Martín-Cabezuelo R, Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, et al
Social prescribing services for mental healthcare create links with support in the community for people using primary care. Social prescribing services may reduce future healthcare use, and therefore…
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March 2016
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Maughan, D., Patel, A., Parveen, T., Braithwaite, I., Cook, J., Lillywhite, R., and Cooke, M.
This report is an analysis by Malhotra and colleagues, who explain how and why a US initiative to get doctors to stop using interventions with no benefit is being brought to the UK.
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May 2015
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Malhotra, A., Maughan, D., Ansell, J., Lehman, R., Henderson, A., Gray, M., and Stephenson, T.
The mental health effects of climate change are significant and highly concerning, yet little is known about the magnitude of these effects or how best to manage them. This introduction to the…
A survey was conducted in the UK investigating communication methods used by staff to inform and remind patients about appointments.Increased number of communication methods used was associated with a…
This evaluation shows that Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is effective in relieving distress in palliative care and may be considered a valued therapeutic intervention. The findings can inform…
Social networking sites (SNS) are having an increasing influence on patients' lives and doctors are far from certain about how to deal with this new challenge. In our literature search, we could find…
Awareness about the waste that occurs throughout clinical care is increasing. The wasteful use of clinical resources suggests a need to improve sustainability in health care, given the current context…
Weather systems are likely to become more unstable as global temperatures rise, but could unstable weather have an effect on the development of mental disorders? This blog gives evidence that even…
The targets of the Climate Change Act are very challenging for the NHS, which means fundamental transformation of clinical practices will be required to meet them.Sustainability in the NHS has mostly…
