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We ran a health creation week in June 2024 across our PCN (5 GP practices in and around Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire) using funds from our ICB to support the Gloucestershire primary care…
ONS publishes the UK natural capital accounts for 2024
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the…
How an integrated approach to both the climate crisis and public health can galvanise better outcomes on both fronts
Climate change is here and now, impacting nearly all aspects of human…
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October 2023
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Helena Bennett, Sophie O’Connell, Caroline Allen, Alice Bell, Dr Clare Nash, Shireen Kassam, Dr Tamsin Ellis, Sonora English, Libby Peake
Staff wellbeing and stress are critical issues for the NHS. This research investigates the benefits of green space for staff wellbeing at three NHS sites that have encouraged staff to spend time in…
Bee Healthy was a project that worked with GP surgeries in Oxfordshire to create herbaceous birds to support bee populations. This guide provides information for community organizations that wish to…
The occupational therapist at Clare Ward in South London restarted a weekly walking group to nearby parks and green spaces. A previous walking group had been put on pause after the volunteer running…
Occupational therapist staff piloted a green walking project for patients of the Ebor and Minster wards of the Foss Park Hospital in York. A weekly walk to nearby green spaces and parks was organised.…
This project was incorporated by staff at Glaven Ward in Hellesdon Hospital in Norfolk to incorporate green walks into the ward’s weekly activity calendar. Patients were of an all-male inpatient…
A pilot green walking program was initiated by staff at Chartwell Ward, Priority House in Kent for female inpatient psychiatric patients. This group focused on women as it has been shown that women…
