"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
Wonder if anyone caught this in the Scottish Daily Mail (23/10):
4.7m cups thrown away by dentists every year
DENTISTS in Scotland are throwing away a shocking 4.7million plastic cups a…
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…
A fantastic year on since starting as ‘Sustainable Dentistry Scholars’, the time has come for Darshini and I to hang up our scholar hats!
This past year we have been supported by CSH and Health…
Welcome to my farewell post as an OT Sustainability Volunteer! One of mymain projects recently has been writing a report looking at the role of occupational therapists within the NHS…
Occupational therapy, with its holistic approach to problem-solving and ability to understand complex contextual factors, is in a position to play a critical role in framing issues around…
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Creating a video showing how sustainability can be incorporated into dental practice was one of the projects Sara and I worked on this…
On the 29th June 2018the UK’s first Sustainable Dentistry conference: ‘Sustainable Dentistry- innovation and future proofing’ was held in London. This exciting event was hosted byHealth Education…
Dear Members of Occupational Therapy Susnet,
We have received funding from the Network for Social Change to promote access to green spaces for mental health inpatients and we need your help.
We…
From 1st July, UK law will come into effect stipulating dentists should not be placing amaglam in under 15's, deciduous teeth or pregnant/ breastfeeding women except when stictly necessary.…