In this article, Baroness Martha Lane-Fox says that free wi-fi will allow patients staying in hospital to self-monitor their conditions using apps, maintain contact with social networks that can…
Only just came across this letter by Nick Hopkinson and colleague to the European Respiratory Journal last January, highlighting the importance of paying attention tobreathlessness in midlife - both…
Impressive carbon reductions possible from EU-wide adoption of Denmark-style cycling policies - and of course there would bea great health good-news story to go with…
Call for papers and posters:
The symposium aims to present the diversity of sustainable practices within health and social care settings and to inspire change towards more sustainable practices. We…
Hello! We are in the process of confirming and finalising our sessions for the first SSU we have set up entitled 'Medicine, Environmental Sustainability and Healthcare'. Myself and Dr Tom Pierce (lead…
Congratulations to Dr Ann Wylie for winning KCL sustainability award for her work in medical education.
"As a consequence of her efforts, all 450 fourth-year medical students in the new King’s…
This evidence review looks at how the resilience of communities to climate change in the UK is currently understood and practised? It explores this varied and contested field to build the…
The link between diet and climate change seems to finally be getting some press: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34899066 - an insightful summary of the Chatham House Report: Changing…
BMJ Editorial this week 'Combating climate change'
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6178
This editorial gives an overview of the current issues in climate change and health. The related…
The Friends of Woodfield Park, a community group in Doncaster, have recently set up a weekly woodland walk in the grounds of the former St Catherine's Hospital adjacent to Tickhill Road Hospital. Last…