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Mental Health and Education...

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17 Mar 2016
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James Warham
Mental Health and Education resource under threat. Wolves Lane Nursery is a council hosted Horticultural Nursery and Community based project including resources for those with mental health and…
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NHS Sustainability Day!

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16 Mar 2016
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Michael Pearce
It is one week until NHS Sustainability Day. How are you marking this date?? As I type this the Chancellor of the Exchequer has decided to freeze fuel duty, which means ongoing cheaper fuel… which…
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A few days in Nottingham…

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16 Mar 2016
by
Michael Pearce
At the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Conference in Nottingham last week, 2 sustainability scholars set up a stand on sustainability in mental healthcare. We presented a poster looking at the…
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Six months in... the RCPsych Sustainability Scholars

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9 Mar 2016
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Frances Mortimer
In Autumn 2015, four lovely psychiatry trainees were appointed as part-time Sustainability Scholars, charged with takingforward the work begun by Daniel Maughan in his 2013-15 Fellowship. While…
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Award for Sustainability in Anaesthesia

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3 Mar 2016
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Frances Mortimer
Applications are now open for a grant award for those interested in sustainability in anaesthesia (closing date 29 April 2016). The programme, which is supported by Association for Anaesthetists…
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Minamata Convention confirms amalgam to be gradually phased out

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25 Feb 2016
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Divya Verma
The final ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury has beenagreedconfirmingthat individual nations can work gradually to scale down the use of amalgam.The Convention is aninternational…
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Social Sustainability in Mental Healthcare

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17 Feb 2016
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Michael Pearce
In a series of very interesting articles in the most recent issue of BJPsych International, Dr Daniel Maughan and others consider the theme of social sustainability in mental healthcare. The…
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Health sector hits first target in combating climate change - SDU report

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28 Jan 2016
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Frances Mortimer
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change. A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…
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AOME conference presentation

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27 Jan 2016
by
Adi Vyas
Here is a good news story from the UEA team - our abstract has been accepted by the Academy of Medical Educators, and we will be presenting at theAnnual Meeting on 7 April in London. More details on…
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Dentists come out in support of sugar tax

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27 Jan 2016
by
Frances Mortimer
Interesting to see that the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) is backing calls for sugary drinks to be taxed - a good example of health professionals as advocates for preventative…