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Chemical exposures during pregnancy - what to advise?

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6 Jun 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Has anyone else had a chance to read the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' scientific impact paper on chemical exposures during pregnancy…
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NICE guidance on brief advice for physical activity

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3 Jun 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Generally it seems like a good thing when NICE produces clinical guidance for evidence-based lifestyle interventions - helping to make them more officially part of good clinical care. So it's good to…
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Frithwood Surgery launches their NHS Forest and Health Walk on 15th May

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14 May 2013
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Healthcare practitioners from Frithwood Surgery have created greenspace and designed a health walk from the GP surgery through the village demonstrating the practice’s commitment to the health and…
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CleanMed 2013 - call for case studies

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7 May 2013
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Frances Mortimer
CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
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The Guardian - Sustainable Business - Health and Wellbeing

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3 Jan 2013
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Sally Aston
There is some interesting reading on Sustainable Business on the Guardian website and a ‘Health and Wellbeing’ link. SeehereThe director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit, David Pencheon, talks…
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NICE Guidelines on Active Travel

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15 Dec 2012
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Sally Aston
NICE has issued new guidance on how to promote walking and cycling to tackles our nations health problems due to inactivity. As we all know the ‘inactivity epidemic’ has massive health consequences.…
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COP18 and the Doha Declaration of Climate, Health and Wellbeing

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12 Dec 2012
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Isobel Braithwaite
The Annual UN Climate Conference, COP18 took place last week in Doha. This year, Jonny Elliott went to represent Healthy Planet at the conference. It was a tiring, exciting and often frustrating…
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End of life care

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21 Nov 2012
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Frances Mortimer
A large proportion of healthcare resources go into providing care for people in their last few months of life, but it is not always apparent that the interventions they receive are what they really…
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Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Healthcare Cost?

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15 Nov 2012
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Sally Aston
According to a new US based report 'Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Healthcare Cost Curve' sponsored by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and Health Care Without Harm, the…
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News: how the Green Deal could benefit GP premises

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5 Sep 2012
by
Isobel Braithwaite
How the Green Deal could benefit GP premisesThe Green Deal is a new finance mechanism that could offer practices an alternative to traditional methods of financing refurbishments to surgeries…