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OTnews feature about mental health and sustainability

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12 May 2014
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Ben Whittaker
May's edition ofOTnewshas the feature 'Responding to financial, climate and social change' on p.21. Here's a lnk for BAOT members: www.cot.co.uk/latest-features-ot-news/otnews-may-2014
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Social prescribing; a pathway to sustainability?

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6 May 2014
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Could our current mental health care system be too ‘deficit’ focused? This may explain why we have a system that is very well geared up for managing patients during relapse, but a system that has…
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NEW RCPsych sustainability award

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15 Apr 2014
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The RCPsych have created a sustainability award this year for clinical teams who have reduced environmental impact of their practice in some…
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Letter to The Times from Doctors about Climate Change

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8 Apr 2014
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The following letter appeared in the Times on Saturday 29 March 2014.Sir, On Mondaythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to publish its latest report on the current and projected…
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NHS Change Day 2014

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10 Feb 2014
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NHS Change Day is a movement with a shared purpose of improving health and care. Their mission is to inspire and mobilise people everywhere, staff, patients and the public to dosomething better…
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Patient empowerment

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5 Feb 2014
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One principle of sustainable health care is patient empowerment. Empowering patients to manage their own mental health is a key factor in reducing burden on services and therefore reduced use of…
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The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation

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10 Jan 2014
by
Sam Eperson
The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation (NAMO) is a model I have designed to aid occupational therapy interventions, considering features of outdoor natural environments. NAMO allows…
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We have some NHS Forest trees to give away.................

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11 Nov 2013
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We have 700 NHS Forest trees to give away this planting season for all healthcare estates interested in doing some planting! Many of the trees were generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym…
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Examining the role of OT- survey results

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30 Aug 2013
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Julie Dorsey
Hello everyone! First I wanted to say thank you for all of the great resources that have been shared on this site, especially the recent flurry from the COT conference. It is exciting to hear all…
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College of Occupational Therapists 37th Annual Conference, Glasgow SECC

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17 Aug 2013
by
Ben Whittaker
College of Occupational Therapists 37th Annual Conference, Glasgow SECC These reflections on the COT Annual Conference in Glasgow have been delayed by me having had to take some unexpected time off…